Creative Sonoma

Rene Dayan-Whitehead

Artisan: Glass; Visual Arts: Sculpture
Rene Dayan-Whitehead
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Throughout my personal and professional life everything I have gravitated to has been related to form in three dimensions, dancing, costume design, product design, and now stone sculpture.

As solid as stone may seem, it can be carved to seem light, soft, flowing, quite the opposite of the density, and inflexibility ascribed to stone. My work is an expression of the dance of form, movement and transformation. The forms emerge from a personal definition of alchemy, myth and time. Let’s dance.

Through the creation of stone sculpture my work is to bring the power of beauty into focus. To use the power of beauty to expand, heal, teach, soothe, comfort and delight. To use the power of beauty to enlighten the mind and spirit, to pierce the veil of time and thought and to invite the divine.

Through the creation of stone sculpture my work is to bring the power of beauty into focus. To use the power of beauty to expand, heal, teach, soothe, comfort and delight.

Stone seemingly solid, can be carved to seem light, soft, flowing, the opposite of the density, and inflexibility ascribed to stone. My work is an expression of the dance of form, movement and transformation. The forms emerge from a personal definition of alchemy, myth and time. Let’s dance.

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Artist’s Resume Education Pietrasanta, Italy, Carving Study Sculpture-Stone Carving, Workshop Berkeley, Pat Bengtson-Jones Sculpture-Stone Carving, San Francisco, Harriet Moore Glass Work Shop – Sebastopol, CA Concrete Forms-Santa Rosa College Mold Making Ceramics, San Francisco City College Drawing, San Francisco City College Basic Design, UC Berkeley Collage, San Francisco City College Mask Making, SF City College MSBA, Marketing, San Francisco State University BS, Art/Humanities, Portland State University Exhibitions/Publications 2021 Art Trails Sonoma County Open Studios September 18-19 and 25-26 Join me from 10-5 Studio # 55. Maps and Collectors Guide – https://www.sonomacountyarttrails.org/ Art At the Source Open Studios June 5-6 and 12-13 https://artatthesource.org For June Open Studios and Online Gallery as well. Join me and John Burns at Studio 33a and 33b Artworks Downtown – Presented by Pacific Rim Sculptors: Beauty or Truth A juried Show, April 23rd – June 23rd – Gallery in Downtown San Rafael Corrick’s – Spring Show – Heart Felt Fulton Crossing-Sculptures: October – March 2020 Sebastopol Center for the Arts -Christmas Online SebArtsVirtual.org Corrick’s-Christmas Show November-January San Francisco Open Studio – Virtual Program – Mid September – Mid October https://www.artspan.org/ – Tune in for artists, galleries, special events. Corrick’s – 637 Fourth St, Santa Rosa August 27 – September 30 Preview Show for Sebastopol Arts Virtual Open Studios Sebastopol Arts Virtual Open Studios – September 2020 https://www.sebartsvirtual.org Virtual Art in the Park – August 2020 https://www.virtualartinthepark.org/ 2019 Art Trails, Open Studios, Sonoma Marin Society of Artists - Expressions Art for Life, charity for AIDs Marin County Art Fair – Juried Show - won Prize for Excellence in Sculpture Art at the Source, Open Studios, Sebastopol Gallery One, Petaluma, Autumn Corrick’s Santa Rosa – Colors of the Heart 2018 Corrick’s Santa Rosa – Invited to Show Marin County Art Fair – Juried Show - won Prize for Excellence in Sculpture Art at the Source, Open Studios, Sebastopol Gallery One, Petaluma, Healdsburg Center for the Arts – Purely Abstract, Healdsburg – Juried Group Show Dolphin Gallery, Gualala, CA – Invited to be Artist/Curator for Two Artist Show, one painter and my sculpture Published Articles in Gualala Paper 2017: Art Trails, Open Studios, Sonoma Art for Life, charity for AIDs Art of Abstraction – Artworks Downtown San Rafael – Juried Group Show Marin County Art Fair – Juried Show - won Prizes for Excellence in Sculpture Art at the Source, Open Studios, Sebastopol Gallery One, Petaluma Corricks, Santa Rosa 2016: Corricks –The Elements-Fire, Santa Rosa invited to show by owner Marin Museum of Contemporary Art - Juried International Show Art Trails, Open Studios, Sonoma Art for Life, charity for AIDs Marin County Art Fair – won Prize for Excellence in Sculpture Art at the Source, Open Studios, Sebastopol –- Gallery One, Petaluma, Group Show Corricks, Santa Rosa, Group Show Stones Throw, Cotati, Group Show 2015: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, Group Show Art Trails, Open Studios, Sonoma Art at the Source, Open Studios, Sebastopol Gallery One, Petaluma, Group Show Inspired by Nature -Corricks, Santa Rosa, Group Show Stones Throw, Cotati, Group Show Prelude – Cloverdale Art’s Alliance, Cloverdale – Invited to show with 2 other artists Anything Goes-Graton Gallery, Graton, Group Show C14-Sebastopol – Invited to show with 2 other artists 2014 Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol Art Trails, Open Studios, Sonoma Art at the Source, Sebastopol – Gallery One, Petaluma Richmond Art Center Sculpture Show , Richmond -Juried Group Show Corrick’s, Santa Rosa Cloverdale Library, Cloverdale, Invited to show with 2 painters Graton Gallery, Graton Sebastopol Center for the Arts 2013: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol Art Trails, Open Studios, Sonoma Art at the Source, Sebastopol Gallery One, Petaluma Finley Art Center, Santa Rosa , Group Show Beyond Gaga at Works, San Jose – Juried Group Show Corrick's, Santa Rosa Zipper Gallery, Corner Stone Sonoma – Graton Gallery, Graton 2012: Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol Art Trails, Open Studios, Sonoma Zipper, Sonoma an upscale Art and Furnishings Gallery – featured for 2 years Corrick’s, Santa Rosa, Group Show Art at the Source, Open Studios, Sebastopol Graton Gallery, Graton, Group Show West County Design, Valley Ford, an upscale Art and Furnishings Gallery – featured for 2 years Pedersen’s, Santa Rosa Finley Art Center, Santa Rosa Pelican Gallery, Petaluma Year of the Dragon – Juried Show – Sebastopol 2011: Members Show SCA, Sebastopol Art at the Source, Open Studios, Sebastopol Kendall Jackson Tasting Room, Healdsburg Wilson’s Winery Charity Auction, Healdsburg The Ticking Clock, 6th Street Playhouse, Santa - Rosa Invited to Show Lady Luck Sebastopol LA Art Guide Graton Gallery, Graton West County Design, Valley Ford - Invited to Show Dimensions Galleria, Petaluma – Invited to Show 2010: American Art Collector-Juried Art Publication Withywindle Gallery, Guerneville – Invited to Show Marin Museum of Contemporary Art – Juried Group Show Novato - CA Parenting Institute Charity Auction-Santa Rosa Wilson’s Winery-Charity Auction, Healdsburg, solo show Kendall Jackson Tasting Room, Healdsburg, solo show Stone Carvers, Plaza Arts, Healdsburg, CA – Invited to Show Dimensions Galleria, Petaluma – Invited to Show Graton Gallery, Graton, West County Design, Valley Ford 2009: A Show of Our Own, Sebastopol Dimensions Galleria, Petaluma – Invited to Show Art for Life – Face 2 Face, Santa Rosa, Charity for AIDs Graton Gallery, Graton West County Design, Valley Ford Art at the Source, Open Studios, Sebastopol Wilson’s Winery-Charity Auction, Healdsburg, solo show Chateau Felice, Healdsburg, solo show Sonoma Stone IV, Sebastopol – Invited to Show