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Danielle Degon Rhodes (b. Philadelphia 1995) is a multi-media sculpture artist and a co-director at AUTOMAT Collective in Philadelphia. Through curating, sculpture, and writing, her work investigates the human tendency towards production and progress.
Education
2025 MA, Art History; Tyler School of Art, Temple University; Philadelphia, PA
2021 Summer Academy, Salzburg International Academy of Fine Arts; Salzburg, Austria
2018 Summer Institute, Tai Kwun Contemporary; Central, Hong Kong
2017 BFA, Sculpture; Tyler School of Art, Temple University; Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Fear of Becoming the Fool, Straw Gallery; Philadelphia, PA
2017 Irreversible Process, Stella Elkins Gallery; Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
2025 fragment:form, Vox Populi; Philadelphia, PA
2025 Storyteller - Bridging Identity, Culture, and Connection, Temple Contemporary; Philadelphia, PA
2025 Folding the Horizon, XOXO Collective; Baltimore, MD
2021 Minerals on Display, Marmor Kiefer; Furstunbruun, Austria
2020 Knew Normal, AUTOMAT Collective; Philadelphia, PA
2017 Side Conversations, Stella Elkins Gallery; Phialdelphia, PA
2016 Red Hot, Stella Elkins Gallery; Philadelphia, PA
Curatorial Projects
2025 Sky Slips Through Stone, AUTOMAT; Philadelphia, PA (co-curator)
2025 Proof of Concept, AUTOMAT; Philadelphia, PA
2024 Speaking From the Core, AUTOMAT; Philadelphia, PA
2023 Centennial Rust, AUTOMAT; Philadelphia, PA
2022 Reverse Grip, AUTOMAT; Philadelphia, PA (co-curator)
2021 Void Fill, AUTOMAT; Philadelphia, PA
2018 The Edge of Precarity, Little Berlin; Philadelphia, PA
Grants + Awards
2020 Philadelphia Sculptors Grant
2018 Full Scholarship, Tai Kwun Contemporary
2017 Lester & Violet Hecht Memorial Award, Tyler School of Art
Affiliations
Co-Directror, Automat Collective, Philadelphia 2019-current
Bibliography
Artblog, “Young Artists on the Edge of Precarity at Little Berlin,” Nitz, Morgan. 7 November 2018
Work Experience
Co-Director, AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, 2019-present
Gallery Director, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, 2022-2024
Marketing Manager, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia 2019-2020
Project Coordinator, Claes Gabriel Studio, Philadelphia 2019-2020
Fundraising Chair, Philadelphia Sculptors, Philadelphia 2019
Fabricator, David Altmejd Studio, Long Island City 2017
Teaching Assistant, Tyler Sculpture Department, Philadelphia 2017
Studio Assistant, Nicole Wilson Studio, Brooklyn 2017
Fabrication Assistant, Rust Fab, Philadelphia 2017
Contact
danielle.d.rhodes@gmail.com
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