The 2022 Retrospective Exhibition

Danielle Kunkel

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The 2022 Retrospective Exhibition
Danielle Kunkel
Bye Bye Birdies #1 2022 Mixed media installation: Laser cut/engraved wood, gouache, embroidery, oil on canvas, wall paint, & stuffing 1,179 square feet
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mages show the Bye Bye Birdies installation room at MICA’s Pinkard Gallery space. Two walls parallel from each other are painted with 4 horizontal bands of colors that stretch across the length of the walls. The color bands start with a light blue on the + Enlarge
Images show the Bye Bye Birdies installation room at MICA’s Pinkard Gallery space. Two walls parallel from each other are painted with 4 horizontal bands of colors that stretch across the length of the walls. The color bands start with a light blue on the + Enlarge
Images show the Bye Bye Birdies installation room at MICA’s Pinkard Gallery space. Two walls parallel from each other are painted with 4 horizontal bands of colors that stretch across the length of the walls. The color bands start with a light blue on the + Enlarge
Danielle Kunkel
Bye Bye Birdies (Infographics) 2020 Engraved / Lasercut wood 8.5" x 8.5"
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Laser engraved and cut wood infographic titled “Key for bird placement”. It contains the colors of the walls and bird placements. Blue means species improve and potentially increase population in the state. Yellow means species are stable and not much aff + Enlarge
Laser engraved and cut wood infographic titled “The Decline”. Reads “Studies revealed that there are 2.9 billion fewer breeding birds since 1970. That is 29%, or 1 out of 4 birds, gone within the last 50 years. Under a section on this infographic called “ + Enlarge
Laser engraved and cut wood infographic titled “Continued Decline”. Reads Climate change is only continuing this decline of bird populations. Audubon’s Survival by Degrees resports 64%, or 2 out of 3, bird species are at risk of EXTINCTION if global warmi + Enlarge
Oil painting of a male and female passenger pigeon on a light minty colored background. The female takes up the top left corner of the painting, the male, with its bright orange belly, takes up the bottom right corner and has more of a snapped neck. Both + Enlarge
Danielle Kunkel
Bye Bye Birdies (Passenger Pigeons Painting) 2020 Oil and stuffing on canvas. Laser cut and embroidered wood 4’ x 4.10’
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A pile of 6 passenger pigeons on the floor beneath the passenger pigeon painting, half male which are colored with a blue back and orange to white gradient belly. Half female, colored brownish-blueish with a tan to white gradient belly. Some of the pigeon + Enlarge
Danielle Kunkel
Bye Bye Birdies (Stuffed Passenger Pigeons) 2020 Gouache on stuffed canvas About 15” long, 2” wide, 6” tall.
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Statement

Danielle Kunkel (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and designer currently pursuing a BFA in General Fine Arts at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) along with minors in Graphic Design and Sustainability & Social Practices. Most of her work focuses on shining light on environmental issues, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, and actions that can be done to mitigate them. She does this by combining media together and using graphic design as a way to support what cannot be stated through fine art alone. Her current series, Bye Bye Birdies, does this with an emphasis on birds and the threats they face. Danielle strives to continue these themes after graduation in her personal work and careers to help ensure a better world for all life on Earth. For more information and documentation on Bye Bye Birdies (the work shown here), please visit her website: daniellekunkel.com. 

General Fine Arts (BFA) Students
Abigail Tanner - not exhibiting
Achmad O'Brien - not exhibiting
Amanda Tetso
Ashley Lora - not exhibiting
Danielle Kunkel
Dawn Dong Ju Lee - not exhibiting
Debbie St. Angel - not exhibiting
Estefanie Nicole Arrue - not exhibiting
Gillian de Oliveira
Gracein Hoyle - not exhibiting
Hee Kyung Kim - not exhibiting
Hye Ok Kim
Inhyung Choi
James Balo - not exhibiting
Ji Won Lee - not exhibiting
Jiwoo Shin
JongWon Hwang
Kaden Montanaro - not exhibiting
Kian Keillor - not exhibiting
Leanne Lin - not exhibiting
Liam Elijah de Freese - not exhibiting
Lillian DeHart
Lisa Leitner
Lucas Rae Warden - not exhibiting
Lydia Chun Xi Rothkopf - not exhibiting
Marcelle Philosophe - not exhibiting
Matthew Joseph Crowe - not exhibiting
Max Woods
Maya Lawrence - not exhibiting
Melissa Judith Santos - not exhibiting
Melody Huang - not exhibiting
Mingming Sun - not exhibiting
Mingxi Li - not exhibiting
Niki Stebbins - not exhibiting
Nyasha Farmer - not exhibiting
Qi Ni - not exhibiting
Riya Bhardwaj
Seoin Jung
Shaylie Elliette
Siyu Chen - not exhibiting
Spencer Beals - not exhibiting
Sydney O. Naradzay - not exhibiting
Taylor N. Wilson
Taylor Nachea Wilson - not exhibiting
Zachary Greek - not exhibiting
Zachary Morhaim
Ziqi Liu - not exhibiting

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