Dani Lopez

I can FINALLY share this good news! I am so excited to share that I will be a Lucas Art Fellow. As a working artist, being given space and time to work uninterrupted is a HUGE gift. I am so grateful. I cannot wait to pack up my car, drive an hour, and set up the studio to get some work done. And I don’t have to apply to residencies for the next 3 years?! Amazing. As someone who applies to a lot of opportunities (and gets a lot of rejections) getting this feels HUGE. Thank you @lucasartres for seeing my work and giving me this huge opportunity. @lucasartres Montalvo Arts Center’s Sally and Don Lucas Artists Program (LAP) is proud to announce the fellowships awarded from its California open call held earlier this year, the first open call held by the LAP in over ten years! Of 370 applicants, 65 artists—spanning careers from emerging to established—were awarded Lucas Artists Fellowships: 30 in the field of visual arts, 19 in literary arts, and 16 in music/composition and performing arts. Please say hello to our newest Visual Arts Fellows! Annie Albagli (@albaglia ), Erina Alejo (@erinacalejo ), Kathy Aoki (@kathy_aoki_artist ), Berfin Ataman (@berfinataman ), Lisa Anne Auerbach (@auerbachtoberfest ), Reanne Estrada, H. Leslie Foster II (@leslie_muse ), Jamil Hellu (@jamil.hellu ), Rhonda Holberton (@rhondaholberton ), Allison Leigh Holt (@oillyoowen ), Phung Huynh (@phungxion ), Pantea Karimi (@karimipantea ), Beth Krebs (@beth.krebs.studio ), Rudy Lemcke (@rudylemcke ), Cara Levine (@cara_levine ), dani lopez (@dani___lopez___ ), Kija Lucas (@kijalucas ), Juan Luna-Avin (@juanlunaavin ), Elliot Gordon Mercer, Masako Miki (@masakomiki ), Julie Orser (@julieorser ), Namita Paul (@artistnpaul ), Genevieve Quick (@genevieve_q ), Felix Quintana (@felixfquintana ), Leonard Reidelbach (@justhavefunandbeyrself ), Erik Scollon (@erikscollon ), Valerie Soe (@valeriesoe ), Margeaux Walter (@margeauxwalter ), Stella Zhang (@stellazhang_0 ), Minoosh Zomorodinia (@minoosh_z ) Visual Arts jurors: Aleesa Pitchamaran Alexander, Barbara Goldstein, Marc Mayer, TT Takemoto, and Mario Ybarra Jr

@__warpandweft This weeks Field Notes interview is with dani Lopez (@dani___lopez___ ), an artist and weaver living in Oakland, CA. When asked to describe her creative process dani says, “My creative process always starts with a picture or an idea in my mind, usually connected to a song or a feeling. Then, I research images from movies, TV shows, music videos, and archival images of lesbians. Sometimes, I use source imagery; other times, I re-stage images and put myself in them. Using lesbian and queer culture, history, and archival footage helps ground my current project, 3 Dykes Walk into a Bar. I’m a plain weave queen, and I tell colleagues and students it is vastly underrated. Whether I’m weaving a tapestry or using plain weave to explore color and structure, it’s the foundation for a reason.” ⋅ You can read dani’s full interview on our website, under Field Notes on the navigation bar ~

🚨New Artist Portrait Alert🚨 a huge shoutout to @hannahfrancocreative for documenting my work and capturing new portraits of me and my work. It’s not easy for this weaver to feel comfortable in front of a camera, when I’d rather be hunched over a tapestry. Also, Happy Pride from your favorite, gay weaver auntie. 🤓😘🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

emcee - patron saint of fuck boi’s EVERYWHERE (feat. @feverray ) 36.5 in. x 24.5 in. 2024 Handwoven cotton and wool #tapestryweaving #contemporarycraft #queercraft #lesbianart #queerweaving #contemporaryweaving #fuckboienergy

A lil wip moment for y’all and a tasty warp interlock detail. 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 #tapestryweaving #queercraft #weaversofinstagram #weaving #contemporarycraft

I have two weavings in this show! Come by this Saturday at @berkeleyartcenter between 2-5pm. I would love to see you. 👋🏽🤓😘 # @berkeleyartcenter 🎉 OPENING RECEPTION: Letter from the Network 💌 Sat. May 25th, 2-5pm We are pleased to announce our newest exhibition, curated by PJ Gubatina Policarpio & Juan Omar Rodriguez from our own Berkeley Art Center Members! Come on by for the Opening Reception! On view from May 25 - July 6. CURATORS: @pjpolicarpio & @juanomar.r #BayAreaArt #BayAreaArtists #LocalArtsScene #berkeley #berkeleyart #localartists #openingreception #artgallery #localexhibition #artistcommunity

