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Dana Christensen

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About The Artist

Artist Statement

My goal as a printmaker is to create a vision of place or object that brings a unique interpretation to the viewer. I love the play of dark against light and the clarity of shapes that emerge once color is subdued.  I strive to put a touch of melancholy or mystery into many of my images.

I rely heavily on historic processes for printing, primarily platinum palladium and photogravure and I love to explore with unique papers and textures.  Many of my images are printed on kozo and gampi papers, hand made in Japan in the traditional way.  Color is introduced through the use of hand tinting, consistent with processes used historically.

Biography

Exhibits and Selected Awards

2022

  • Annual Juried Members Exhibit, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel CA.  Juror:  Crista Dix
  • Forgotten,  A. Smith Gallery,  Johnson City TX.  Jurors:  Sal Taylor Kidd & Dawn Surratt
  • Monochromatic, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley CA.  Juror:  Suzanne Gray

2021

  • Vistas, Juror’s Honorable Mention, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City TX, Juror:  George Nobechi
  • Unique, Alternative Processes 2021, Director’s Honorable Mention, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City TX. Juror:  Michael Kirchoff
  • Winter Show, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay CA, People’s Choice Award
  • Seeing the Edge, Small Group Photography Exhibit, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay CA
  • 5th Annual International Alternative Process Photography Exhibit,  The Image Flow, Mill Valley CA. Jurors: Niniane Kelley, Ed Carey, Brian Taylor

2020

  • Beneath the Surface, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art Member Exhibit, Novato CA.

2019

  • Annual Group Photography Exhibit, The Image Flow, Mill Valley CA
  • Ensemble, Juried Exhibit.  Marin Community Foundation Gallery, Novato CA. Curator:  Michah LeBrun
  • Annual Juried Photography Exhibit.  Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay CA. Juror:  Robert Buelteman
  • 4th Annual International Alternative Process Photography Exhibit.   Image Flow Gallery, Mill Valley CA Jurors:  Unai San Martin, Ann M. Hastrab, Christina Z. Anderson.
  • Transcend.  Juried Member Show.  Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato CA.  Juror:  Amy Owen

2018

  • Memory and Perception.  National Juried Exhibit  Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato CA  Juror:  Alan Bamberger
  • Realism to Abstraction.  Juried Exhibit.  Marin Society of Artists,  San Rafael CA. Juror:  Randall Sexton
  • Exposed 2018.   Juried Exhibit.  Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael CA
  • Urban Life and Cityscapes.  Juried Exhibit.  Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay CA
  • 7 Deadly Sins.  Online Exhibit, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit MA. Curator:  Amy Arbus
  • Annual Group Photography Exhibit, The Image Flow, Mill Valley CA

Selected Honors and Awards

  • Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards, Analog/Film, Fine Art Category, 2021
  • Honorable Mention, Conceptual, Photo Manipulation, and Architecture Categories.  2018 International Monochrome Awards
Art Medium(s)

Pastel, Photography, Prints and Printmaking

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