Danielle Frankenthal’s work is about light in all its valences: as the specific light, which is color, as the most humanly perceivable for of pure energy which allows us sight, and as the great spiritual metaphor. Her formalistic concerns are mark and color over a strong albeit sometimes elusive substructure. She paints on transparent Acrylite® layers to mimic the way the viewer sees through their cultural programming and life experiences. The works are light interactive and change with the ambient light and the viewer’s position. Frankenthal brings the viewers’ attention to light, thus to time and the preciousness of evanescent things.

Frankenthal studied at Brandeis University and the Arts Student’s League, NYC, and she is currently based in New Jersey. She has primarily exhibited throughout the United States and in Guatemala. Select solo exhibitions have been at Mizuma and Kips Gallery, NY; Wade Wilson Art, TX; Exhibit ‘A’ Gallery, NY; and at the Columbus Museum of Art, GA. She has been in group exhibitions at the American University Museum, DC; Plains Art Museum, ND; Art Basel, Switzerland; and the Contemporary Art Museum, TX. Her works are found in the collections of The Butler Institute of American Art, OH; The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX; and the McNay Art Museum, TX, among others.