Uriél Danā Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Contributing Editor on the Arts

San Francisco Bay Area/Europe

Fine Artist specializing in oils, gouache, and lost wax bronze casting. Paintings have been shown in 12 countries on 4 continents and in many corporate, private, and celebrity collections. Member of the Portrait Painters of America. Included a second, collaborative art career with the late Gage Taylor for 17 years. (Taylor died in 2000). My recent paintings are inspired by San Francisco’s nouveau cirque culture. These are not just people in costume but a rich array of human talents that incorporate theater, literature, aerobics, dance, poetry and above all, mystery. Humor and whimsy are also added to brighten the mood for what many consider dark times.For over three decades I have been known as a surrealist painter. I have also been a practitioner of Tibetan Dream Yoga since childhood as a way to control a sleeping disorder. Surrealism is defined as the mixture of two realities not normally found side by side. These two paths are intimately intertwined for me. This is how I have lived my entire life.In 2011 I consciously began to paint people I think of as “living surrealists”. These are real people reinventing new ways to see the world. I paint them to inspire others to unleash their creativity and as a reminder to all that we can create our own, positive reality.I am interested in a long term successful relationship with an established Los Angeles gallery.

Global

Life-size Bronze Sculpture Edition of 12, Illuminarium/Isis Galleries, Corte Madera & Santa Monica, CA. “Synergy” 1985.24 Art Cards; The Queens Cards, Wilmington, VT. International Distribution including the U.S, Europe, U.K., Canada, Australia, Asia.25 Art Cards; Milk & Honey Publishing, Santa Fe, NM. (U.S.A. only) Art Cards & Posters; VisionaryPublishing, Palm Beach, FLA (U.S.A., U.K. & Japan)8 Post Cards; Double Visions Publishing, Sausalito, CA1 Museum Poster, Egyptian Rosicrucian Museum, San Jose, CA 19934 Ltd. Ed. Collectors Plates, Reflections, Inc., Honolulu, Hi.Gift Bag-The Gift Wrap Co., Revere, Mass.Playing Cards-The F.X. Schmid Co., W. Germany.4 Candle Editions; Milk & Honey Publishing, Santa Fe, NMBooksRelevance in the art.; fine art masters of the 21st Century by Heinz Playner (Curator of MAMAG Modern Art Museum, Austria) Feb. 2016. Central Europe Fine Art BiennaleModern Art Masters in Complex Musee du Louvre. Carrousel du Louvre 2015 (France)Color: The Secret Influence by Ken & Cherie Fehrman. Prentice-Hall (8/98), Colour PlatesWe The Angels by Alan Howard Reed. DeVorss Publishing (‘98), CoverStudio Visit Magazine Winter 2015Cover, Rattle Magazine, Winter 2015Art Diary, Perugia, Italy, 1987Cover (back) Gnosis Magazine, Winter 1999Cover: Sedona Journal of Emergence, July 1998Cover: Creations Magazine, 1998Cover: Sedona Journal of Emergence, Nov. 1997Cover: Oracle 2000, Atlanta, Georgia, Fall 2002Cover: Open Exchange Magazine, Berkeley, CA Oct/Nov/Dec (2001)Cover: Alexandria Book Catalog 1994 (Fall)Cover: Alexandria Book Catalog 1995 (Summer)The Dragon’s Quest Magazine 1993 (Winter)Cover: The Rosicrucian Digest 1992/1993 (Winter)The Dragon’s Quest Magazine 1993 (Autumn)Antiques & Fine Art, 1991 Sept/Oct (Review)Maui Art and Creative People, Glassman Pub. 1990 (Feature)Maui Art and Creative People, Glassman Pub. 1989 (Feature)

San Francisco Bay Area

http://www.fineartrestoration.netI've been a fine artist for over three decades. In addition to my own paintings, I also conserve oil and gouache paintings from the 19th and 20th century, as well as clean antique Thangkas (Sacred Tibetan Art). I clean, repair, remove old varnish, molds, tears. etc. I am a trained painter with 4 years experience as a curator. In college I majored in art history, museum management, lost wax bronze casting and I was a painting apprentice to the late Gage Taylor and worked with him 17 years. I studied restoration techniques in Genoa, Italy.

