Dana Zed
danazed@me.com 510-759-6183
Education
BA Brown University, Providence, RI
Selected Collections
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA
P G & E, Executive Office Building, San Francisco CA
Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
Public Commissions
2009 San Francisco Art Commission, Portola Branch Library, “California Wildflowers”
Residencies
2019 Tasarim Bakkali, Istanbul Turkey
2018-19 Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
2017 JIWAR residency, Barcelona Spain
2016 JIWAR residency, Barcelona Spain
2012 The de Young Museum, San Francisco CA
Set Design
1991 Sting Dressing Room, Berkeley Civic Center
1991 Pink Floyd Dressing Room, Cow Palace, S.F.,CA
Solo Exhibitions
2020 FMOakland Gallery, Oakland CA2019
2019 Tasarim Bakkali, Istanbul, Turkey
2017 Lola’s Art Gallery, San Francisco CA
2017 Jiwar, Gracia District, Barcelona Spain
2016 stARTup Fair, Los Angeles CA
2017 Jiwar, Gracia District, Barcelona Spain
2014 San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, CA
2012 de Young Museum Artist in Residence, SF,CA
2008 Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
2002 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 Napa County Museum, Napa, CA
Awards
199l Gerbode Grant for Collaborative Performance with Tracy Rhoades
1989 San Francisco Bay Guardian, “Outstanding Local Discovery Award”
1989 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SECA Finalist
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022. Women Rising, The Drawing Room, San Francisco
2022 John Natsoulas Inaugural Exhibition Dufwin Building Oakland, CA
2021 Remarque 9th International Print Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
2019 Berkeley Civic Center 2018-2019 Annual
2019 Kala Annual, Berkeley CA
2019 FMOakland, Oakland CA, 2 person show
2018 Jeff King Exhibition, San Francisco CA
2017 Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017 Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA
2015 Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
2015. Art Object Gallery, San Jose, CA
2013 de Young museum, Friday night artist, for David Hockney
2011 Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
2007 Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
2003 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 d.p.fong Gallery, San Jose, CA
1999 Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
1998. Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, CA
1997 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Morgan Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Philabaum Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Felissimo Corporation, Christmas Project, Osaka, Japan
Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
Holsten Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
Habitat Gallery, Pontiac, MI
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Garland Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Shasta College, Redding, CA
Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
Habitat Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Fransisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
1991 Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA
California State University, Fullerton, CA
Hatley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Natsoulas Gallery, Two person exhibition, Davis, CA
Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
1988 Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
Hatley Martin Gallery, Two person exhibition, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Art Options, San Francisco, CA
Neon Neon, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Sanchez, San Francisco, CA
Redding Museum, Redding, CA
Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Teaching and Art Related Experience:
2013 Pixar, Emeryville, CA
2013 de Young Museum San Francisco CA
2011~17 Visiting Artist, California College of Art, Oakland, CA
2001-13 Instructor, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA,
2004-12 Instructor, Institute for Mosaic Art, Oakland, CA.
2007-20 Instructor, Hillcrest, Chabot, Montclair and Kaiser Schools
2020-22 Teaching ceramics at my studio to kids from 20 different schools! during Covid
Publications: (if you’ve gotten this far…
I don’t know why the site double spaced this. will try to fix it)
Berkeley Civic Center 2019 Collection,Berkeley Times, June 29, 2019
Speak For The Trees, Esalen Institute and Findhorn, 2009
Traditonal Home, May 2004
New Glass Review 24,Corning Museum of Glass, NY, 2003
Home & Garden TV, “Curb Appeal”, Fall 2002
Better Homes and Gardens, NY, NY, winter 2001
Object Lessons, Guild Publishing, NY,NY Oct 2001
KTOP Television, “Around Town: Alice Arts Center” , Jan 2001
Inquiring Mind, Berkeley, CA, Spring 2000
American Craft Magazine , New York, NY, September 1999
American Craft Magazine, New York, NY June 1996
New Glass Review 17, Corning Museum of Glass, NY, l996
New Glass Review 16, Corning Museum of Glass, NY, l995
Glass Art Society Journal, l995
Glass Art Magazine, November 1994,
San Francisco Examiner, April 1, l994, David Bonetti
Pasadena Magazine, Winter 1994
Artweek, January 7, l993
Artweek, July 9, 1992
San Francisco Cronicle, July 25, 1992
Tricycle: Buddhist review, Winter 1991, New York, NY
Vox Magazine, San Francisco, CA, Fall 1991, Winter 1990
San Jose Mercury, February 19, 1991
Tri-Valley Herald, March 5, 1991
On Paper Gallery, Global Visions, Tokyo, Japan, 1989
San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 7, 1989
New Glass Review 9, Corning Museum, NY, 1988
Sunday Oregonian, Northwest Magazine, December 27, 1987
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