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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