James Dankert

artist statement

My paintings stare into ordinary imagined moments to unfold the beauty and blankness of everyday experience. My most recent paintings examine the segmented landscape of office work spaces. In this series, I explore how employees negotiate the porous boundaries of an environment that is at once a corporate gathering place and a series of quasi-private compartments.

exhibitions

spotArt gallery: "Spotique" 2009 all-artists review, December 11, 2009-January 8, 2010
Maple Grove Arts Center: Black and White Show, August 14-September 12, 2009; merit award
spotArt gallery: Art-A-Whirl, May 15-17, 2009
spotArt gallery: Art-A-Whirl, May 16-18, 2008
spotArt gallery: Art-A-Whirl, May 18-20, 2007
spotArt gallery: December 2, 2005-February 28, 2006

illustration

2003-present: spot illustration, City Pages
2007: spot illustration and cover illustration, Nerve Cowboy
2004-2006: spot illustration, The Rake
1993: cover art, The Carolina Quarterly
1992-1994: illustration, The Minnesota Daily
For a list of other illustration clients, please see my clients page
I have created artwork for several bands (see my bands page), and I am a musician myself. From 1985 to 1992, I was the drummer and occasional songwriter for the Gear Daddies. In 2001, the band reunited, and I currently drum for the band whenever we decide to play a show.

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