ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I have always been drawn to the structural composition of objects, both natural and man-made, especially those forms possessing layered and transparent qualities. I am interested in how objects affect the environment that surrounds them and seek with my own work to utilize shapes and forms to interact with whatever environment I place them in. Whether creating organic or industrially inspired forms, or employing found objects in new ways, my goal with any work is to embody the materials used with qualities that surpass the mere definition of the form.
ARTIST’S BIO
Dani Dahlke was born in 1984 in Antigo, Wisconsin, a rural farming and forestry community located in the north-central region of the state. She received her BA in Studio Art with an emphasis in sculpture in 2006 from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. In addition to sculpture, she actively practices painting, drawing and photography. Dahlke has studied at California College of the Arts in Oakland, Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. After graduating, Dahlke moved to Chicago, IL, before returning to her home state, where she now lives and works on Madison’s east isthmus.
I have always been drawn to the structural composition of objects, both natural and man-made, especially those forms possessing layered and transparent qualities. I am interested in how objects affect the environment that surrounds them and seek with my own work to utilize shapes and forms to interact with whatever environment I place them in. Whether creating organic or industrially inspired forms, or employing found objects in new ways, my goal with any work is to embody the materials used with qualities that surpass the mere definition of the form.
ARTIST’S BIO
Dani Dahlke was born in 1984 in Antigo, Wisconsin, a rural farming and forestry community located in the north-central region of the state. She received her BA in Studio Art with an emphasis in sculpture in 2006 from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. In addition to sculpture, she actively practices painting, drawing and photography. Dahlke has studied at California College of the Arts in Oakland, Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. After graduating, Dahlke moved to Chicago, IL, before returning to her home state, where she now lives and works on Madison’s east isthmus.
