Patricia Jane St. John
Danko was born in Orange, Texas. As a child, she played in the swamps and
marshlands of southeast Texas, where she received a Catholic school education
that continued through her first undergraduate
degree.
The rural closeness to nature
and parochial schooling of her childhood, and later years spent living in
Mexico and South America, are reflected in her work, which raises penetrating
questions about the validity of contemporary religious orthodoxy, its influence
on western culture and thought, and the pagan roots of Judeo-Christian
mythologies.
Her work explores the most
personal, yet universal, of human issues, those not easily articulated, but
clearly existing in memory, instantly, and often disturbingly, intuited and
recognized by the viewer.
Ms. St. John Danko is also
known for her art therapeutic projects with the inner city youth of Houston.In
addition, she has conducted many community outreach workshops for children,
including those she created for the Orange Show Foundation, Houston Grand
Opera, the Houston Zoo, the Gregory-Lincoln Education Center, and the Galveston
Mardi Gras "Running of the Calves" Munchkins Parade. Her art therapeutic
work with children is documented as part of the PBS television production,
"The Orange Show Concert Series for Children."
Her complete biography can
be found in Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in the Southwest, and
Who's Who in the World. Consult the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
for reviews, criticisms, and additional writings.
EDUCATION: |
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St. Mary's High School,
Orange, Texas; Valedictorian
Universidad Ibero-Americana,
Mexico, D.F., Anthropology
B.A., Dominican College,
Houston, Texas, Linguistics & Philology;
Salutatorian
Michigan State University
- graduate studies
Atelier Zarate, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, Intaglio & Serigraphy
B.F.A., University of Houston,
Texas, Printmaking
M.Ed., University of Houston,
Texas, Multicultural & Second Language Education
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| SELECTED
GRANTS & AWARDS: |
| 1998-99 |
Young Audiences of Houston
- residency programs |
| 1998-99 |
Caminos Bilingues al
Futuro Title VII Project Grant: "Chicks on the Wire" |
| 1996 |
Hispanic Resource Center
- Project Grant: "Dia de los Muertos: Ofrenda para los
Heroes" |
| 1995-96 |
Houston Education Excellence
Foundation - Project Grant: "Bilingual Skills Fair/Feria Bilingue de
Habilidades" |
| 1994-95 |
Houston Education Excellence
Foundation - Project Grant: "Mayan Math/La Matematica
Maya" |
| 1993-94 |
Houston Education Excellence
Foundation - Project Grant: "Go with the Flow/Andar con el
Flujo" |
| 1992-93 |
Houston Education Excellence
Foundation - Project Grant: "Chronology Capers/Las Cabriolas
Cronologicas" |
| 1990-91 |
Houston Business Committee
for Educational Excellence - Project Grant: "Conversations with Death/Platicas
con la Muerte" |
| 1991-92 |
I Have a Dream Foundation
- endowed chair, development of bilingual programs for at-risk
youth |
| 1990-92 |
University of Houston
Multicultural Studies Title VII Graduate Studies Grant |
| 1990-91 |
Friends of Lamar Foundation
- Project Grant: "Like You/Como Tu" (based on the poem, "Como Tu," by Salvadorean
poet Roque Dalton |
| 1989-90 |
Impact II Developer
Grant, Exxon Corp. - Project Grant: "Because of Columbus" |
| 1988 |
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb
Foundation - Studio Assistance Grant |
| 1987 |
Ruth Chenven Foundation
- Studio Project Grant: "Unmasking a Soul" |
| 1987 |
Change, Inc. - Studio
Assistance Grant |
| 1986 |
Almeda Project for the
Arts - Prize: "Maiting for Mimi" |
| 1982 |
SUM Arts - Studio Project
Grant: "The Matriarch as Phoenix" |
| 1979 |
The Art League of Houton
- Drawing Prize |
| 1978 |
Assistance League of
Houston - Prize: Mixed Media Assemblage |
| 1970 |
Outstanding Young Women
of America - Awards Program |
| 1968 |
Presidential Commendation,
Lyndon B. Johnson - Peace Corps Service, Chile |
| 1961-65 |
Jesse H. Jones Foundation
Fellowship |
| 1961-65 |
Dominican Order
Scholarship |
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SELECTED PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS:
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Chapel of St. Basil, University
of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas
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Women's Studio Workshop,
Kingston, N.Y.
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National Museum of Women
in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
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Memphis Brooks Museum of
Art, Memphis, Tennessee
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The New York Feminist Art
Institute, N.Y.C.
