About the artist
Dani Becknell is a Texas-based sculptor predominantly working in clay. Becknell’s eclectic practice is driven by personal experience and her response to the surrounding world in order to physically and emotionally digest. These spiritually informed works are a unique evolution of habitat born of botanicals, sea forms and unprocessed elements abstracted by her imagination then physically manifested through her hands. Becknell is creating a whimsical aesthetic that transcends our observational world, each work becoming a healing gesture, enlivening spaces with an intuitive expression of physicality intended to both release and replenish.
Exhibitions:
Unobstructed Horizons, 2024, Agarita Loft Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
Clay Symphony, 2024, Mercury Project. San Antonio, Texas.
Fruits of our Labor, 2024, Ornamental Cabbage. San Antonio, Texas.
Under Construction, 2024, UC Gallery. San Antonio, Texas. Glasstire Top 5
Red Dot, 2023, SA Contemporary. San Antonio, Texas
Summer Camp, 2023, ShockBoxx Gallery. Hermosa Beach, California
Contigo, 2023, Southwest Elixirs. San Antonio, Texas
Antones, 2022, Bright Coffee. San Antonio, Texas
1000 Vases, 2022, Galerie Joseph. Paris, France
Foreign Body, 2022, Rojo Gallery. San Antonio, Texas
Cups For Y’all, 2022, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Houston, Texas
Contemporary Art Month Open Studio, 2022, Mercury Project. San Antonio, Texas
Sapphire, 2022, Envision Arts. Online
1000 Vases, 2021, Milan Design Week(Salone). Milan, Italy
Women in Art, 2021, Las Laguna Gallery. Laguna Beach, CA
Widerkunst III, 2020, Holzmarkt. Berlin, Germany
Red Dot, 2020, Blue Star Contemporary. San Antonio, Texas
Expo, 2020, A.I.R. Vallauris, France
Crossing Borders Vol 2, 2020 aMBUSH Gallery. Sydney, Australia
Launch Exhibition, 2019 Sydney Art Collective. Sydney, Australia
PORTAL, 2019 aMBUSH Gallery. Sydney, Australia
SPEIS, 2019 aMBUSH Gallery. Sydney, Australia
Art Equals Freedom, 2019 Farr Side Gallery. Sydney, Australia
Curator:
Fruits of our Labor, 2024 Ornamental Cabbage, San Antonio, Texas
PORTAL, 2019 aMBUSH Gallery, Sydney, Australia
SPEIS, 2019 aMBUSH Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Publications & Achievements:
‘Unobstructed Horizons’ SATX Today. Digital. 2024.
satxtoday./new-art-exhibit-opening-at-agarita-loft-san-antonio-tx
Common Ground Issue 02. Borderline Press. Print. 2023.
borderlinepress.com/common-ground-issue-02Issue 02
Common Ground Issue 01. Borderline Press. Print. 2022. borderlinepress.com/common-ground-issue-01
1000 Vases Paris Catalogue Book. Print. 2022
Glasstire Top 5. 2022. glasstire.com/top-five
Glasstire exhibition write up for ‘Foreign Body’ 2022. glasstire.com/foreign-body
28 Artists you should be following on instagram, SA Current Magazine, digital, 2022. sacurrent.com/sanantonio
Designer for The Artling theartling.com/designers/danielle-becknell
1000 Vases Book Vol. 1. 2021. 1000vases.com
San Antonio Magazine, digital & print, 2021. sanantoniomag.com/meet-the-artist-behind-alles-klar-aesthetic
Aesthetica Magazine Q&A, digital, 2020. aestheticamagazine.com/artistic-restoratives
Guest of a Guest, photographer, digital, 2020. guestofaguest.com/nyc-society/patti-ruiz-healy
Aesthetica Magazine, digital and print,2020. aestheticamagazine.com/danielle-becknell
A.I.R. Vallauris Ceramic Residency, 2020
2ser So Hot Right Now interview 107.3fm, 2019 2ser.com/speis
150 Best New Eco Home Ideas, print, 2017.
Hill Country Houses, print, 2014.
Architizer, 2013. architizer.com
Education:
Penland School of Craft, Modest to Monumental Workshop
National Art School (Sydney) BFA, Sculpture
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan) Sculpture/Design
The University of Mississippi, Art History
