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Diane Komater
ARTIST'S STATEMENTAs a child, being brought up Catholic, I remember the long Latin masses my family attended every Sunday. The stained glass windows of the churches were what intrigued me the most about these ceremonies. I loved the way the light lit up the primary colors of the glass and the black line that defined the images. I believe this was the first influence to the work I create today. I started drawing these "holy" images using pencil and ink. I liked their expressions and the flowing lines of their garments.The scale of these wire people sometimes changes from day to day. One day I'll be working on the large figures, the next, small skeleton-like people, small wire torsos with marble heads or portraits with marble eyes that follow you around the room or change expression in a triptych. I will always find the human form the most interesting and the most satisfying to mimic. VELVET DA VINCI SHOWSCHESS -- Contemporary Chessmen by International Makers Mobilemania -- Mobile Exhibition ORNAMETAL -- Our annual Christmas ornament exhibition, together with Thomas Mann Gallery Rock, Paper, Scissors -- 10th Anniversary Exhibition Summer Exhibtion -- Group Show Inspired by Summer Sweden + USA -- Touring group show from Sweden and the US Tiaras Will Be Worn -- Contemporary Tiaras by International Artists WireWork -- Wire sculpture by gallery artists Thomas Hill and Diane Komater. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCEUSA EDUCATIONCalifornia College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California Painting, Printmaking, Photography SELECTED EXHIBITIONSSOLO EXHIBITIONS Komasutra, Artists Studio, Oakland, CA 2005 Season Opening, Leapin Lizard Gallery, Bar Harbor, ME, 2004 Chatterbox, San Francisco, CA, 2004 Articles, Mendocino, CA, 2002 Painting and Mannequins, North Beach Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1986.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS SOFA Chicago, Mowen/Solinsky Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2007 Craft Boston, Artists Choice Award, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA, 2007 "Wired", Group Show, Mowen Solinsky Gallery, Nevada City, NV 2007 100 Brooches, Group Exhibition, Velvet da Vinci, 2005, traveling through 2006 CERF, Montpelier, Vermont, group show, "EveryBODY Miniature Collection" 2005 The Folk Tree Collection, Pasadena, CA, group show, "The Human Form", 2005 Artists Studio, Oakland, CA, "Komasutra", 2005 Leapin Lizard Gallery, Bar Harbor, ME, solo show, "Season Opening", 2004 Chatterbox, San Francisco, CA, solo show, 2004 Chatterbox, San Francisco, CA, group show, "Altered Barbie", 2004 Theatre Artaud, San Francisco, CA, group show, "Metamorphosis", 2003 Velvet da Vinci, Chess, Chessmen by International Artists, 2003, traveling through 2004 Velvet da Vinci, Tiaras Will Be Worn, traveling group show, 2000-2001 Velvet da Vinci. Paper, Rock Scissors, group show, 2001 Articles, Mendocino, CA, solo show, 2002 Velvet da Vinci, Two-Person Show, 2002 Blue Coat Display Center, Liverpool, England, Wired, 2001 Galleri Metallum, Sweden + USA, Group Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden, 2000 Velvet da Vinci, Sweden + USA, Group Exhibition, 1999 Velvet da Vinci Gallery, Two-Person Show 1998 and 1996 The Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA, Lighting Show 1989 The Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA, Chair as Art 1989 The Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA, Environments 1988 The Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA, Architects 1988 The Valencia Rose, San Francisco, Sister & Brother Show, Painting, Mannequins and Photography 1986 Harts Café, San Francisco, CA, Two-Person Show, Paintings and Cutouts 1986 North Beach Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Solo Show, Painting and Mannequins 1986. SELECTED PUBLICATIONSThe San Francisco Bay Guardian, 1998, 1995 The Los Angeles Times Magazine, "Hairpins" 1990, "Pinmanship" 1990 & "Objects de Art" 1989 Elan Magazine, "Nouveau Classics", 1989 L.A. Weekly, "Best Jewelry", 1988 SPECIAL PROJECTSWire bracelets for the features films, Under the Volcano and Graffiti Bridge Wire candleholder for "The Suzanne Sommers Show" (television) Top |
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