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Under Water

Group Exhibition at the Palo Alto Art Center
January 21-April 8, 2023

Featuring the Terraqueous film and Reservoir (shown left).
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Under Water is a component of Climate Connections, a year-long series highlighting the power of art to promote reflection, dialogue and action on climate change.  Read more about the exhibition and contributing artists here. 

​Lightfast at the Museum of Craft and Design

Dillbohner - Brownrigg - Mattes - Scott
present LIGHTFAST - a multimedia installation performance with texts by Sylvia Brownrigg, music by Monica Scott and visual images by Christel Dillbohner and Danae Mattes at the Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, October 28 & 29

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Terraqueous at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
September 1 - October 1

An exhibition of new work by Danae Mattes.
Over a career of heartful experimentation and commune with clay, Mattes has developed a unique language of art-making using the earth as both subject and material. She references and recreates alluvial environments, her work is both an ode to and enactment of the natural processes of the earth. This two-fold exhibition showcases Mattes’ signature wall works alongside new elements of video and photographic media.  Read More

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Lightfast: An Immersive Sensory Journey with Live Cello, Words, and Images, The Marsh Berkeley Theater, May 8.


Lightfast 
text - film - improvisation - multimedia - installation

Christel Dillbohner :: Danae Mattes :: Sylvia Brownrigg :: Monica Scott

Premiering February 12 & 13
Oakland, CA at the Dresher Ensemble Studio
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Stay Inspired, December 10, 2020 - January 30, 2021
Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco

Stay Inspired is the outcome of a project of the same name, which initially began as a single email, sent in mid-March, when the Shelter in Place order was announced in response to the pandemic. Lisa Dolby Chadwick paired together two of the things she loves most—a painting and a poem.  This initial gesture ultimately grew to include eighty-eight editions, sent out over the course of seven months. This exhibition features work by each of the Dolby Chadwick Gallery artists who were paired as part of the Stay Inspired series.

While the poetry pairings will not be integrated into the exhibition itself, they do appear in a fully illustrated hardcover coffee-table book titled 
Stay Inspired: Shelter in Place 2020, published on the occasion of the show. For each book sold through January 30, 2021, 50% of the sales price will be donated to No Kid Hungry, which has been doing important work to feed families most in need during these trying times.
​You can purchase your copy here.

Edinboro University’s ART100 Celebration featuring Danae Mattes' Evaporation Pool XI
January 17 - March 4, 2020
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​Lightning Strikes II:  22 poets.  22 artists.  at the Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco

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Plunge, paired with poet Tamsin Smith
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Publication available here!

West Marin Review, Volume 09, 2019

Featuring Harbor and Horizon.  Now available at Bay Area new stands, bookstores, and online.  
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Spring 2019:  Passages:  Subtext Pool #3

A continued collaboration with composer Henry Threadgill, choreographer Hope Mohr, and Danae Mattes,
Spring work sessions, ​featuring dancers Karla Quintero, Jane Selna, and Nathaniel Moore,
​at the studio of Danae Mattes, Berkeley, CA. 
Artist Residency with Henry Threadgill and Hope Mohr, Montalvo Arts Center, December 10-18, 2018
Residency highlights featuring clay pool and dancer Jane Selna

Where the River Widens 
​BYU Museum of Art, Provo UT

December 7, 2018 - October 18, 2019
Opening, December 7, (Artist Present).
Artist Talk, March 14, 2019
​Live Stream of 'Evaporation Pool X' can be found here.  
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Here + Now:  December 6, 2018 - January 19, 2019
​Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
Nebula, Clay on Canvas, 30 x 24


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Evaporation Pool IX

Waterlines:  October 6, 2017 - March 18, 2018
New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU) presents Waterlines, an art exhibition that delves into our deep connection with one of Earth’s most important elements. 

Exhibiting artists include: Judith Belzer, Barbara Boissevain, Marie Cameron, Matthew Chase-Daniel, Christel Dillbohner, Linda Gass, Nancy Genn, Liz Hickok, Theodora Varnay Jones, Pantea Karimi, Cheryl E. Leonard, Danae Mattes, Marsha McDonald, Klea McKenna, Ryan M. Reynolds and Linda Simmel. Curated by Marianne McGrath.




Artist as Subject, a 20th Anniversary Celebration at Dolby Chadwick Gallery, July 10 - September 2, 2017.

Wabi-Sabi, Group exhition featuring Bay Area clay artists at B. Sakata Garo Fine Art, Sacramento, January 3-28, 2017.  Artist reception January 14 from 6-9pm.  
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Alluvial Maps,  Solo Exhibition at  Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco,
November 3 - December 3, 2016.  
​Opening Reception, Thursday November 3, 5:30-7:30
Widewalls Exhibition Preview by Frederic Godward

Indestructible Wonder, San Jose Museum of Art, August 18, 2016 - January 29, 2017
Lisa Adams, Chester Arnold, Ruth Asawa, Sandow Birk, Val Britton, Chris Jordan, Amy Kaufman, Michael Light, Danae Mattes, Richard Misrach, Nathan Redwood, Sam Richardson, Alyson Shotz, Kathryn Spence, Kirsten Stolle, and Gail Wight. Oakland artist Evan Holm will also create a new installation using water, manzanita branches, duckweed, and tape cassettes, commissioned by SJMA for this occasion.

Contemplative Elements:  Danae Mattes & Frances McCormack, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
December 19, 2015 - March 6, 2016

Lightning Strikes:  18 Poets, 18 Artists, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
December 12, 2015 - January 30, 2016

Character Studies:  Clay from the Collection, San Jose Museum of Art
October 3, 2015 - February 7, 2016

The Fleeting Nature of Danae Mattes' Art:  Contra Costa Times, August 6, 2015, by Lou Fancher

Danae Mattes:  Transitory Waterscapes
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame
August 9 - December 6, 2015
Public Reception 2-4, Sunday September 13, 2015
Click Here for museum updates, press, and photographs of the installation and progress of the evaporation pool

Danae Mattes:  River Passage, St. Mary's Museum of Art, Moraga, CA
May 24 - September 6, 2015
Conversation with the Arts and Wine Reception, Sunday, June 7, 2pm
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Installation of Alluvial Maps at Dolby Chadwick Gallery, 2016
Photograph by Fatemeh Farajmandi
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Installation of Confluence at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
Artist as Subject, 2017
 CircumNavigators:  Christel Dillbohner & Danae Mattes, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
April 30 - August 15, 2015 ---> EXTENDED TO November 15!
Opening Reception, 6-8, Thursday, April 30
  
Danae Mattes "Water Cycle" Nueu Aussellung im Kulturraum, von Christel Busch
Unser Lübeck Kulture Magazine Review
Click here for online review in German

Danae Mattes:  Water Cycle, Kulturraum Lübeck, Germany
August 15 - September 5, 2014

Art News Magazine Review, "Two Geologies" at Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco. Reviewed by Matt Fisher.

Two Geologies:  Stephen De Staebler & Dane Mattes, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
February 6 - March 1, 2014 

Hello, Goodbye, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
December 12 - February 1, 2014

Under Water, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
November 8 - December 9, 2012

Terrain, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
February 11 - April 1, 2012
Read the review from East Bay Express click here
Catalogue available
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