Do you cover up your hurt and pain to appear “normal”?

Or do you face the feelings, and uncover the real you?

Are wearing a mask to cover the feelings?

What is NORMAL anyway?

I use my work to create a dialog between the viewer and art to encourage discussion about daily stressors, loss, illness, loneliness, family issues, and other “normal” things we all face and use it so that we can find a healing journey to positive mental health.

Sundberg had the great fortune of studying under an influential university professor and photographer, John Banasiak, while at University of South Dakota, John sparked a curiosity of the unimaginable measure. That curiosity led Sundberg to discovering the works of the Bay Area Art Movement with the most impactful artist on her works being Manual Neri.  Dayle combined the inspiration she found in works by other well-known sculptors.

Auguste Rodin, Alexander Calder, Manuel Neri and George Segal. 

Neri and Segal are the main influence for Sundberg’s figurative sculptures to help create a most influential body of work addressing the mental health conversations that have increased over the past decade.

After seeing the expressive qualities Neri used with his life-size female figures by using texture and bright slashes of color Dayle was inspired to find her own voice by using the female form.  The works are created by using the similar technique as Segal and the heavy textures and the bold colors of Neri’s works, however, the colors from Dayle’s pieces come from setting each sculpture on fire and burning it.

Through her art, she hopes to create a movement in the art and health care fields called The Stigma Stop: Why be normal when nothing is normal?   With the hopes that many inspired installations and artworks around the world will be created by artists, individuals, and community organizations based on the The Stigma Stop Philosophy.

Dayle Sundberg

Virtual Scroll Through Exhibit

Virutal Exhibition: Turmoil Series
Apr – Dec 2021