Bio
Danielle Klebes has exhibited at notable galleries and museums across the United States and in Canada and Croatia. She had been spending much of 2019 and 2020 participating in domestic and international artist residencies, but is now in quarantine in Vermont. Danielle received her MFA in Visual Arts from Lesley University College of Art and Design in Cambridge, MA, in 2017.
Statement
The main subjects for my artwork are people who are in a state of flux. The figures in my paintings, captured in moments of uncertainty and isolation, are close in proximity but emotionally distant. There is a sense of the in-between without a clear narrative regarding what comes next. In my compositions, I highlight the often-disconnected relationship between the individual and the groups they belong to. I am interested in emotions generally associated with being alone including loneliness, feelings of isolation, and resignation, and how they relate to the individual experience within a group. I employ a cool, colorful, and unnatural palette to highlight disconnection and lack of intimacy.
