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
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 – 1973
National Sporting Library & Museum, Middleburg, Virginia (May 17, 2019 - January 5, 2020)
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania
Marywood University, Mahady Gallery, Scranton, Pennsylvania
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, New York
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, Louisiana
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 - 1974
Washington Womens Art Center Exhibition. American University Museum. Washington, DC
Apparitions. Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
King of the Forest: Adventures in Bioperversity. Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia
9th International Fiber Biennal. Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jeepers Creepers. I.D.E.A. Museum, Mesa, Arizona
Unearthed, Alice C. Sabatini Art Gallery at Topeka and Shawnee Public Library, Topeka, Kansas
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 Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
International Sculpture Conference. Benjamin Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
City Spaces. Atheneum Museum, Alexandria, Virginia
Noah Seeing Anew. Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, Virginia
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, New York
26th Street Playground Show. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Fascinating Cat. Mulvane Art Center, Topeka & Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
Curious Creatures & Bizarre Beasts. Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey
Suspended Sculptures. New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
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, Washington, DC
Masks. Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
Animal Imagery in Contemporary Art. Virginia Museum, Richmond, Virginia
Washington Artists. Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space. Washington, DC
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Smithsonian National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
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 (three sculptures), Washington, DC
Georgetown Day School, Washington, DC
American University, Washington, DC
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Artery Corporation, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Discovery Channel, Silver Springs, Maryland
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 Endowment for the Arts
Louisiana World Exposition, World’s Fair, New Orleans, Louisiana
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, New York
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, New York
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 slumped glass
Works On Paper……graphite, colored pencil, pastel
Canvas….Acrylic