Writers Guild Of America, Beverly Hills, Ca

Writers Guild of America, Veterans Writing Project 2016. Accepted for a year's tutelage with the Writer's Guild Foundation in Beverly Hills. The Foundation is attached to the Writers Guild of America, who represent screenwriters & playwrights nationally. I was one of only 50 people selected from applications that were received all across the US.U.S. State Department Ambassador to the Arts (Arts America program), teaching artists how to make a living in their profession. “Awards of Honor”, San Francisco Arts Commission, (Mayor Diane Feinstein, Presenter).“Out on a Limb”, television miniseries based on Shirley Maclaines best selling book. Paintings used in gallery scenes.Conservation Internship, Palace Ducale, Genova, Italy.Franco Melis, Head Curator.

California & Hawaii

•PAKS Gallery, Blindenmarkt, Austria 2015•PAKS Gallery, Paris, France 2015• Conacher Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1991-1998• Addi Galleries, Maui, HI 1992-1995• Fine Art Collections, Kona, HI 1992-1995• Eaton Galleries, Sausalito, CA 1990• Sierra Galleries, Tiburon, CA 1990• Hanson Galleries, Carmel, CA 1989-1990• Hanson Galleries, La Jolla, CA 1989-1990• Hanson Galleries, Sausalito, CA 1989-1990• Dyansen Galleries, Maui, HI 1989• Center Art Galleries, Maui, HI 1987-1988• Center Art Galleries, Honolulu, HI 1987-1988• Isis Rising Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA 1987-1988• Isis Rising Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1984-1987• Illuminarium Gallery, Corte Madera, CA 1984-1987

Global

Group Show, Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France, October 2015The Women’s Building, San Francisco, March 2009: Shout! Art by Women Veterans, Hosted by Swords to Plowshares, Congresswoman Barbara Lee & Deputy Secretary Barbara WardSketchbook Project________________Chicago Art Source Gallery, May-June 2009, Chicago, Illinois Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) Atlanta, Georgia, April 2, 2009Third Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, March 13, 2009Soulard Art Market, St. Louis, Missouri, March 11, 2009Antena Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, March 8, 2009Laconia Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, March 6, 2009Chris’ Jazz Café, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 4, 2009Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC, March 3, 2009Art House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, Feb 27, 2009“Juxtaposition” Exposition Art Rome, Gallery Guild, Rome, Italy. Spring, 2006“Sixth Annual One Night Stand”, SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, Dec. 2002.Bolinas Gallery, Bolinas, California, “Rugs and Art”: Summer ‘09, Spring ’08, Winter ‘07National Competition: Paint America Top 50 Mini, Topeka, Kansas, 2006Two-Person Collaborative Show, “Alien X-Mass” Anon Salon. San Francisco, Ca, Dec.1996.“Fourth Annual Miniature Art Show”, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, North Carolina 1996Two-Person Collaborative Show, Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, CA 1991Two-Person Collaborative Show, Conacher Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1991Art Awards ‘88, (National competition) Bellevue, Washington, 1988.“Birth and Rebirth”, Collins Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1986LA Expo, Los Angeles, CA 1985.“Christmas Exhibition”, Illuminarium Gallery, Corte Madera, CA 1985.“100 Vows of the Sun”, San Francisco Arts Commission, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1985.

San Francisco Bay Area

Lucky You! Proven Strategies for Generating Luck (Interview), Randy Fitzgerald, Citadel Press, N.Y. (Publication: February 2004)Spirit Magazine, Autumn 1999. Interviewed on painting as collaborative artists by John Keyes.