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Several Dancers Core School,
Atlanta, Georgia
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Chomo-Uri Collective, University
of Massachusetts
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Southwest Family Institute,
Houston, Texas
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| SELECTED
EXHIBITIONS: |
| 1999 |
Hunterdon Museum of
Art, Clinton, N.J., - "National Print Exhibition" |
| 1997-99 |
Blossom Street Gallery,
Houston |
| 1997 |
Elite Gallery, Moscow,
Russia |
| 1997 |
Diverse Works, Houson,
"The AARP Exhibition" |
| 1996 |
Commander's Point Artspace,
Austin, Texas |
| 1996 |
Galveston Arts Center,
Galveston, Texas |
| 1996 |
Transco Tower, Houston,
Texas, "Cerling Etching Studio: The First Five Years" |
| 1996 |
Women's Studio Workshop,
Kingston, N.Y., "Women/Violence:Testimony & Empathy" |
| 1996 |
Buffalo Bayou Art Park,
Houston, Texas, "FotoFest: Fotofield" |
| 1990-99 |
Lawndale Art and Performance
Center, Houston, Texas, "Retablos" |
| 1995 |
Global Focus: Women
in Art and Culture, Beijing, China |
| 1992-94 |
Robinson Galleries,
Houston, Texas |
| 1994 |
Lesikar Gallery, Houston,
Texas, "Songs of Experience" |
| 1991 |
The Houston Symphony
at Nieman-Marcus, "Les Masques Fantastiques" |
| 1990-94 |
REF Studios, Houston,
Texas |
| 1990 |
Alternative Museum,
New York, N.Y., "The Homeless" |
| 1990 |
Commerce Street Warehouse
Gallery, Houston, "When Giants Fall" |
| 1990 |
Blue Star Gallery, San
Antonio, Texas, "64 Beds Project for the Homeless" |
| 1990 |
Carnegie Branch Library,
Houston |
| 1989 |
Alternative Museum,
New York, N.Y., "Los Angelitos" |
| 1989 |
Museo Regional de Patzcuaro,
Mexico, "Influencias" |
| 1989 |
Casa de Cultura Arcada
Mayor, Morelia, Mexico, "Influencias" |
| 1989 |
Houston Decorative Center,
"Art Against AIDS" |
| 1988 |
Alternative Museum,
New York, N.Y., "Dia de los Muertos" |
| 1988 |
Diverse Works, Houston,
Texas, "Rejected" |
| 1988 |
OnWaugh Gallery, "Urban
Voodoo" |
| 1988 |
Little Egypt Enterprises,
"Masks" |
| 1988 |
Ceres Gallery, New York,
N.Y., "A Matter of Spirit" |
| 1987 |
Arkansas Art Center,
Little Rock, Arkansas, "Delta Art Exhibition" |
| 1987 |
Hunterdon Art Center,
Clinton, N.J., "National Print Exhibition" |
| 1987 |
Ben Shahn Gallery, William
Patterson College, Wayne, N.J. |
| 1987 |
Wallingford Art Center,
Wallingford, Pennsylvania |
| 1987 |
Newark Art Library,
Newark, N.J. |
| 1987 |
Lawndale Art and Performance
Center, "The East End Show" |
| 1987 |
Ceres Art Gallery, New
York, N.Y., "The Political Is Personal" |
| 1987 |
Spirit Square Center
for the Arts, Charlotte, N.C. |
| 1987 |
Richland College, Dallas,
Texas |
| 1986 |
Toni Jones Gallery,
Houston, Texas |
| 1986 |
Maryland College of
Art and Design |
| 1986 |
Black Mountain College,
Buffalo, N.Y. |
| 1985 |
California College of
Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA. |
| 1985 |
University of Houston,
"Then, Now...and Then: Fifty Years of U. of H. Art" |
| 1985 |
U.N. Conference on Women,
Nairobi, Kenya, "An American Album" |
| 1985 |
Galveston Arts Center,
Galveston, Texas |
| 1984 |
University of St. Thomas,
Houston, Texas, "Performance Masks by P.J. St. John
Danko" |
| 1983 |
Midtown Art Center,
Houston, "Salute to Houston Artists" |
| 1983 |
Almeda Project for the
Arts and Performance, "Erotica" |
| 1983 |
Lawndale Alternative,
University of Houston, "Thanatopsis" (Installation) |
| 1982 |
The Wing Gallery, Los
Angeles, California, "Animal Masks, Real and Imagined" |
| 1982 |
Lawndale Alternative,
University of Houston |
| 1982 |
Texas Commerce Tower,
"Dimension: Houston" |
| 1982 |
Midtown Art Center,
Houston |
| 1981 |
Main Gallery, Houston
(three-person exhibition) |
| 1981 |
Little Egypt Enterprises,
Houston, "Masks" |
| 1981 |
Galveston Art Center,
Galveston, Texas, "ArtScene Invitational Exhibition" |
| 1980 |
O'Kane Gallery, University
of Houston Downtown (two person exhibition) |
| 1980 |
Sam Houston State
University, Huntsville, Texas |
| 1980 |
University of Houston
at Clear Lake City, "Celebrating Judy Chicago's Dinner
Party" |
| 1979 |
Alfred C. Glassell School
of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "Kites" |
| 1979 |
Galveston Arts Center,
Galveston, Texas, "ArtScene Invitational" |
| 1979 |
Lawndale Art Annex,
University of Houston, "Pow-Wow" |
| 1979 |
Galveston Arts Center,
Galveston, Texas, invitational group exhibition |
| 1979 |
Houston Public Library,
Downtown Branch |
| 1978 |
The Art League of Houston,
"Paper Products" |
| 1977 |
Texas Fine Arts Association,
Austin, Texas, "Regional Citation Exhibition" |
| 1977 |
The Alley Theater, Houston,
Texas, "Women: Art: Houston" |
| 1977 |
Albert Thomas Convention
Center, "International Women's Year Conference" |
© Copyright 1998 Patricia
Jane St. John Danko
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