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Joan Danziger (born 1934) is an American sculptor. Her work is largely of large sculptures of beetles and hybrid human-animals.

Early life and education

Danziger grew up in Queens, New York City. She graduated from Cornell University with a BFA, and studied at the Art Students League of New York, and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in Rome.

Career

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, the National Museum of Women in the Arts Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, Childrens Museum of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, and Susquehanna Art Museum. She is known for her large sculptures of beetles and hybrid human-animal forms.

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

Personal life

She resides and works in Washington, D.C.

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.

External links

• Ree and Jun Kaneko, Sculptress Joan Danzinger
• October Gathering, 2001, by Joan Danziger, The Sculpture Foundation

• 1934 births
• Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning alumni
• Living people
• Sculptors from New York City
• Sculptors from New York (state)
• Art Students League of New York alumni
• 21st-century American women
• 20th-century American women sculptors
• 20th-century American sculptors