Danae Mattes lives and works in Berkeley, CA.
Her work is currently represented by Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco.
Please visit the 'News' page for current events.
Her work is currently represented by Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco.
Please visit the 'News' page for current events.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1984 Master of Fine Arts California State University, Long Beach
1980 Bachelor of Fine Arts Edinboro State University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
1980 Bachelor of Fine Arts Edinboro State University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Collaborative Performances
2022 Lightfast: Dillbohner-Brownrigg-Mattes-Scott, Museum of Craft and Design,
San Francisco, CA, October 28 & 29
Lightfast, Dillbohner-Brownrigg-Mattes-Scott, Bay Area Book Festival, The Marsh Theater,
Berkeley, CA, May 8
Lightfast, Dillbohner-Brownrigg-Mattes-Scott, Premier Performance, Dresher Ensemble Studio,
Oakland, CA, February 12 & 13
2018 Passages, Hope Mohr Dance, Danae Mattes & Henry Threadgill, Montalvo Arts Center,
Saratoga, CA, December 10-18
2022 Lightfast: Dillbohner-Brownrigg-Mattes-Scott, Museum of Craft and Design,
San Francisco, CA, October 28 & 29
Lightfast, Dillbohner-Brownrigg-Mattes-Scott, Bay Area Book Festival, The Marsh Theater,
Berkeley, CA, May 8
Lightfast, Dillbohner-Brownrigg-Mattes-Scott, Premier Performance, Dresher Ensemble Studio,
Oakland, CA, February 12 & 13
2018 Passages, Hope Mohr Dance, Danae Mattes & Henry Threadgill, Montalvo Arts Center,
Saratoga, CA, December 10-18
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Terraqueous, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
2020 Danae Mattes: Art100, Edinboro University, PA
2019 Where the River Widens, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, Utah
2016 Alluvial Maps, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
2015 Transitory Waterscapes, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
River Passage, St. Mary's College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA
2014 Water Cycle, Kulturraum Lübeck, Germany
2009 Wetlands, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2004 Inherent Processes, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
2003 Galerie b15, Munich, Germany
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2001 b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
2000 Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
1999 Durchlässigkeit, Wasserturm Eutin, Eutin, Germany
1995 City Gallery, San Jose City College, San Jose, CA
1992 Galerie am Lambertihof, Oldenburg, Germany
1991 Galerie Hoch Die Tasse, Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Künstlerhaus Lauenburg, Lauenburg/Elbe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1988 Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA
1987 Creative Arts Gallery, College of the Redwoods, Arcata, CA
1985 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1984 Gallery C, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA
1983 Mendocino Art Center Gallery, Mendocino, Ca
2020 Danae Mattes: Art100, Edinboro University, PA
2019 Where the River Widens, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, Utah
2016 Alluvial Maps, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
2015 Transitory Waterscapes, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
River Passage, St. Mary's College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA
2014 Water Cycle, Kulturraum Lübeck, Germany
2009 Wetlands, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2004 Inherent Processes, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
2003 Galerie b15, Munich, Germany
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2001 b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
2000 Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
1999 Durchlässigkeit, Wasserturm Eutin, Eutin, Germany
1995 City Gallery, San Jose City College, San Jose, CA
1992 Galerie am Lambertihof, Oldenburg, Germany
1991 Galerie Hoch Die Tasse, Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Künstlerhaus Lauenburg, Lauenburg/Elbe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1988 Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA
1987 Creative Arts Gallery, College of the Redwoods, Arcata, CA
1985 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1984 Gallery C, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA
1983 Mendocino Art Center Gallery, Mendocino, Ca
Grants and Residencies
2023 Lucas Arts Fellow, Lightfast, Dillbohner-Brownrigg-Mattes-Scott, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2018 Lucas Arts Fellow, in collaboration with Henry Threadgill and Hope Mohr, Montalvo Arts Center,
Saratoga, CA
2001 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1996 European Ceramic Work Center, s’Hertogenbosch, Holland
1995 Artist in Residence/Workshop, Taller Huara-Huara, Santiago, Chile
1992 Plateau Series, Kultusministerin des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Elbstrasse 41, Studio Sponsorship, City of Lauenburg/Elbe, Germany
1990-91 Artist in Residence, One Year Grant, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg,
Kultusministerin des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
2018 Lucas Arts Fellow, in collaboration with Henry Threadgill and Hope Mohr, Montalvo Arts Center,
Saratoga, CA
2001 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1996 European Ceramic Work Center, s’Hertogenbosch, Holland
1995 Artist in Residence/Workshop, Taller Huara-Huara, Santiago, Chile
1992 Plateau Series, Kultusministerin des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Elbstrasse 41, Studio Sponsorship, City of Lauenburg/Elbe, Germany
1990-91 Artist in Residence, One Year Grant, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg,
Kultusministerin des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Group/Two Person Exhibitions
2023 Under Water, Palo Alto Arts Center, Palo Alto, CA2020-2021 Stay Inspired, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019-2020 Lightning Strikes II: 20 poets, 20 artists. Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Here + Now, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Waterlines, New Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
Artist as Subject: 20th Anniversary Celebration, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Wabi-Sabi, B. Sakata Garo Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
