Danielle Satinover, San Francisco Based Sculptor
On my artist journey, sculpting in metals seems to be my latest incarnation. I find the duality between heated fluid metals and the solid strength of cold metals fascinating. My current works have evolved into a means for me to solve problems I set up for myself, the sculptures are the answers. The answers I have found bring their own duality between the industrial nature of my materials and the organic forms of my outcomes.
My background in the arts began when I was very young, my parents could not keep me in enough art supplies growing up. I graduated from Fairfax High School Visual Arts Magnet in Los Angeles, and continued my art education at the University of California, San Diego earning my BA in visual arts, media production. I have enjoyed an active commercial career in the media arts in film, television, and photography spanning 20 years. I also teach arts to school age children Toddler-5 grade.
Simultaneously, I have maintained a fine arts career. My beginnings are in photography and I have received awards from the Parson School of Design and I have works in the permanent photography collections of UCSD. Since my discovery of sculpting, I have been part of numerous group shows throughout California.
My background in the arts began when I was very young, my parents could not keep me in enough art supplies growing up. I graduated from Fairfax High School Visual Arts Magnet in Los Angeles, and continued my art education at the University of California, San Diego earning my BA in visual arts, media production. I have enjoyed an active commercial career in the media arts in film, television, and photography spanning 20 years. I also teach arts to school age children Toddler-5 grade.
Simultaneously, I have maintained a fine arts career. My beginnings are in photography and I have received awards from the Parson School of Design and I have works in the permanent photography collections of UCSD. Since my discovery of sculpting, I have been part of numerous group shows throughout California.
Artist's Statement
My art comes from two places. One is the process of solving challenges that I set up for myself. For example, what would happen if you attached nail after nail together, or what will it be if I put these nuts together, or can I knit wire? But, I also find myself continually looking at the world and wanting to rearrange it, to look at it from a different perspective, and to find new relationships between things. Then I want to show you a different way of seeing.
In my work I tend to transform everyday materials into new organic forms. My materials range from nails, nuts and bolts, railroad ties, pipes, old parts, old lumber, recycled glass, mattress springs, clothing, yarns, beads, thread, basically anything. For me everything is an art material and everything has its own beauty, it is my job as the artist to bring this beauty out for others to see.
Much of my work has some kind of repeating element. This repetition creates a rhythm, this rhythm then creates the quiet space of calm I so love. My art happens when I put the problem, the material, and the calm together. The results are my sculptures.
In my work I tend to transform everyday materials into new organic forms. My materials range from nails, nuts and bolts, railroad ties, pipes, old parts, old lumber, recycled glass, mattress springs, clothing, yarns, beads, thread, basically anything. For me everything is an art material and everything has its own beauty, it is my job as the artist to bring this beauty out for others to see.
Much of my work has some kind of repeating element. This repetition creates a rhythm, this rhythm then creates the quiet space of calm I so love. My art happens when I put the problem, the material, and the calm together. The results are my sculptures.
