Night Tree 3 Photograph

Danelle Manthey is a photographer living in New York City and Upstate New York by way of South Dakota. Her work investigates the complexities of identity, with a focus on recognizing the creativity and artistry of the “Everyman.” After attending Columbia College Chicago’s photography program, Manthey embarked on her first large-scale project in 2003 titled American Christmas, which explores Christmas displays across the country and the people behind them. In 2005, she was awarded Chashama’s artist in residency program in New York, which resulted in a solo exhibition of her work and, in 2008, she began where do I start, where do I begin, a haunting series that uses a child-sized mannequin to investigate defamiliarization, identity and childhood. In 2010, American Christmas was exhibited in a solo exhibition at Jenkins Johnson Gallery in New York City. She returned to Jenkins Johnson Gallery in 2011 for a group show and in November of the same year, exhibited her series The Others—developed during her 2010 residency with Chashama—in a two-person show at Susan Eley Fine Art. Manthey has participated in multiple art fairs, including Governors Island Art Fair, PULSE Art Fair New York and Pool Art Fair New York and has exhibited in galleries across New York City; Chicago; Washington, D.C. and beyond.