Dann Gesink is a visual artist based in Martinez, California, whose work is primarily sculptural and metal, with his most recent fabrications delving into modernist, geometric, industrial, and aeronautical forms.
Dann holds an Associate's degree in Welding Technology from Kalamazoo Valley Community College and a certificate in Mechanical Drafting from Diablo Valley College. He has worked as a metal fabricator and sculptor at Alchemist Bronze Foundry in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Artworks Foundry in Berkeley, California. His professional background includes experience as a structural steel welding inspector on building and infrastructure projects throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Currently, Dann is a professor of Welding Technology at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, California.
Exhibitions
2025
Faculty Exhibition: Roll Call | Los Medanos College Art Gallery | Pittsburg, CA
Cheers to Art! Best of 2025 Artists | Five Sons Brewery | Martinez, CA
2024
Faculty Exhibition: Roll Call | Los Medanos College Art Gallery | Pittsburg, CA
2006
Bay Area Bronze | Varnish Fine Art | San Francisco, CA
2005
City of Paris | 111 Minna Gallery | San Francisco, CA
2004
47th National Exhibition of American Art | Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts
Chautauqua, NY, Sculpture Award, Juried by Donald Kuspit
Bay Area Sculpture | Varnish Fine Art | San Francisco, CA
2003
Grand Opening Show | Varnish Fine Art | San Francisco, CA
Ben Harris & Dann Gesink, Two-Person Exhibition | Varnish Fine Art | San Francisco, CA
The Gods of Art and Wine | Varnish Fine Art | San Francisco, CA
Healing | Dogpatch Studios | San Francisco, CA
Muralcampensino | Pond Gallery | San Francisco, CA
2002
East Bay Open Studios Exhibition | Pro Arts | Oakland, CA
2000
Employee Show | Mussi Gallery, Artworks Foundry | Berkeley, CA
1999
Client and Employee Show | Park/Dumont Gallery, Alchemist-Tye Studio, Fine Art Foundry | Kalamazoo, MI
1998
Group Show | Room 318 Gallery | Kalamazoo, MI
Client and Employee Show | Park/Dumont Gallery, Alchemist-Tye Studio, Fine Art Foundry | Kalamazoo, MI
1997
Solo Exhibition | The Brandtworks Space | Kalamazoo, MI
Client and Employee Show | Park/Dumont Gallery, Alchemist-Tye Studio, Fine Art Foundry | Kalamazoo, MI
1996
Southwest Michigan Area Show | Kalamazoo Institute of Arts | Kalamazoo, MI