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SUSAN DANIS
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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