Exhibition & Talk with Danielle Krysa (aka The Jealous Curator)!

Update: Due to COVID-19 response, the April 8th talk has been rescheduled for some time in the fall.

Danielle Krysa re-envisions her battle with uterine cysts and fibroids, flipping the narrative about these unwanted growths into abstract portraits made out of paint, found images, random objects at the bottom of jewelry boxes, and piles of vintage costume jewelry. The show will start with several pieces hung in the gallery before she turns the gallery into a studio for a week, "turning tumors into treasures" to complete the show.

Danielle Krysa is a Canadian artist with a BFA in Visual Arts and a post-grad degree in design. Her combination of found imagery and carefully manipulated strokes of paint create an entirely new story. Coupled with the sly jokes that are their titles, Danielle’s works attempt to transform the everyday into something a little more ridiculous. Danielle is also the writer behind the contemporary art site, The Jealous Curator, and the author of Creative Block, Collage, Your Inner Critic Is A Big Jerk, A Big Important Art Book—Now With Women!, and A Big Important Artist: A Womanual. Her work is held in private collections in Canada, The United States, Europe and Asia.
 

Artist Talk
April 8, 7 p.m. @ Weisman Art Musuem (U of M Campus)

Reception and book signing following the talk.

A Big Important Art Book—Now with Women, “profiles of unstoppable female artists and projects to help you become one.” (Krysa’s new book and workbook, A Big Important Artist: A Womanual, will both be on sale in the WAM Shop!) Talk is FREE but reservations required.