Dan LEONETTE
1941, Sweden

Dan Leonette started to work with clay some 40 years ago in Santa Barbara, California. This is also where I first came in contact with raku. My experience with clay and burning raku was so profound that I dropped out of college and began to work with clay in all its forms.

Since then I have produced a large selection of domestic ware, which I still do but on a smaller scale.
Six years ago I received a book on contemporary raku and I was so moved and inspired by what I saw being made today, that I decided to start again!s
Now I mainly work with postfired raku, matt coppers, naked raku and peal-off. I also burn other lowfiring techniques as sawdust- and saggarfiring.

I live in Sweden with my wife Kerstin, on a beautiful island called Gotland. We live in an old dairy where we also have a pottery, a gallery and my raku-factory.

Exhibitions during 1970s:
Halmstads Höstsalong, Hallands museum
Stadsgalleriet, Halmstad
Galleri Liljan, Värnamo
Konstgården, Helsingborg
Galleri Kända Målare, Jönköping
Tidö Slott, Västerås
Stadshuskuben
1980s:
Tidö Slott Västerås
Galleri 16, Stockholm
Galleri Forum, Stockholm
Galleri Kråkeslätt, Bromölla
Galleri Victoria, Halmstad
Galleri Nykvarn, Enköping
Galleri Hamnen, Viken
Galleri Frennarp, Halmstad
Galleri Hos Oss, Visby
Galleri Konstkällaren, Karlstad
Galleri S:t Lars, Linköping
Galleri Eklund, Umeå

Exhibitions during 90s:
Galleri Kråkeslätt, Bromölla
Galleri Nykvarn, Enköping
Galleri Hamnen, Höganäs
Galleri Victoria, Halmstad
Galleri Hultbergs, Stockholm
Galleri Hos Oss, Visby
Galleri Roger, Linköping
Galleri Ridelius, Visby
Utställningssalongen, Strandvägen, Stockholm
Galleri Adolfsson, Segeltorp, Stockholm
Galleri Nykvarn, Enköping
Stadshuskuben, Falkenberg
Grafioteket, Gamla stan, Stockholm
Galleri S, Tibro
2000
Galleri Hamnen, Viken

Paintings
2001 januari Galleri Katarina, Stockholm
Raku och tavlor
Grupputställning
Krapperup, Skåne 2000
Raku-utställningar

1997
Gkf, (Gotländska konsthantverkare och formgivare), Visby
1998
Konst-och Hantverkshuset i Sanda
Grafioteket, Gamla stan, Stockholm
1999
Galleri Kråkeslätt, Bromölla
Galleri Tibro Konst- och Rakuutställning
2000
Galleri Ridelius, Visby
G.A.D. Stockholm
Galleri Hamnen, Viken
Skånekraft i Lund
2001
Galleri Katarina, Stockholm
Höganäs Museet
Visby Konstmuseum

Represented
Kommunala samlingar i Halmstad,
Värmland, Östergötland, Södermanland och på Gotland.
Hallands Läns Landsting, Gotlands Läns Landsting,
Jönköping Läns Landsting, Östergötlands Läns Landsting
och Södermanlands Läns Landsting.

Source: http://www.leonette.com/english/danny_cv.htm