Published in Asia the Journal of Culture and Commerce, March 21, 2008.
For Donna Ikkanda, art isn't to be taken too seriously, but taking control of her creative identity is.
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| Donna Ikkanda |
by Patricia Lamkin
Painter, graphic artist, and illustrator Donna
Ikkanda has long struggled with her artistic identity. Her ethnic heritage, her role as
American woman, her sense of wonder and humor, and her love of clean, graphical
images, all have informed her work – though not always to her advantage. But
now Ikkanda has found a means of unifying and controlling these seemingly
fractured aspects of her self, through digital technology.
