Dani Coates

they/them​

dani.jackets@gmail.com

(973) 609 - 2849

Education

2021 BA in Sociology with minors in Studio Art and Child Studies

Tufts University & The School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Medford/Boston, MA

2026 MPS in Art Therapy and Creativity Development

Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY

Awards & Honors

2021 Health Safety & Sustainability Award Finalist, School of the Museum of Fine Arts

2020 Trans Resistance Stipend Recipient, Tufts University Art Galleries

2018 Honorable Mention, Fishawack Art Fair

2017 Honorable Mention, NJ Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

2016 Merit Award, NJ Teen Arts Festival

Group Exhibitions

2025 Exquisite Relations, Pratt Institute Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2024 BYO Art Show, Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2023 Art of Elevation, Underground Advocatez, New York, NY

2023 Artgroove Experience, New York, NY

2023 Artmageddon, Beautify Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY

2023 First Come First Hung, B Dry Goods, Brooklyn NY

2023 11th Anniversary BYO Art Show, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn NY

2022 Over the Rainbow Art Show, Haus of Art, Queens, NY

2021 Transfiguration: Growth and Identity, Culturally Arts Collective, Virtual

2020 Trans Resistance Gallery, Tufts University LGBT Center, Virtual

2020 Allure, Polykhroma, Medford MA

2019 Mental Health Monologues, Tufts University, Medford MA 

2018 Fishawack Art Fair, Chatham NJ

2017, 2016 NJ State Teen Arts Festival, Morristown NJ

Solo Exhibitions

2021 Visualizing Virtual Water, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA

Publications

2025 Exquisite Relations, Pratt Institute School of Arts Publication

2022 HELD Magazine, Guelph University MFA curation

2021 held. zine, Independently organized virtual LGBTQ+ zine

2019 Future Histories, Tufts University Literary Magazine 

2018 The Observer, Tufts University Student Magazine 

2017, 2016 Pulp, Chatham High School Literary Magazine 

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