2016 Indestructible Wonder, San Jose Museum of Art, CA
2015-2016 Contemplative Elements: Danae Mattes & Francis McCormack, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, CA
Character Studies: Clay from the Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, CA
Lightning Strikes: 18 Poets. 18 Artists, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Circum-Navigators, Christel Dillbohner & Danae Mattes, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA
2014 Two Geologies: Danae Mattes & Stephen De Staebler, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Hello, Goodbye, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Under Water, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Terrain, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; Danae Mattes, Christel Dillbohner, and Jenny
Bloomfield (catalogue)
2006 Soaring Spirits/Feets of Clay, Schneider Art Museum, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon
2005 Bodies of Clay, Evansville Museum of Arts, History, & Science, Evansville, Indiana
2001-0 KuKu Ru KuKu; A Ceramic Dialogue Between Two Continents, Brunswiker Pavillon, Kiel, Germany;
Galerij Marc Van Meensel, Selem-Halen, Belgium; Schlossmuseum Landeck, Landeck, Austria
2001 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Watershed, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2000 Texas Woman’s University, Denton,Texas
Thirteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition,
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
1999 John Elder Gallery, New York, New York
b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
Ashtabula Art Center, Ashtabula, Ohio
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
1998 Kunst, –Made in Schleswig–Holstein, Alte Papierfabrik, Neumünster, Germany
1997 Two Person Show, Artworks Foundry, Berkeley, CA
Recent Works in Clay & Bronze: Danae Mattes & Stephen De Staebler, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery,
University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
1996 Galerie Les Années Folles, Four Person Show, Maastricht, Holland
Taller Huara-Huara Group Exhibition, Catholic University, Santiago, Chile
Studio Galerie Wasserman-Gierend, Lothringen, France
Ceramics in Northern California, Bedford Gallery, Award, Walnut Creek, CA
1995 Landesshau Schleswig–Holstein, Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany
First Street Gallery, Claremont, CA
1994 Landesschau Schleswig–Holstein, Stadtgalerie Brunsbüttle, Germany
Leuchtende Ideen, Galeriewerkstatt Gisela Sievers, Kiel, Germany
Maquette Exhibit, Travelling Exhibition, San Francisco; Val d’ Aosta, Italy; Bermen, Germany;
Copenhagen, Denmark
1992 Art in Technology, Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA.
1992 Keramik aus Schleswig–Holstein, Holstenhalle, Neumünster, Germany
1990 Künstlerhaus Lauenburg, Lauenburg/Elbe, Schleswig–Holstein, Germany
1988 Environs-Alluvial In Nature: Danae Mattes & Oliverio Quezada, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA
1989 The Clay Connection: Long Beach Ceramic Artists, Roberts Art Gallery Santa Monica, CA
1984 Ink and Clay, VIII, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
1980 NCECA, National Conference on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Group Invitational, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1977 Local Clay Deposits, Erie Art Center, Erie, Pennsylvania
2019-2020 Lightning Strikes II: 20 poets, 20 artists. Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Here + Now, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Waterlines, New Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
Artist as Subject: 20th Anniversary Celebration, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Wabi-Sabi, B. Sakata Garo Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
2016 Indestructible Wonder, San Jose Museum of Art, CA
2015-2016 Contemplative Elements: Danae Mattes & Francis McCormack, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, CA
Character Studies: Clay from the Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, CA
Lightning Strikes: 18 Poets. 18 Artists, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Circum-Navigators, Christel Dillbohner & Danae Mattes, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA
2014 Two Geologies: Danae Mattes & Stephen De Staebler, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Hello, Goodbye, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Under Water, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Terrain, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; Danae Mattes, Christel Dillbohner, and Jenny
Bloomfield (catalogue)
2006 Soaring Spirits/Feets of Clay, Schneider Art Museum, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon
2005 Bodies of Clay, Evansville Museum of Arts, History, & Science, Evansville, Indiana
2001-0 KuKu Ru KuKu; A Ceramic Dialogue Between Two Continents, Brunswiker Pavillon, Kiel, Germany;
Galerij Marc Van Meensel, Selem-Halen, Belgium; Schlossmuseum Landeck, Landeck, Austria
2001 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Watershed, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2000 Texas Woman’s University, Denton,Texas
Thirteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition,
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
1999 John Elder Gallery, New York, New York
b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
Ashtabula Art Center, Ashtabula, Ohio
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
1998 Kunst, –Made in Schleswig–Holstein, Alte Papierfabrik, Neumünster, Germany
1997 Two Person Show, Artworks Foundry, Berkeley, CA
Recent Works in Clay & Bronze: Danae Mattes & Stephen De Staebler, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery,
University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
1996 Galerie Les Années Folles, Four Person Show, Maastricht, Holland
Taller Huara-Huara Group Exhibition, Catholic University, Santiago, Chile
Studio Galerie Wasserman-Gierend, Lothringen, France
Ceramics in Northern California, Bedford Gallery, Award, Walnut Creek, CA
1995 Landesshau Schleswig–Holstein, Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany
First Street Gallery, Claremont, CA
1994 Landesschau Schleswig–Holstein, Stadtgalerie Brunsbüttle, Germany
Leuchtende Ideen, Galeriewerkstatt Gisela Sievers, Kiel, Germany
Maquette Exhibit, Travelling Exhibition, San Francisco; Val d’ Aosta, Italy; Bermen, Germany;
