Danielle Degon Rhodes is a multi-media sculpture artist and a curator at AUTOMAT Collective in Philadelphia.
Danielle Degon Rhodes is focused on the human tendency towards production and progress. Through curating and sculpture, her work identifys the appropriation of water, air, land, bodies, and minds.



Education
*currently enrolled* MA, Art History, Tyler School of Art, Temple University

Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts; Salzburg, Austria, 2021

BFA, Sculpture, Tyler School of Art, Temple University 2017

Tyler School of Art Summer Intensive in Painting and Printmaking; Philadelphia, PA, 2016


Solo Exhibitions
Fear of Becoming the Fool, Straw Gallery, 2020

Irreversible Process, Stella Elkins Gallery, 2017


Group Exhihibitions
Knew Normal, AUTOMAT Collective, 2020

Side Conversations, Stella Elkins Gallery, 2017

Red Hot, Stella Elkins Gallery, 2016


Curatorial Projects
Centennial Rust, AUTOMAT Collective; Philadelphia, PA; 2023

Reverse Grip, AUTOMAT Collective; Philadelphia, PA; 2022 (Co-curator)

Void Fill, AUTOMAT Collective; Philadelphia, PA; 2021

The Edge of Precarity, Little Berlin; Philadelphia, PA; 2018


Residencies & Awards
Philadelphia Sculptors Grant 2020

Full Scholarship, Tai Kwun Contemporary, 2018

Tai Kwun Summer Institute, Tai Kwun Contemporary; Central, Hong Kong, 2018

Lester & Violet Hecht Memorial Award, 2017


Affiliations
Curatorial Member, Automat Collective, Philadelphia 2019-current

Exhibitions Committee, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia 2018-current




Work Experience

Exhibitions Coordinator, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia 2022-current

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
︎ cbdegon