Joan Danziger

Joan Danziger (born 1934 New York City)[1] is an American sculptor. She is known for her large sculptures of beetles and hybrid human-animals.

Joan Danziger
Born1934 (1934)
New York City
NationalityAmerican
Education
Known forSculpture
Websitejoandanziger.com

Life

Danziger grew up in Queens.[2] She graduated from Cornell University with a B.F.A., and studied at the Art Students League, and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in Rome.[3]

Her work has been shown at the Morris Museum, Rutgers University, and the New Jersey State Museum. Her work is in: the New Orleans Museum of Art; the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[4] the National Museum of Women in the Arts Reading Public Museum, Reading PA, Childrens Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, Susquehanna Art Museum.[3] She is known for her large sculptures of beetles[5][6] and hybrid human-animal forms.[7]

She resides and works in Washington, D.C.[6]

Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson.[8]

Reviews
  • Elaine A. King (July–August 2009). "The Emblematic World of Joan Danziger". Sculpture Magazine.

References
  1. "Joan Danziger". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  2. "Now in my garden there's this magical band. « Studio Neptune". January 10, 2012. Archived from the original on January 10, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  3. "Sculptors on View". Grounds For Sculpture. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  4. "Two Rhinoceri by Joan Danziger / American Art". Americanart.si.edu. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  5. "Beetle Mania: The Art of Joan Danziger". Reading Public Museum. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  6. Gambino, Megan. "Beetles Invasion: One Artist's Take on the Insect". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  7. "Joan Danziger - Biography". AskArt. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  8. "Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
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