Copenhagen, Denmark
1992 Art in Technology, Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA.
1992 Keramik aus Schleswig–Holstein, Holstenhalle, Neumünster, Germany
1990 Künstlerhaus Lauenburg, Lauenburg/Elbe, Schleswig–Holstein, Germany
1988 Environs-Alluvial In Nature: Danae Mattes & Oliverio Quezada, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA
1989 The Clay Connection: Long Beach Ceramic Artists, Roberts Art Gallery Santa Monica, CA
1984 Ink and Clay, VIII, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
1980 NCECA, National Conference on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Group Invitational, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1977 Local Clay Deposits, Erie Art Center, Erie, Pennsylvania
Public Commissions
1994 Mühlenstrasse 9 Memorial, Mölln, Germany
1993 Firma Abel, Büchen, Germany
1992 City of Launburg/Elbe, Germany
1989 Redwood City Public Library, Redwood City, CA
1988 Forum Club, Tokyo, Japan
1993 Firma Abel, Büchen, Germany
1992 City of Launburg/Elbe, Germany
1989 Redwood City Public Library, Redwood City, CA
1988 Forum Club, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Collections
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Schlossmuseum Landeck, Landeck, Austria
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Virginia Groot Foundation, Evanston, Illinois
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA
City of Lauenburg, Lauenburg, Germany
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Schlossmuseum Landeck, Landeck, Austria
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Virginia Groot Foundation, Evanston, Illinois
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA
City of Lauenburg, Lauenburg, Germany
Teaching Experience
2001-2003 California College of Arts & Crafts, Graduate Independent Studies, Oakland, CA
1996-2000 Ceramic Sculpture, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
2000 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado
1993-94 Ceramic Sculpture, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1989-90 Program Manager, Creativity Unlimited, San Jose, CA
1989-90 Art Instructor, Metropolitan Adult Education, San Jose, CA
1989-90 Art Instructor, Creativity Unlimited, San Jose, CA
1987-88 Ceramic Instructor, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA
1986-87 Ceramic Instructor, Terra Del Sol, Sunland, CA
1985-86 Ceramic Instructor, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA
1996-2000 Ceramic Sculpture, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
2000 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado
1993-94 Ceramic Sculpture, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1989-90 Program Manager, Creativity Unlimited, San Jose, CA
1989-90 Art Instructor, Metropolitan Adult Education, San Jose, CA
1989-90 Art Instructor, Creativity Unlimited, San Jose, CA
1987-88 Ceramic Instructor, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA
1986-87 Ceramic Instructor, Terra Del Sol, Sunland, CA
1985-86 Ceramic Instructor, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA
Guest Lectures
2009 Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
2003 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1997 Guest Artist Lectures, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1996 Slide Lecture, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA
1995 Slide Lecture, Taller Huara-Huara, Santiago, Chile
Slide Lecture, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Slide Lecture, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1989 Slide Lecture / Portfolio Preparation Workshop, Humbolt State University, Arcata, CA
Slide Lecture, San Francisco City College, San Francisco, CA
1988 Slide Lecture, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
1987 Slide Lecture, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Slide Lecture, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1983 Lowfire Lecture and Workshop, Goldenwest College, Huntington Beach, CA
Slide Lecture and Workshop, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
2003 California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1997 Guest Artist Lectures, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1996 Slide Lecture, Long Beach State University, Long Beach, CA
1995 Slide Lecture, Taller Huara-Huara, Santiago, Chile
Slide Lecture, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Slide Lecture, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1989 Slide Lecture / Portfolio Preparation Workshop, Humbolt State University, Arcata, CA
Slide Lecture, San Francisco City College, San Francisco, CA
1988 Slide Lecture, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
1987 Slide Lecture, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Slide Lecture, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1983 Lowfire Lecture and Workshop, Goldenwest College, Huntington Beach, CA
Slide Lecture and Workshop, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
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