DNA

DESTANEE ANDERSON

TUCSON, AZ
01 / MEORIGIN

WHERE IT BEGAN

ORIGIN

I've always seen in art.

01 / FIRST LANGUAGE
Destanee as a child sitting at a piano
CHILDHOOD PIANO
PHOTOGRAPH
piano / childhood archive
01

The Maker

Before I knew what to call it, I was already making things.

02

The Performer

Piano, dance, theater, music, comedy — expression has always found a way out.

03

The Eye

Photography became another language: a way of noticing what other people might pass by.

04

The Inner World

Art, philosophy, reflection, questions, contradictions and wonder.

02 / ARTTHE MAKER

WHAT I MAKE

ART ✦

Paintings, objects, clothing, experiments and whatever happens when an idea refuses to stay inside my head.

/ NOTES

I am interested in the space between mediums. A canvas can become clothing. Clothing can become sculpture. A photograph can become a book.

03 / PHOTOGRAPHYTHE EYE

HOW I SEE THE WORLD

PHOTOGRAPHY

Places, people, details and little pieces of the world I decided to keep.

Photography archive
PHOTO 01
01 / ARCHIVE
Photography archive
PHOTO 02
02 / ARCHIVE
Photography archive
PHOTO 03
03 / ARCHIVE
Photography archive
PHOTO 04
04 / ARCHIVE
04 / PERFORMANCETHE PERFORMER

HOW I EXPRESS MYSELF

PERFORMANCE ✦

Theater, comedy, music, movement and the parts of me that become louder when there is an audience.

01

Comedy

Finding the funny thing, even when the room doesn't expect it.

02

Acting

Characters, scenes and the freedom of becoming someone else.

03

Music

Piano, songwriting, production and the sounds that keep showing up.

04

Movement

Dance and physical expression as another kind of language.

Performance archive
PERFORMANCE IMAGE
05 / CONTACTCOME FIND ME

COMMISSIONS / COLLABORATIONS / PRESS

LET'S
MAKE
SOMETHING.

Looking for a custom piece, creative collaboration, press opportunity, brand partnership or something that doesn't fit neatly into a box?

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01 Custom Art Canvas / object / original
02 Custom Clothing Denim / jacket / tee / wearable
03 Creative Collaboration Brand / editorial / project
04 Press & Media Interview / feature / appearance
06 / COASTINGTHE BOOK
Coasting by Destanee Anderson book cover

PHOTOGRAPHY / WRITING / REFLECTION

COASTING

A photographic book pairing images with writing about reflection, forgiveness, ego, stillness, perspective and the strange work of being human.

Open it randomly. Read a page. Let the photograph and the words meet wherever you are.

VIEW THE BOOK →
Coasting page
COASTING / PAGE 01
Coasting page
COASTING / PAGE 02
Coasting page
COASTING / PAGE 03
07 / LIBRARY THE ARCHIVE

EVERYTHING THAT DOESN'T FIT ELSEWHERE

LIBRARY

A growing archive of images, experiments, fragments, objects, ideas and things worth keeping.

01
Visual fragments from the archive
Images Visual fragments
02
Decorated denim
Objects Things I've made
03
Creative material detail
Materials Things with a history
04
Artwork and inspiration
References Things that shaped me
05
Archived artwork
Found Things worth saving
06
Creative archive photograph
Legacy What love leaves behind
08 / LINKSELSEWHERE
09 / CHARITYWHAT I GIVE BACK

ART WITH A PURPOSE

WATER
IS LIFE ✦

This room is for causes I care about, fundraising projects, charitable work and ways this world can become a little more livable for somebody else.

FEATURED CAUSECharity: water

Clean water should not be a luxury. This campaign supports access to clean water through Charity: water.

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