Dara Daniel

My interest in art began with art projects such as drawing as a favorite way to pass the time growing up in Michigan. In high school, my interest expanded when I discovered I loved working with clay. After receiving an AA degree from Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor, Michigan, I moved to Monterey, California in the early 80s and attended Monterey Peninsula College to study art. There, I became passionate about figure drawing and submerged myself in ceramics, as well. After two years there, I moved to Mount Shasta, California and attended College of the Siskiyous in Weed, California. My focus there was printmaking and photography. After that, I pursued a Bachelors in Art at Chico State University in Chico, California. There I spent most of my time in the sculpture department to learn sculpture techniques and explore the figure in a variety of sculpture mediums. Eventually, sculpture became my emphasis, and I continued to sculpt the human form at Humboldt State University. There I received my Masters in 1989. My graduate show consisted of life-sized, expressionistic, figurative sculptures made of Ferro-cement. After I had graduated, the female figure prevailed and, I worked professionally as a sculptor with Ferro-cement, wood, ...

Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 1987-89, MA, emphasis in Sculpture, 1989
California State University, Chico, CA, 1984-86, BA in Art, 1986
College of the Siskiyous, Weed, CA, Printmaking, Painting, Photography, 1983-84
Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA, Ceramics, Figure Drawing, 1980-82
Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor, MI, 1976-78, AA, 1978

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Pastel Society of the West Coast Annual Associate Members Exhibition, Pleasant Grove, CA, 2010
Pastel Society of the West Coast, 24th Annual International Exhibition, Los Gatos, CA, 2010
Mendocino Arts for the Parks, Fort Bragg, CA, 2010
Redwood Coast Art Association National Juried Art Exhibition, Crescent City, CA, 2009
Mendocino Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Mendocino, CA, 2008
New Ground Gallery, Oakland, CA, 1993

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Full Circle Restaurant, Ferndale, CA, Oils on Canvas or Linen
MikkiMoves Gallery, Eureka, CA, Oils on Canvas and Linen,”Natural Impressions” 2014
Black Faun Gallery, Eureka, CA, Oils on Canvas and Linen “Nature” 2013
Persimmons Art Gallery, Redway, CA, Pastels, Northern California Landscapes, 2009
Mateel Art Gallery, Paintings, “Earth, Sky and Water”, Gaberville, CA, 2006
Art Gallery, Figurative Sculpture, College of the Siskiyous, Weed, CA, 1990
Creative Arts Gallery, Figure Drawings, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA, 1990