Daniella Woolf – Artist Statement

Integral to my artistic practice is my ongoing ritual of handwritten journaling. I deconstruct this information, fragmenting and restructuring language. The secret contents are intact yet undecipherable. In merging these two disciplines I create a newly formed vocabulary. Within these structures I explore identity, privacy and memory. This amalgamation of processes allows me to transform remnants of time, personal history and the environment into a language of artifacts, creating a personal archaeology.

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Education

• M.A. Design (Textile Structures) UCLA
• B.A. Art Cal State University, Northridge

Exhibitions

Solo:

• 2009 EcoMorphosis, Santa Cruz County Bank Paper Invitational, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
• 2009 Away with Words, Blue Gallery, Kansas City
• 2009 Rydell Fellowships, Museum of Art and History
• 2009 X-07 Director’s Choice, MM Galleries San Francisco, CA
• 2008 The Audacity of Stripes, Artworkx, Santa Cruz, CA
• 2008 Sum of the Parts, March, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
• 2008 The Diptych Project-Wax East-Wax West, Brian Marki Fine Art, Portland, Oregon & Whitney Art Works in Portland, ME
• 2008 Dots and Stripes, Mount Madonna, Watsonville, CA
• 2007 Text and Leaves, Highlands Gallery, Carmel, CA
• 2003 Encaustics, Santa Cruz County Building, Santa Cruz, CA
• 1974 Pliable Structures, Ross Freeman Gallery, Northridge, CA
• 1973 Fiber Environments, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
• 1979 Sacred Geometry, Pentangle, Los Angeles, CA
• 1978 Elements, Brand Library, Glendale, CA

Group:

• 2008 Sum of the Parts, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
• 2008 The Diptych Project, Brian Marki Fine Art, Portland, OR
• 2008 The Diptych Project,Whitney Art Works in Portland, ME
• 2008 X-07 Director’s Choice, MM Galleries, San Francisco, CA
• 2007 Waxed, Los Medanos College, Los Medanos, CA
• 2007 Stand-Rugs by Artists, Gallery IMA Seattle, WA
• 2007 Hot Stuff, 301 Gallery Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
• 2007 Here and Now, MM Galleries, San Francisco, CA
• 2007 Off The Grid, Lauryn Taylor Fine Art, Carmel, CA
• 2007 Nine, Las Vegas Contemporary Arts, Las Vegas, NV
• 2007 FiberArt International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA
• 2007 Sum of the Parts, SDA Conference, Kansas City, MO
• 2007 10th International Open, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
• 2007 Exemplary Contemporary, Smith Gallery, UC Santa Cruz, CA
• 2006 The Fine Art of Textiles, PVAC Gallery, Watsonville, CA
• 2006 Hot Wax, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2005 Oil and Wax, Marin MOCA, November 2005
• 2005 Stars, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
• 1995 Small Works, The Pope Galley, Santa Cruz, CA
• 1987 Fiber and Photo Invitational, Santa Cruz Art Museum, CA
• 1978 Emerging Talent, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
• 1977 Fiberworks, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
• 1976 Second International Exhibition of Mini Textiles, London, England
• 1975 Seventh International Biennial of Tapestry, Lausanne, Switzerland

Awards

• 2008 Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship
• 2007 Gail Rich Award for Excellence in the Arts in Santa Cruz

Collections

• Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atlanta Georgia
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Security Pacific National Bank
• Hyatt Kuilima Hotel, Hawaii
• Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
• Blue Cross of Southern California Headquarters
• Musee Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne Switzerland
• Hilton Hotels, Atlanta Georgia and Baton Rouge Louisiana
• J.L. Hudson, Dearborn and Novi Michigan
• Firemans Fund, Marin, CA
• Marcel Schurman, Inc.
• University of California, Santa Cruz
• The Heart Association
• The Center to Develop Women Entrepreneurs
• Jantzen Swimwear
• KCET Public Television, Los Angeles, CA
• Sanctuary Resort and Spa, Phoenix, AZ

Publications

• 2009 Informed Source:Daniella Woolf, Surface Design Journal Winter
• 2008 Woman of Wax: Santa Cruz Sentinel
• 2007 “Encaustic: Translucent Layering with Wax”, FiberArts Magazine
• 2006 “The Fine Art of Textiles”, Santa Cruz Sentinel
• 1977 “Fiberworks 1977”, The Cleveland Museum of Art
• 1976 2nd International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles 1976, British Craft Centre
• 1975 “Tapestry Biennial at Lausanne”, Craft Horizons
• 1975 “California Crafts”, Town and Country Magazine
• 1975 7th Biennale Internationale de La Tapisserie
• 1975 Musee Cantonal Des Beaux-Arts Lausanne
• 1974 “Taking the Edge Off”, Los Angeles Times Home Magazine
• 1974 “Redefining our Living Spaces”, Art Week Magazine
• 1974 2nd International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles 1976, British Craft Centre
• 1973 “Fiberworks 1973”, Scripps College