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Published on: 3/27/2006
Last Visited: 7/9/2007
Dana Zed
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Dana Zed recieved her MFA from Brown University in Providence RI, studied philosophy at Oxford University in Great Britian, then moved to San Francisco in 1980 and picked up glass.
Her completely unique and original style has been collected by the Corning Museum of Glass in NY, The Renwick Museum of The Smithsonain Institute in Washington, DC, The Pilchuck Collection in Washington State,The Oakland Museum, and the San Francisco Pacific Gas and Electric Executive office building among others.
Dana Zed has been published frequently in the United States and also in Germany and Japan.She shows throughout the U.S. and is represented in San Francisco by Ruth Braunstein of Braunstein/Quay Gallery.Her work can be seen there or on her website: danazed.com.
Zed teaches regularly at Esalen Institute in Big Sur.Esalen has permanently installed three of Dana's sculpture on their grounds.
Dana Zed has created architectural glass for August Co. for four homes in the Oakland hills; one of which was published in the magazine "New Beautiful Homes".
Dana has recieved awards from the Gerbode Foundation, The San Francisco Bay Guardian and Pilchuck Glass School.