Does This Make Me Look Fat?
A discussion led by Dafna Steinberg
Sunday September 30
3-5 PM
Dafna Steinberg will lead a discussion about the larger female body in self-portraiture and selfies based off a paper she is presenting at SECAC in Birmingham, AL in October.
Dafna Steinberg is a native of Washington, DC. A graduate of Hampshire College, the International Center of Photography, and Goldsmiths, University of London, she has exhibited in and curated challenging thematic shows in America and abroad. From 2010 till 2012, she was a member of the art collective Sparkplug, supported by DC Arts Center. In 2012, Ms. Steinberg was commissioned by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company to create three pieces for the debut of the comedy/drama Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play. Ms. Steinberg has been an artist in residence at Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), Sou’wester (Seaview, WA) and Starry Night Artist Retreat (Truth or Consequences, NM). She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including shows at Ford Gallery (Portland), Arc Gallery and Studios (San Francisco), Flashpoint Gallery (DC), the Katzen Arts Center (DC), Lunchbox Gallery (Miami), SOHO20Gallery (NYC), Woolly Mammoth Theater (DC) and the International Center of Photography School (NYC). In 2018, she debuted her series And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt in a solo exhibition at Vivid Solutions DC Gallery in Washington, DC. She is an adjunct faculty member at Northern Virginia Community College.
Ms. Steinberg’s work has spanned a variety of mediums, including photography, video, collage, installation and performance. She works with themes that relate to the experiences of women and the fragmentation of the female body. She also makes work about interactions between men and women and how these interactions play out in building relationships and understanding. Most of the time, her work is pretty funny. She has also made work in response to the current political and cultural climate regarding objectification of the female body, reproductive rights, sexual assault and continuous attacks on a woman's right to be autonomous. She explores how, as much as things change, they still stay very much the same.
Dafna Steinberg is a native of Washington, DC. A graduate of Hampshire College, the International Center of Photography, and Goldsmiths, University of London, she has exhibited in and curated challenging thematic shows in America and abroad. From 2010 till 2012, she was a member of the art collective Sparkplug, supported by DC Arts Center. In 2012, Ms. Steinberg was commissioned by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company to create three pieces for the debut of the comedy/drama Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play. Ms. Steinberg has been an artist in residence at Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), Sou’wester (Seaview, WA) and Starry Night Artist Retreat (Truth or Consequences, NM). She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including shows at Ford Gallery (Portland), Arc Gallery and Studios (San Francisco), Flashpoint Gallery (DC), the Katzen Arts Center (DC), Lunchbox Gallery (Miami), SOHO20Gallery (NYC), Woolly Mammoth Theater (DC) and the International Center of Photography School (NYC). In 2018, she debuted her series And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt in a solo exhibition at Vivid Solutions DC Gallery in Washington, DC. She is an adjunct faculty member at Northern Virginia Community College.
Ms. Steinberg’s work has spanned a variety of mediums, including photography, video, collage, installation and performance. She works with themes that relate to the experiences of women and the fragmentation of the female body. She also makes work about interactions between men and women and how these interactions play out in building relationships and understanding. Most of the time, her work is pretty funny. She has also made work in response to the current political and cultural climate regarding objectification of the female body, reproductive rights, sexual assault and continuous attacks on a woman's right to be autonomous. She explores how, as much as things change, they still stay very much the same.
Otis Street Arts Project
3706 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD
