In my paintings I honor the landscape as both itself and a metaphor. Shaped by the expressive spirit of German Romanticism, I paint emotionally resonant landscapes that suggest the natural world is as much a vessel for emotion and memory as it is a physical space. Historically, in both spirituality and mythology, mountain imagery is seen as dark terrain, feral, deserted, holy and stripped of self. Untamed and wild landscape, in all its apathy, elicits a primal pull to enter it, to be joined with it and to know it intimately. Seeking the solace of empty places, I create intensely personal portraits of quiet, meditative spaces that encourage contemplation and investigation of self, sublimity, and the divine. —Danielle Winger
Profile
| Born in Reno, Nevada, USA in 1986 Lives and works in La Fontaine, Indiana, USA |
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| Danielle Winger (b. 1986 in Reno, NV) spent her early life moving throughout the United States. Danielle lives in rural Indiana in a log cabin on 11 acres of woods with her husband and three children. They are avid hikers and backpackers, finding respite in the close proximity to nature. Winger’s paintings regularly reference these places in sentimental and nostalgic ways, seeing the simplicity of nature as an antidote to an increasingly chaotic world. Winger belongs to a number of national and international collections, including private collections throughout the US, England, Australia, New Finland, Germany, Canada, Scotland, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Austria. |
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| 【Education】 | |
| 2015 | M.F.A, Painting, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA |
| 2010 | B.S., Textiles Merchandising and Design, Concentration in Apparel Design, Minor in Studio Art, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2025 | Wonder Forecast (Visions West Contemporary, Livingston, MT, USA) |
| 2024 | The Shape of Water (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) Half the day is Night (Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO, USA) |
| 2023 | Deep calls to Deep (Indiana Wesleyan University, IN, USA) |
| 2021 | Between Two Gardens (Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN, USA) |
| 2020 | The Meadows, Mine. The Mountains, Mine. (Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN, USA) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2025 | Dear World (Konig Galerie, Berlin, Germany) Where Earth Meets Sky (König Galerie Bergson, Munich, Germany) Call & Response: Danielle Winger and Lindsy Davis (Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN, USA) EXPO CHICAGO (Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, Chicago, USA, SEIZAN Gallery Booth) |
| 2024 | I look to the Moon like a Fellow Traveler (Lamb Gallery, London, UK) Nature of the Mind (Galerie Bessaud, Paris, France) ART TAIPEI (Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Taipei, SEIZAN Gallery Booth) |
| 2023 | Momentary, 3 person exhibition (Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN, USA) Art on a postcard (Hoxton Gallery, London, UK) |
| 2022 | Spring/Break Art Fair (Ccurated by Todd Kelly, NY, USA) Works on Paper 4 (Blue Shop Cottage, London, UK) Show Up (Nashville Parthenon in conjunction with Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN, USA) |
| 2021 | Over the river and through the woods (Visions West Contemporary, Bozeman, MT, USA) I like the West and the West likes me. (Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO, USA) High Desert High (Smoke the Moon Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA) Mountain Standard Time (Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO and Bozeman, MT, USA) |
| 2020 | Into the Garden (Indianapolis Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA) Congruence, I Like Your Work Podcast Summer Juried Show Small Works (James May Gallery, Online Exhibition by Artsy) ArtLink Regional Juried Exhibition (Artlink Contemporary Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, USA) Tiny VIII (Gallery 924 at the Arts Council of Indianapolis, IN, USA) |
| 【Publications】 | |
| 2024 | New American Paintings, Midwest #173 |
| 2023 | ArtMaze Mag, Issue 32-33, UK |
| 2021 | Colorado Homes Magazine, Cover, September “Portraits of Quiet Spaces by Danielle Winger”, Create! Magazine, May |
| 2020 | Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Issue 4, June |
| 2019 | “Landscape paintings inspired by Memory and Reflection by Danielle Winger” Create! Magazine I Like Your Work Podcast Studio Visit Artist Friend of the Artist, Volume 9 |
