Danielle Mužina is an artist and educator from Cleveland, Ohio. As an artist, she makes paintings that explore place, identity and crisis, inspired by her experiences as a member of a family that immigrated from Croatia. She received her B.F.A at Ohio Wesleyan University, her M.A. at Eastern Illinois University, and her M.F.A. at Miami University. Mužina has studied at the Jerusalem Studio School in Civita Castellana, Italy. The characters in her figurative paintings interface with ambiguous social, bodily, and environmental happenings as a metaphor for the ways we navigate our tenuous contemporary moment. Dr. Blasey-Ford's courageous testimony and the #MeToo movement fueled her bravery in making paintings about her survivorship. She asks questions about the impact of gender performance and trauma on relationships, selfhood, and experiences of space.
Hostile
2021
Oil and acrylic on panel
36 x 47.5 in (91.4 x 120.7 cm)
Headcase
2022
Oil and acrylic on panel
16 x 16 in (40.6 x 40.6 cm)
By My Mother’s Blessing
2021
Oil, acrylic, and spray paint on panel
35 x 47 in (88.9 x 119.4 cm)
Indelible
2019
Oil and acrylic on panel
35 x 48 in (88.9 x 121.9 cm)
Vigilantes
2022
Oil and acrylic on panel
48 x 12 in (121.9 x 30.5 cm)
Madonna del Parto
2022
Oil on panel
44 x 60 in (111.8 x 152.4 cm)
Sitting Pretty
2023
Oil, acrylic, and spray paint on panel
35 x 47 in (88.9 x 119.4 cm)
Sky’s Bleeding
2020
Oil and acrylic on panel
14 x 18 in (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Witness
2020
Acrylic on panel
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Believer
2021
Oil and acrylic on panel
16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Internal
2023
Oil on panel
30 x 24 in (76.2 x 61 cm)
Boundaries
2020
Acrylic on panel
20 x 20 in (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Whisper Network
2019-2021
Oil, acrylic, and spray paint on panel
48 x 138 in (121.9 x 350.5 cm)
Pink Slit
2021
Oil on panel
16 x 16 in (40.6 x 40.6 cm)
The Slip
2021
Acrylic, oil, and collage on panel
22.5 x 19 in (57.2 x 48.3 cm)
Conjure
2020
Acrylic on panel
14 x 14 in (35.6 x 35.6 cm)