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AWARDS

2008    Voted “Best Assemblagist in the East Bay,” by The East Bay Express.


SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

2010    ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA; “Celebrating the Universe.”

2005    Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; “Pleasure.”

            L2kontemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “Strange Pleasures.”

2002    Sticks, Berkeley, CA; “Earthly Pleasures.”

2001    Mesh Gallery, Sebastopol, CA; “Earthly Delights.”

1989    The Old Oakland Gallery, Oakland, CA; “Hooves and Trotters.”


SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2011    Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA; “RECLAMATION: New Trends in Bay Area Collage & Assemblage”

            Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA;  “Love and Pleasure”

            ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA;  “Small WORKS”

2010    The Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA;  “The Seduction of Duchamp: Bay Area Artists’ Response”

            ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA;  “AQUA: Art on Water”

            SF Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA;   “ArtZone 461 Gallery, Booth 56”

            ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA;  “The Seduction of Duchamp: Bay Area Artists’ Response”

            ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA;  “Un-Titled.”

2009    ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA; “Better Come See M*F*.”

2008    Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA;  “Assemblage.”

            ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA; “Here & Now.”

            ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA; “A Grand Affair: A Benefit for Visual Aid .”

            Velvet Da Vinci; San Francisco, CA; “New West Coast Design.”

2007-8  Oakland Museum, Oakland International Airport, Oakland, CA;“Convergence:  CCA Alumni.”

2007    Art Now Fair, Miami, Florida; Volakis Gallery, Yountville, CA.

            Bridge Art Fair, London, England; Volakis Gallery, Yountville, CA.

            Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; “Members’ Showcase.”

            Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA; “Day of the Dead Invitational.”

            U.C.S.F., San Francisco, CA; “11th Annual Art for Aids Auction.”

            Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA; “Moshi Moshi!  Bridging Cultures Through Art.”

            Alta Bates Medical Center Gallery, Berkeley, CA; “Rising Sun:  A Bridge to Japan.”

            Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco, CA; “Commons:  The Second

            Wednesday Salon.” Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA:  “Changing Still Life.”

2006-7  Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, CA; “Hybrids - The New Surrealists.”

2006    Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; “Members’ Showcase.”

            Sakai Shiritsu Bunka-Kan, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan  “Sakai and Berkeley Artist Group Show”

            Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; “Members’ Showcase.”

2005    Studio 333, Sausalito, CA; “Ro Sham Bo:  Rock Paper Scissors,” Sausalito Arts Commission Annual Art Exhibit.

            Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA; “Looking Back and Seeing Forward: A 90th Anniversary Exhibition.”

            Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; “Members’ Showcase.”

2004    L2kontemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “Chroma Nouveau.”

            Lucky Tackle Gallery, Berkeley, CA; “It Can Change:  The Clothing Project.”

            Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; “Members’ Showcase.”

2003    Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA; “Mind Over Metal.”

            Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; “Members’ Showcase,” finalist.

2002    The Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA; Refuse/Reuse/Redux.”

            Bay Area Glass Institute / Works Gallery, San Jose, CA; “Blue Plate Special.”

            Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA; “The Art of Collecting.”

            Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; “Member’s Showcase.”

2001    Mesh Gallery, Sebastopol, CA; “Trash.”

            Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; “Member’s Showcase.”

2000    Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; “Small is Beautiful.”

1998    Berkeley Art center, Berkeley, CA; “Stay Tuned:  The Revolution Will Be Broadcast.”

            Pro Arts, Oakland, CA; “New Visions:  Introductions 98.”

            Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; “Member’s Showcase.”

1994-7  The El Cerrito Community Center, El Cerrito, CA; “Junk Art Show.”

            Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA; “Member’s Showcase.”

1989    California College of Arts Gallery, Emeryville, CA; “MFA Show.”

1984    The California College of Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA.


PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS

2009    Craft, “Art From the Sole,” by Eric Smillie,  Volume 10, January, 2009.

            Eric Smillie’s Blog,  “Frozen Horns and Sidewalk Worms” www.ericsmillie.com, March 5, 2009.

            Scholastic LTD Magazine, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

            Junior Education Plus+ ECO ART “Sock it to ‘em.”

            Castle Magazine Issue 15, Munich, Germany, Patrick Hartl                     

2008    Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, “New West Coast Design,”catalog.

2007    Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, CA, “Hybrids:  The New Surrealists,” catalog.

2006    San Francisco Arts Magazine, “Hybrids:  The New Surrealists,” by Art Hazelwood, December 2006.

            Berkeley Art Center, Commemorative Poster for the 40th Anniversary of the Berkeley Art Center, featuring my work,        

            “La Femme En Rose.”

2005    Artweek, “Susan Danis at the Berkeley Art Center,” by DeWitt Cheng, Volume 36, No 10 December 2005/January 2006.

            Jeff Greenwald’s Blog, “Pleasure & Other Pleasures,”  www.jeffgreenwald.com, October, 2005.

            Berkeley Art Center Newsleaf, “Susan Danis, ‘Pleasure,’” by Ana Fox-Hoddess, Fall 2005.

2004    East Bay Express, Culture Spy – “Found Objects:  Hard to Find,” by Susan Kuchinskas, Volume 27, No. 6, November 17.

2002    American Craft, October / November Issue.

2002    Works + Conversations, Issue #6.

2002    Urban View, January.

2001    The Bohemian, “Growed Up:  Two New Exhibits Invigorate Apple Country,” review by Gretchen Giles, October 25-31.

1991    California College of Arts Portfolio.


LECTURES AND PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2007    Euphrat Museum of Art, Slide Lecture by Susan Danis.

2005    Berkeley Art Center, Susan Danis; interviewed by Gallery Director Robbin Henderson, October 14, 2005.

2000    Berkeley Art Center, Slide Lecture by Susan Danis.

1989    California College of Art, Slide Lecture by Susan Danis.


EDUCATION

1989MFA, Sculpture and Painting, California College of Arts, Oakland, CA.

1982BA, Fine Arts, U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Phi Beta Kappa.

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