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Danielle De Jesus
Born1987 (age 36–37)
Bushwick, Brooklyn, U.S.
Alma materYale School of Art (MFA, 2021)
Fashion Institute of Technology (BFA, 2019)
Known forPainting on US currency
Websitedanielledejesus.com

Danielle De Jesus (1987, Bushwick, Brooklyn) is an American Nuyorican visual artist with deep ties to Puerto Rican culture in New York. She works primarily as a painter and often uses photography and table cloth to comment on urban renewal, gentrification, and collective stories of migrant communities in her Bushwick neighborhood. Her work is mostly recognized by her portrait paintings on dollar bills.[1][2]

Early life and Education

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Danielle De Jesus is the offspring of a Puerto Rican family in Bushwick, Brooklyn.[2] De Jesus received an MFA from Yale School of Art, New Haven, and a BFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.[3]

Work

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Danielle De Jesus highlights the life stories of neighboring Puerto Ricans and migrant communities in Bushwick while elaborating on the impacts of gentrification and urban renewal for those cultural groups and the city landscape at large. She often works with painting, photography and non-traditional materials such as plastic table cloths, community gardens, and United States currency.[4][5][6][2]

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

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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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Danielle De Jesus". MoMA, New York. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c 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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