Artist Statement/Biography

Artist Statement
I am an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans sculpture, photography, and painting, with a primary focus on large-scale and site-responsive public art. For more than twelve years, I have created artworks that engage landscape, environment, and community, often using minimalist form to invite contemplation, awareness, and connection to the natural world.

BIography
Born in Sacramento, California, Daley began her career as a photojournalist with The Sacramento Bee before relocating to the Bay Area to pursue formal arts education. She earned her degree from Sonoma State University, where she studied painting and fine art photography and discovered a deep commitment to sculpture, particularly work situated in public space. Her sculptural practice frequently explores themes of environmental stewardship, balance, and resilience, while also addressing contemporary issues.

Daley’s public artworks are installed in diverse civic, cultural, and natural settings. Her work can be found in downtown Hood River, Oregon; the Civic Center Sculpture Garden in Newport Beach, California; Healdsburg, California; Paradise Ridge Winery and Pepperwood Preserve in Santa Rosa, California; and on the campus of Sonoma State University. Additional permanent installations are located at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa. She is currently nearing completion of a 40-foot labyrinth installation for Pepperwood Preserve.
Her large-scale and kinetic sculptures have been exhibited at venues including the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, and the Museum of Sonoma County. Daley has also participated in multiple municipal public art programs, including projects with the City of Napa and the City of Santa Rosa, including an Earth Day-centered public art exhibition.

In addition to her studio practice, Daley is dedicated to arts education and currently teaches high school art and photography at Sonoma Academy in Santa Rosa. Her work is informed by time spent outdoors and in travel: through hiking, ocean swimming, diving, and desert exploration, as well as by writing, poetry, and close observation of natural systems. These experiences continue to shape her approach to public art as a space for reflection, dialogue, and shared experience.