San Francisco Bay Area

Columnist (online & print), Contributing Content Editor: Buddhist Websites, Human Potential publications, & Art books. Subjects include: Tibetan Dream Yoga, Vajrayana Buddhism (Buddhist Tantra), as well as Metaphysics, Art, and Money.--------------------------------------------------------------------The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: What galleries look for when you submit your art for representation. LinkedIn article, September 2014.Roll Your Own Dharma: Metaphysics, Art & Buddhism. LinkedIn article, September 2014.Several articles on Buddhism (including the 84 Mahasiddhas), Dharma Publishing (Nyingma Institute), Berkeley, CA, 2010.Editor, Myths and Facts: NCAA Recruiting Requirements by Dr. Cecilia Hegamin Younger, St. Georges University Press, Granada 2009Editor & Preface author, The Third Eye: The Photographic Journeys of Jonathan Clark, Blurb Publishing, Montreal. 2009.Feature: Artlife, Communication for the creative mind. Ventura, Ca. (2002) Collector’s Edition, Volume 22, Number 3, Issue No. 235“A Tantrik Holiday: Igniting Your Partners Sexuality By Honoring Her Spiritual Self ”, By-Line, Uriel Dana, GC Magazine, Vol 6, Issue 7, Dec.1999 Dallas Texas.“Angel In A G-String: Psycho-Spiritual Advice From A Born-Again Tantrika”, By –Line, Uriel Dana, Various Subjects related to Tantra E-Column, Themestream.com (1999-2000)Enlightenment & Persuasion (Grief and Recovery), By-Line, Uriel Dana, Open Exchange Magazine, Berkeley, CA Oct/Nov/Dec 2001Monthly Column; “Living on the Edge” by Uriel Dana. Patrons of Sirius Art Newsletter. 1997.Maui Art and Creative People, Glassman Pub. 1989 (Feature)Common Ground Magazine 1985 (Fall)Pulse Magazine 1984 (Christmas)

San Francisco Bay Area

America at the Millennium: The Best Poems and Poets of the 20th Century, The International Library of Poetry.On the Wings of Poetry (anthology) “Night Lover” Semifinalist/Free Poetry Contest, FamousPoets.comThe Sound of Poetry, audio tapes, 1999, “Together Again” (1 of 11)Outstanding Poets of 1998, The National Library of Poetry, “Language of the Eyes”Letters from the Soul, The International Library of Poetry, Winter 2003, “Darshan”Time & Space, International Kirtan Newsletter, poems, issues 1,2,3 (2003) "Reflections of Mirabai", "The In-Between", "Thousand Petal Lotus"The Sound of Poetry, audio tapes, 1998 “Night Lover” (1of 11)Sea of Tranquility (Poetry Anthology) The National Library of Poetry (Original Poem, “Together Again” National Semi-finalist) 1998Embrace the Morning. (Poetry Anthology) The National Library of Poetry (Original Poem, “Night Lover” National Semi-finalist) 1997. Pub. Date 7/98.

Global

1987: U.S. State Dept. South America & Caribbean Tour (Brazil, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados). Subject: How to Go Professional in the Art Business.2000: The 2000 CEO Forum on Sustainable Business, March 28, The Marriott Hotel, San Mateo,California. Subject: A Spiritual Approach: Motivating Business to Enhance Profitability ThroughSustainability.2000: Yoga Mind & Spirit 2000, May 12-14. Estes Park, Colorado, Key Note Speaker: Subject: Tibetan Dream Yoga and Mahayoga Tantra.2001: Literature Without Borders, Sept 7th, Sponsored by the City of Oakland, ANG Newspapers& Boadecia’s Books ProArts, 461 9th St., Oakland, California, Bay Area Women Authors (One of sixteen featured speakers).2009: Pinole Artisans Guild Keynote Speaker “Art, Metaphysics & Money”2009: Member of Avatars, Metaphysical Chapter of Toastmasters International, Berkeley, CA(various monthly speaking engagements)

San Francisco Bay Area

Screenwriting/Project Development Of A Feature Length Drama For Young Adults/Tv Series

Activities and Societies: Accepted for a year's tutelage with the Writer's Guild Foundation in Beverly Hills. The Foundation is attached.

Oil Painting, Gouache, Watercolor.

Activities and Societies: Mastering Oils, Gouache, Watercolor, Landscapes, Still Life, Figurative Art, Drawing, as well as studio cecords.

Intense Training In High End Decorative & Faux Finishes, Marble, Semi Precious Stones, Gold Leaf

Activities and Societies: Mastery of glazing and color layering, using gold leaf, training the eye to see through marble and semi precious.

Sculpture, Museum Management & Art History

Activities and Societies: I became the first student ever to curate an exhibit at the College. Crystal Energy: A collection of Rare.

Color, Form & Aesthetics With A Focus On Furniture And Textile Design

I spent two years at Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design studying color, furniture and textile design. It helped me land a job designing.