Danny Rosales, Recent Compositions in Concrete, Steel and Glass, photo: Luz Marina Ruiz

Danny Rosales

Recent Compositions in Concrete, Steel and Glass

January 5 - February 18, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 14th, 1-4pm
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Transmission Gallery is pleased to present Danny Rosales' solo exhibition, Recent Compositions in Concrete, Steel and Glass.

Rosales' installation pieces and wall mounted works explore balance and relationship through the combination of three basic construction materials. Fabricated with exacting detail, while allowing for chance interactions, the work speaks to a fundamental appreciation of structural elegance and the strength inherent in concrete, steel and glass.

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More about Danny Rosales

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

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 Recent Compositions in Concrete, Steel, and Glass, Solo Exhibition, Transmission Gallery, Oakland
2022 Sacramento Meets Silicon Valley, Angel's Center For The Arts, Sacramento 
2022 One without the other, Solo Exhibition, Manna Gallery, Oakland
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