Statement
I work with materials used for fabrication; concrete, steel, and glass. These materials, found in our everyday surroundings, have their unique properties: roughness, strength, and delicacy. I enjoy the interplay between the delicate transparency, the smooth strength, and the opaque roughness. Working with only three materials is like a dance; finding balance, rhythm, repetition, and movement.
Danny Rosales
Danny’s Bio
As a small child, my Brother and I would spend summers visiting relatives in Los Angeles.
During our stay, we would often drive past the scrap steel-yards of Compton, a city situated south of downtown. Always intrigued by the huge piles of rusted and twisted metal shapes, I was equally fascinated by the old rusted equipment that moved debris from place to place. At times I would be able to spot an old car, recognize an appliance of some kind, as well as other objects from a different era; just before they were crushed and hauled away by the freight trains. In the nearby Watts Community stands “The Watts Towers”, which are a collection of 17 sculptural structures. I have since come to realize that it is considered an excellent example Outsider Art, but then I was just puzzled. I asked my uncle “What’s that?” and he said, “Some crazy old man was trying to build a tower to the clouds.” The thought of someone building their own tower to the sky with scrapes of rusted steel was amazing, and that concept has captured my imagination ever since.
I work with materials used for fabrication; concrete, steel, and glass. These materials, found in our everyday surroundings, have their unique properties: roughness, strength, and delicacy. I enjoy the interplay between the delicate transparency, the smooth strength, and the opaque roughness. Working with only three materials is like a dance; finding balance, rhythm, repetition, and movement.
Danny Rosales
Danny’s Bio
As a small child, my Brother and I would spend summers visiting relatives in Los Angeles.
During our stay, we would often drive past the scrap steel-yards of Compton, a city situated south of downtown. Always intrigued by the huge piles of rusted and twisted metal shapes, I was equally fascinated by the old rusted equipment that moved debris from place to place. At times I would be able to spot an old car, recognize an appliance of some kind, as well as other objects from a different era; just before they were crushed and hauled away by the freight trains. In the nearby Watts Community stands “The Watts Towers”, which are a collection of 17 sculptural structures. I have since come to realize that it is considered an excellent example Outsider Art, but then I was just puzzled. I asked my uncle “What’s that?” and he said, “Some crazy old man was trying to build a tower to the clouds.” The thought of someone building their own tower to the sky with scrapes of rusted steel was amazing, and that concept has captured my imagination ever since.
Exhibitions
2023 Salon Des Refuse's, Four Chicken Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Recent Compositions in Concrete, Steel, and Glass, Solo Exhibition, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
2022 Sacramento Meets Silicon Valley, Angel's Center For The Arts, Sacramento, CA
2022 One without the other, Solo Exhibition, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 Content matters, MarinMoca, Marin, CA
2019 10x10x10 Tieton, Tieton, WA
2017 What Remains, Featured Artist, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017 Raku Sculpture, Installation, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016 Go Figure, Black Bean Ceramics, San Jose, CA
2016 Device as Design, Solo Exhibition, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 Obsession, Conviction, Collection. Citadel Gallery, San Jose, CA
2014 Observation and Orientation, Solo Exhibition, Black Bean Ceramics, San Jose, CA
1993 Dialogs of Diversity # 5, D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA
1993 Sopa, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
1993 Dialogs of Diversity # 4, Tandem Computers Inc, Cupertino, CA
1992 Dialogs of Diversity # 3, Manor House Gallery, Belmont, CA
1991 Dialogs of Diversity # 2, Gavilan College Gallery, Gilroy, CA
1991 Dialogs of Diversity # 1, Pact Bell, San Ramon, CA
1991 Artist in Residence Golden Rule Award, San Jose Children's Shelter, San Jose, CA
1990 Reflections from the soul, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1998 Group Show, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
1989 Toy Show, Young Gallery, Saratoga, CA
1989 Citadel Show, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA
1989 5th Annual Valentine Invitational Show, SJICA, San Jose, CA
1987 New Works, Solo Exhibition, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
1987 16th Annual 3-d Exhibit, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA
1986 San Jose Portraits, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
1986 6th Annual Competive Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1986 Expressions of the human figure, Muckenthaller Gallery, Fullerton, CA
1985 New Faces, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA
1984 15th Annual 2-d Exhibition, San Jose, CA
1982 Attended West Valley College, Saratoga, CA