My name is Diem Dangers and I am a linocut printmaker, and blogger with a passion for timeless folktales from around the world that connect us to the wild. I believe folktales have the power restore and enliven our sense of enchantment with the natural world. Each story contains a precious offering from the past, a mythos, reminding us of our ancient, intimate and enduring kinship with the wild, expressed in a multitude of endearing voices of the earth: the splash of gray flippers, clanking of antlers, flutter of wings and whispers of feathers.

I am a self-taught visual artist with a background in anthropology and a personal interest in folklore. My inspiration to begin printmaking came from discovering the Đông Hồ folk art block prints depicting the natural environment and folktales from my mother’s native Vietnam. I find it deeply meaningful to be carrying on the age-old technique of hand-carving and hand-printing, an artistic legacy with roots in the East, that follows a cross-cultural cross-continental journey to the West through history that is somewhat parallel to my own life trajectory. I have lived in several countries in the Asia-Pacific region, all of which has nurtured my interest and love for folktales from a diverse variety of cultures and landscapes.

I have participated in exhibits both in the U.S. and internationally some of which include: "Fairytales & Folktales," La Luna Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2005); “East West Fest”, East West Center, Honolulu, HI (2000); "Foundation[s]: In The Raw," with Boston Progress Asian American Artists’ Collective, East Meets West Bookstore, Cambridge, MA (2006); "Environmental Arts & Education," Lesley University, MA (2009).

I truly believe planetary ecological restoration is a relational job (in addition to conservation efforts and technological advancement) and for this reason, there is a vital need to re-story our human relationship with the wild. In sharing these folktales that have been cherished and honored for hundreds of years through oral tradition, I bring old world story medicine into our modern lives in hopes that it might transform us too.

I currently live with my partner and son, and work from my home studio in the Greater Boston Area.