Dana Stirling
Why Am I Sad
August 25 – September 30 2025
Artist Talk: September 10 | 12:00-1:00pm (recorded and livestreamed)
Reception: September 10 | 5:00-7:00pm
The JKC Gallery is thrilled to announce its first show for the fall season. Dana Stirling will present her body of work, Why Am I Sad, along with a livestreamed artist talk, reception, and book signing.
Dana Stirling’s photographs and book, Why Am I Sad (Kehrer Verlag), explores mental health through imagery. By utilizing her chosen practice of photography Dana connects her personal life story and the pressures on the artist to succeed while maintaining a vernacular visual language, one that entices the viewer into entering the photographs and contemplating their own relationship to the beauty and sadness in their world.
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Dana Stirling is a fine art photographer and the Co-Founder & Editor of Float Photo Magazine since 2014. She is currently based in Queens, New York. She earned her MFA in Photography, Video, and Related Media from The School Of Visual Arts in 2016, following her earlier BA in Photographic Communications from Hadassah College Jerusalem.
Dana Stirling’s work has been prominently featured in group exhibitions in the United States and internationally, including reputable venues such as Panopticon Gallery and Saatchi Gallery. Her photography has gained recognition in various publications, including Buzzfeed, Feature Shoot, Der-Grief Magazine and others.