JOAN DANZIGER
RESUME
Lives and Works In Washington, DC
SITE-SPECIFIC, PUBLIC, ART COMMISSIONS . 2007 - 1973
Party Animals, DC Commission For The Arts
"Eagle Riding High”
Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
Commissioned by the Sculpture Foundation
“October Gathering” Cast Bronze
Fish Out of Water Project. The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Maryland
“Blue Man On A Fish”
George M. Taylor Multi-Service Center, Glen Burnie, Maryland
State of Maryland Art In Public Place Commission
“Aerial Conjunction” Three suspended Sculptures and two wall sculptures in a 40 ft atrium
Washington,DC Convention Center, Washington,DC
“Acrobatic Troupe” Three suspended sculptures in a 40 x 60 ft atrium which are now
reinstalled in the Kennedy Recreation Center, Washington, DC
George Meany Labor Studies Center, Maryland, National Endowment For The Arts Commission
Two 8’ figurative sculptures of workers
Frostburg State College, Student Union, Frostburg, Maryland
18.5’ Foot suspended sculpture comprised of three figures in a 60’ atrium
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS . 2013 - 2014
Mahady Gallery, Marywood University (12/7/2013-1/18/2014) Scranton, PA
Snyderman-Works Galleries, 9th Biennial Fiber Show (3/2014-4/2014) Philadelphia, PA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS . 2013 – 1973
Children's Museum of Pittsburg Pittsburg, PA
American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center Washington, DC
Osuna Gallery Washington, DC
Southwest Art Center San Antonio, Texas
Kelton Mathes Development Corporation Arlington, Texas
Textile Museum, Washington, DC
Louisiana World Exposition New Orleans, Louisiana
Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Jersey State Museum Trenton, New Jersey
Joy Horwick Gallery Chicago, Illinois
Terry Dintenfass Gallery New York, NY
Jacksonville Museum of Art & Sciences Jacksonville, Florida
New York State University Art Gallery Albany, New York
Mead Corporation International HQ Dayton, Ohio
Fendrick Gallery Washington,DC
University of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland
Muckenthaler Cultural Center Fullerton, California
California Museum of Science & Industry Los Angeles, California
Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, DC
Henri Gallery Washington, DC
Simone Stern Gallery New Orleans, LA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS . 2013 - 1974
Unearthed Alice C. Sabatini Art Gallery at Topeka and Shawnee Public Library, Topeka, KS
Washington Women In The Arts: A Selection. Osuna Gallery, Washington, DC
Society Of Art Of The Imagination Cork Gallery, London, England
Sculpture Guild, Grounds For Sculpture Hamilton, New Jersey
Fantasy & Dreams Susquehanna Art Musem, Harrisburg,Pa.
International Sculpture Conference Benjamin Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
City Spaces Antheneum Museum, Alexandria, Va
Noah Seeing Anew Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, Va.Art
Taft Menagerie Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
Paper Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio
Gems of Imagination Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
100 Artists Commemorate 200 Years Xerox Corporation, Rochester, NY
26th Street Playground Show Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Md
Fascinating Cat Mulvane Art Center, Topeka & Wichita Art Museum, KS
Curious Creatures & Bizarre Beasts Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Suspended Sculptures New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
Figure & Fantasy Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum,DC
Images of the 70's-9 Washington Artists Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
New Sculpture: Baltimore, Washington,Richmond Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washngton, DC
Masks Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
Animal Imagery in Contempory Art Virginia Museum, Richmond, Virginia
Washington Artists Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space Washington, DC
PUBLIC . COLLECTIONS
District of Columbia, Mayor’s Office Washington, DC
New Orleans Museum Of Art New Orleans, Louisiana
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
Jacksonville Museum of Arts Science Jacksonville, Florida
Capital Children’s Museum Washington, DC
National Museum of Women In The Arts Washington, DC (Three sculptures)
Georgetown Day School Washington, DC
American University Washington, DC
Susquehanna Art Museum Harrisburg, PA
CORPORATE . COLLECTIONS
Artery Corporation Chevy Chase, Maryland
Discovery Channel Silver Springs, Marland
Peat Marwick Washington, DC
Plaza of The Americas Hotel Dallas, Texas
GRANTS
George Meany Labor Studies Center , Maryland
Artist-In-Residence funded by The National Endownment For The Arts
Louisiana World Exposition, World’s Fair, New Orleans, La
Exhibition and Artist-In-Residence
ARTISTS …. . RESIDENCY
American Academy In Rome, Rome, Italy Visiting Artist Six week Residency
Skopelos Foundation For The Arts, Spokelos, Greece
Print Making Facility. Invited to print a series of woodcuts. Two five week sessions
Cite International Des Arts, Paris, France Awarded by the American Center
Worked on Ideas for an Exhibition at the Textile Museum- Textures & Tapestries. Two month residency
EDUCATION
Cornell University (BFA), The Arts Students League, New York, NY
Academy of Fine Arts, Rome, Italy
ART . ORGANIZATIONS
Visual Arts Panelist For The DC Commission On The Arts & Humanities
The New Jersey State Council On The Arts, VisualArts Panelist
Sculpture Guild, New York, NY
Society of Art of The Imagination, London, England
Advisory Board of The Washington Sculptors Group, Washington,DC
Cosmos Club …Art Committee
LISTINGS
Who’s Who In American Art & International Art
Who’s Who of American Women & Eastern Art
Contemporary American Women Sculptors
World’s Women Artists
100 Artists of the Mid-Atlantic
MATERIALS
Sculpture: Mixed Media - wire, wood and metal armature, resin reinforced fabric, celluclay. Archival paper, acrylic paint. Cast Bronze
Fused and slumpred glass
Works On Paper……graphite, colored pencil, pastel
Canvas….Acrylic