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email: dalgarate@gmail.com
Designed and fabricated with the intention of highlighting the connection between visual and textural representations of the natural world, Daniella aims to create pieces that allow the viewer to invite outside environments indoors. While the topographical and organic designs of her pieces are to remain static, patina’d and mirror polished surfaces are expected to evolve with the exposure to the outside elements. As time progresses, the continued oxidization of the metal’s surface enhances their tactility as if they are living organisms. The intention is to investigate the connection between traditional patina and surface techniques with the material’s inherent nature to transform over time.
Daniella attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, earning her BFA in Fiber and Materials Study in 2014, where she focused on both contemporary and traditional weaving practices before transitioning to metal.
She co-owns a metal fabrication studio GAD Art & Fabrication alongside her father and brother in Los Angeles, CA.
Education
2014
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
2025
Glade, Two Faced Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2024
Femme Reflections, Cuff Studio, Los Angeles, CA.
Creatively Curated, Cummings Estate, Los Angeles, CA.
LCDQ Legends, Carlisle LA Showroom, Los Angeles, CA.
Smokey Trails, Rhett Baruch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2016
Mixed Expressions, Pop up, Los Angeles, CA.
2014
Mooncalf’s Metanoia, Church of Templehead, Chicago, IL.
2013
New Americans, The Haight, Chicago, IL.
Metamorphosis, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL.