Joan Danziger

Joan Danziger
Born1934 (1934)
New York City, U.S.
Education
Known forSculpture
Websitejoandanziger.com

Joan Danziger (born 1934)[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

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,[4] the National Museum of Women in the Arts Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Susquehanna Art Museum,[3] and the Glen Burnie District Courthouse in Maryland. She is known for her large sculptures of beetles[5][6] and hybrid human-animal forms.[7]

In 2026 the American University Museum held a retrospective of Danziger's work entitled The Magical World of Joan Danziger.[8] The companion exhibition Ravens: Spirits of the Sky feature her glass and metal sculptures.[9]

Her image is included in the 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson.[10]

Personal life

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

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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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. ↑ Alter, Cathy (February 6, 2026). "The strange menagerie of sculptor Joan Danziger". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Joan Danziger brings her magical art to the American University Museum in first career retrospective". artdaily. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
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