Facets: An Art Experience in the Underground Gallery at the Hallberg Center for the Arts

FACETS: An Art Experience featuring art by Danniella Mortezaee in the Underground Gallery Opening Reception on Thursday, November 21 from 5-7:30PM. Light refreshments & beverages will be served. Dannielle Mortezaee says, “I am an Iranian-American artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was interested in creating art in my early adult years, but I leaned in when I found myself in periods of isolation due to COVID-19. Creating art is my way of processing emotions, past trauma, and current triggers, allowing my emotional state to guide my creative process while calming my body and emotions and connecting my internal struggle of harmony and chaos with the outside world. Painting connects me to my physical self, allowing my body to guide me in the creative process by feeling the meditative movement of my tools over the canvas, utilizing unique and innovative materials in nontraditional methods that calm my nervous system back into a normal state.” “I have recently found myself examining all the materials used in the name of art. I struggle with the waste this habit has created, which made me turn my eye to everyday objects considered trash and look for opportunities to integrate refuse into my art practice. My current work is all about things that have been cast aside, discarded, and considered waste. Unable to serve any real purpose, I want to make something beautiful of all that unmet potential. My current interest is also in the day-to-day traumas and triggers I face, especially as it pertains to my contributions in my professional career. Diving deeper into the ways we compromise ourselves, be it our time or our values or morals, for the sake of obtaining a paycheck to support ourselves and our families. This work is a primal response in doing whatever need to be done in order to provide for your family."