DANIELLE COATES

Danielle primarily works on project design, concept development, and production at Studio Aorta. She has worked with educational institutions and museums for branding, graphic design, and exhibition coordination.

Since coming to Studio Aorta directly from graduate school, she has grown from an initial role as a primarily production graphic designer into a project leader, and has helped expand the studio's client base.

She is actively involved in arts-based activism, and her personal background has a strong influence on her perspectives on art and design. Her graduate thesis was an exhibition that explored the intersection of two overlapping social movements in the 1960's, Asian American Student Activists and Black Power; a tribute to her own personal heritage.

Education

MA Exhibition Design

Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at
The George Washington University

BFA Art and Visual Technology,
Graphic Design

George Mason University

Projects

Inter|Sectionality: Diaspora in the Creole City, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at GW

A Single-Use Planet: A Call-to-Action from the Artists of The Americas, Inter-American Development Bank

Visitors Center, Inter-American Development Bank

Fast Fashion/Slow Art, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at GW

6.13.89: The Cancelling of the Mapplethorpe, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at GW

NEXT 2018, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at GW Senior Thesis

We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at GW

Gallery Model, National Museum of Natural History

Spiked: The Unpublished Political Cartoons of Rob Rogers, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at GW