Danielle De Jesus

Danielle De Jesus
Danielle De Jesus in her studio
Born1987 (age 38–39)
Bushwick, Brooklyn, U.S.
EducationYale School of Art
Fashion Institute of Technology
Known forPainting on US currency
MovementNuyorican Movement
Websitedanielledejesus.com

Danielle De Jesus is a Nuyorican painter and photographer born and raised in Bushwick, Brooklyn, whose works tell the story of growing up in New York City amidst gentrification and displacement. She draws from her experience growing up in the Puerto Rican diaspora as a native of Bushwick, New York to document her home neighborhood while creating narratives that uplift the lives and stories of the multi diverse residents she grew up with. She works in painting, photography and uses multimedia objects such as dollar bills and common household items such as tablecloths to create texture stories of everyday life and resilience.  

De Jesus’s work has been included in the permanent collections of the Perez Art Museum of Miami, the Whitney Museum of American Art and El Museo Del Barrio in New York.[1][2]

Early life and education

Danielle earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Photography from the Fashion Institute of Technology and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Painting from Yale University’s School of Art.[3]

Career

De Jesus’ background is in photography and she utilizes her images of the people native to Bushwick as a reference to tell the story of Bushwick’s displaced residents, informed by her personal experiences with gentrification and displacement. Danielle’s images make viewers rethink the significance of the image and the politics of representation involving the largely low-income people of color depicted in her paintings. Her work pushes audiences to think critically about the larger economies of urban America, but also about matters of intimacy and the interior lives of local residents. Ultimately, her works pushes viewers to think about the effects of capitalism, and the urban settler colonial histories impacting Puerto Rican diaspora communities in Brooklyn, Puerto Rico and beyond.[4][5][6][2]

Exhibitions

In 2022, Danielle De Jesus was the inaugural resident at Beecher Residency, established at the Stillman House in Litchfield, Connecticut, designed by 20th-century architect Marcel Breuer with permanent installations from Alexander Calder.[7]

De Jesus was included in prominent group shows such as Reflections on Perception (2022), Akron Art Museum, Ohio;[8] Life Between Buildings (2022) at MoMA PS1, New York;[9][10] the No existe un mundo poshurácan: Puerto Rican Art in the wake of Hurricane Maria (2022–2023) exhibition and accompanying scholarly catalog at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.[11][12] In 2021-2022, De Jesus participated in a two-person show at Calderón in New York, alongside visual artist Shellyne Rodriguez titled Siempre en la calle.[13][14]

Museum collections

Paintings by Danielle De Jesus are included in the permanent collection of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida;[15] El Museo del Barrio, New York; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Danielle De Jesus". MoMA, New York. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Velie, Elaine (February 8, 2024). "Danielle De Jesus's Ode to Puerto Rican Bushwick". Hyperallergic. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  3. ^ "Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month Alumni Identity Spotlight: Danielle De Jesus '21 MFA | Yale Alumni Association". alumni.yale.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  4. ^ Cotter, Holland (December 16, 2021). "Expanding the Scope of 'Latin American Art'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  5. ^ Greenberger, Maximilíano Durón, Alex (December 1, 2021). "The Best Booths at NADA Miami, from Powerful Portraits to Spirit Carriers". ARTnews.com. Retrieved June 18, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Smith-Holmes, Maxwell (July 8, 2022). "'Life Between Buildings' Celebrates the Art in New York's Open Spaces". Frieze. No. 230. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  7. ^ Article, Julia Halperin ShareShare This (July 19, 2022). "See Inside the Marcel Breuer-Designed Studio Where Fast-Rising Artist Danielle De Jesus Is Spending the Summer". Artnet News. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  8. ^ Turner, Anderson. "Art review: Akron exhibit 'Reflections on Perceptions' shines with creativity". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  9. ^ "Danielle De Jesus". MoMA PS1. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  10. ^ "Danielle de Jesus". MoMA PS1. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  11. ^ "no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria". whitney.org. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  12. ^ Guerrero, Marcela (2022). no existe un mundo poshuracán [Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria]. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. ISBN 978-0-87427-169-0.
  13. ^ "Shellyne Rodriguez and Danielle De Jesus: Siempre en la calle [REVIEW]". The Latinx Project at NYU. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  14. ^ Haddad, Natalie; Dávila, Arlene (December 2, 2021). "Two Latinx Artists Take On Gentrification from the Perspective of Those Displaced". Hyperallergic. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  15. ^ "Danielle De Jesus". Calderón. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  16. ^ "Danielle De Jesus". whitney.org. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
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