Danielle Cartier (b.1991) is best known for her mural projects and large-scale, mixed media paintings made from reconstructed materials, recombined ephemera and layered printmaking and painting processes. Danielle was born in California and grew up in the Northern California Bay Area. She graduated from Sonoma State University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, concentrating in painting and printmaking. In 2017, Danielle received her Master of Fine Art in Interdisciplinary Studio Practice from the Graduate School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Her large-scale, mixed media paintings have been viewed in various solo and group exhibitions across the United States in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Danielle has experience teaching studio art courses at Sonoma State University in California, the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey and Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey. Cartier currently teaches various 2D design, color theory and painting courses within the College of Communication & Creative Arts at Rowan University and within the Visual Arts Program at Stockton University, both located in Southern New Jersey. Cartier also has experience instructing visual art at various non-profits and community art centers within Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Delaware. Currently, Cartier teaches adult-level studio art courses at Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Perkins Center for the Arts in Collingswood, New Jersey. Since 2017, Danielle has painted and installed over twenty-five grant-funded, public art murals throughout four counties in South Jersey. Danielle’s public mural projects in Southern New Jersey have consistently headlined in the South Jersey Courier Post, NJ Indy and have been featured on ABC Channel 6 Action New Philadelphia. Cartier continues to make large-scale, mixed media paintings and is working on multiple new public artworks and murals in Southern New Jersey for 2023. Most recently, Cartier opened her own art gallery, DC Gallery & Studio, within the Glasstown Arts District of Millville, New Jersey. Located at 508 N. High Street in Millville, New Jersey, DC Gallery & Studio serves as female, artist-owned gallery, maker retail space and studio featuring contemporary art in a wide variety of media by emerging and established local artists.