A Wish Made Over and Over While Living in a Small Town (Lyrics lifted from Saint Tracy) 18 in. x 24 in. 2024 Novelty fabrics, thread, and embroidery floss #queercraft #contemporaryembroidery #queerembroidery #lesbianart #contemporarycraft

A Mantra for Staying In the Closet (lyrics lifted from a famed “straight girl”) 11.5 in x 14.5 in 2024 Novelty fabrics, thread, and embroidery floss #contemporaryembroidery #queercraft #contemporarycraft #lesbianart #queerembroidery

#wip Progress updates from the last four months. I’m excited to get this off the loom. Maybe a few more weeks? #queercraft #contemporarytapestry #contemporaryweaving #queerweaving #lesbianart #tapestry #contemporarycraft

We’re thrilled to have dani lopez @dani___lopez___ exhibiting in MATERIAL INSTINCT, curated by Makiko Harris @makikoharris and Rebecca Kaufman @rebecca___kaufman ! dani will also be speaking on our panel hosted at the gallery this Friday, March 22 at 6pm organized in collaboration with Root Division @rootdivision . ‌ BIO dani lopez is a textile artist working within weaving, embroidery, and textiles sculpture to explore queer desire, non-linear narratives, disidentifications, and femme identity. She received her MFA in Textiles from CCA. She has been featured in Hyperallergic, Surface Design Journal, and Other People’s Pixels. lopez has shown at Bedford Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, Bass & Reiner, Amos Eno Gallery, Collar Works, and the Frank Ratchye Project Space. Her work was recently exhibited in Queer Threads, curated by John Chaich, at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. ‌ STATEMENT My weavings borrow queer-coded song lyrics to hint to a knowing viewer that if you know, you know. These works are interested in how I can make weavings do things they shouldn’t. How can I structure a hole or a tear and still have a cloth that survives? Woven cloth is stronger than we realize. While the pieces often feel frenetic and slapdash, they are made slowly and thoughtfully. The energetic through line expresses the intensity of the feeling and emotion behind this work. The materials range from cheap and readily accessible to mid-range so that it reflects my socioeconomic background and means. Textiles are a site of regret and redemption for me. The physical, time-intensive processes are where I examine my regrets, and the works that emerge are an act of reimagining and redemption. ‌ ARTWORK Tryin’ to hold it together… Handwoven cotton, novelty yarn, and metallic tinsel foil fringe 73 in x 50 in 2022 ‌ 📍1207 10th Street, Berkeley, CA 🗓️Saturdays 12-4p 🗓️MWF 12-6p by appointment by emailing info@120710.art or calling 341-205-1331 ‌ For any questions regarding acquiring artworks, please email info@120710.art or reach out to the artists directly.

This Saturday! Please come to this amazing group show I am so proud to be in. It's going to be SO good! 🤓🖤✨ ‌ MATERIAL INSTINCT features the work of 24 exceptional Bay Area women and non-binary artists across a variety of mediums with a focus on materiality and non-representational work. Curated by Makiko Harris @makikoharris and Rebecca Kaufman @rebecca___kaufman , MATERIAL INSTINCT was born from a discussion about the importance of mentorship and connection amongst women and non-binary artists, a need for more opportunities to connect intergenerational artists across mediums to create a more inclusive and supportive community, and a desire to celebrate and highlight the amazing work being created by artists working with materiality and abstraction in the Bay Area. ‌ Join us March 16th from 4-8pm to celebrate the opening of MATERIAL INSTINCT! We’ll have @djdonttellmom there to set the vibe ⚡️ ‌ Image artwork by Becca Barolli, “Make Do” (2023) sixteen gauge annealed steel wire, 18.5” x 8” x 8” @beccabarolli ‌ Poster design by Rebecca Kaufman @rebecca___kaufman ‌ 📍1207 10th Street, Berkeley, CA 🗓️Saturdays 12-4p 🗓️MWF 12-6p by appointment by emailing info@120710.art or calling 341-205-1331

99 Problems (feat. Kid Cudi, Alice, and her flower girls) 27 in. x 45 in. 2023 Handwoven cotton and wool Imagery from Alice in Wonderland. Text from Kid Cudi’s Soundtrack 2 My Life. #contemporarycraft #contemporaryweaving #contemporarytapestry #queercraft #tapestry #tapestryweaving