I grew up at the intersection of Asia, Europe and Africa. A place where varied layers of cultures and traditions, languages and signs, music and soundscapes - have all shaped my outlook, offering a visual abundance of colors and designs.
In my art I strive for a conversation, a dialogue between ways of seeing, a constant reflection of memories and current state of observing and interacting.
With a background in Architecture, I love to incorporate drawings as signifiers for my mostly abstract painting. Whether it's drawings or large-scale paintings, its lines, rather than color that are my primary instigators; they connect, integrate and carry the composition through the journey, as I look for an emerging order, for a solid ground.
I use mostly Acrylic on large paintings on canvas, and pencils, ink and gouache on small paper pieces. In both cases I love the sense of close interaction, where my hand is intimately engaged and tactile with the medium.
I live and create in Oakland, California. I have shown both locally and abroad, in Spain and Germany.
* Annual Juried Exhibition, "Body & Soul", Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, May 2019, *Sold*
* Finalist, "Abstract With Red" International Juried Painting competition, Camelback Gallery, 2020
* Featured artist, Artist Portfolio Magazine, 2020
* Featured online artist, Gallery Baird, 2020
* Upcoming exhibition: 2020, 10West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (postponed due to Covid)
* Talent Prize Award, Art Show International online competition, 2021
* Galeria Azur, Madrid, Spain. Group Exhibition, 2021
* Galeria Azur, Berlin, Germany, Group exhibition, 2022
* Archer Gallery, Oakland, Group exhibition, 2022
* Archer Gallery, Oakland, Group exhibition, 2023
* Archer Gallery, Oakland, Solo exhibition, August-September 2023
* O'Hanlon Center for the arts, Mill Valley, CA - Call and Response Juried exhibition, August-September 2023
* O'Hanlon Center for the arts, Mill Valley, CA - Duality, Group Juried exhibition, Feb-March 2024
* Archer Gallery, Oakland, Group exhibition, March-April 2024
* Almarise Gallery, Berkley, Group exhibition, "Embodied Perspectives", March-April 2024
* O'Hanlon Center for the arts, Mill Valley, Juried exhibition, "Floral Fantasies", March-April 2024
* Transmission Gallery, Oakland, National Juried group exhibition, "Pint Size", 7x7", April-May 2024
* O'Hanlon Center for the arts, Mill Valley, CA - Juried exhibition, Wabi Sabi, Oct.-Nov. 2024
* O'Hanlon Center for the arts, Mill Valley, CA - Juried exhibition, Lyrical, Feb. 2025
* O'Hanlon Center for the arts, Mill Valley, CA - Juried exhibition, Go Figure, April 2025
Press:
Oakland Art Murmur, by Malcolm Ryder, 2023:
"Dalit Fresco's works are highly animated in the way her sensitive choice of each part's qualities make us feel them coming together into a whole. They exemplify a way of cultivating beauty from the freedom of making something by hand. Each of her touches does something explicit, not suggestive; and I ponder how the results were both bold and quiet at the same time."
For all inquiries & prices contact: dalitfresco@mac.com