dani lopez

dani lopez is a textile artist working within weaving, embroidery, and textile sculpture to explore lesbian desire, non-linear narratives, disidentifications, and femme identity. She received her MFA in Textiles from CCA and her BFA from the University of Oregon. She has been featured in Hyperallergic, Surface Design Journal, Warp and Weft, and Other People’s Pixels. lopez has shown at Bedford Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, Bass & Reiner, 120710 Gallery, Berkeley Art Center, 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. In 2022 she received The Money For Women Grant from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund and a Puffin Grant for her project “3 Dykes Walk Into a Bar…”. lopez has received several CERF+ grants to professionally support her practice. She has taught Intro to Weaving at San Franciso State University. In early 2023, lopez attended the Penland School of Craft for their winter residency on a fellowship. She will be an Artist in Residence at Real Time and Space in the winter of 2024-25. She lives and works in Oakland, CA.