https://www.jackiedobranski.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-13 https://www.jackiedobranski.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b433554369484491234c46/7267293a-b203-4de0-aa24-f6a98db90e2d/IMG_4848-3.jpg https://www.jackiedobranski.com/artiststatement daily 0.75 2026-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b433554369484491234c46/3fffbe8e-d774-48e6-b034-654491d63019/IMG_4899.jpeg https://www.jackiedobranski.com/works daily 0.75 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b433554369484491234c46/79402cf0-0d2b-47b7-89f7-f107b4d5e794/IMG_4868.jpeg WORKS At Any Cost, 2026. Piñata and bat. The piñata game evokes joyful anticipation and blind faith. A transparent mannequin contains reclaimed toy vending capsules holding tiny colorful babies. The bat is découpaged with (faux) $1000 bills. This work conveys the dreams of motherhood carried from childhood, juxtaposed with the literal monetary cost plus physical and emotional battering many women endure to realize this dream through assisted reproduction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b433554369484491234c46/3f0d902b-7bbb-4d94-991d-06b2060c4d0e/IMG_5213.jpeg WORKS Sorry Charlie, 2026. The vintage "biological clock" is from the year the artist was born, as all of a woman's eggs are present from birth. Charlie the Tuna from the 1960's advertisements had good taste but didn't taste good, hence the mocking rejection "Sorry Charlie." A woman may feel vital, yet her aging eggs aren't. She wears a bandolier loaded with syringes as the strap for her "purse," a medical sharps container. She fights the mocking biological clock through Assisted Reproductive Techniques, or ART. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b433554369484491234c46/5fe67592-7f73-466d-ac45-1ad3f98e438c/IMG_5380.jpeg WORKS Super!Ovulator, 2026. This mannequin's lingerie top and superhero cape are sewn from a hospital gown to highlight the awkward blending of intimacy with the medicalization of baby-making. She blows a bubble, conveying her youthful care-free demeanor. Despite her vital appearance, her vintage gum ball machine contains chewed "gum," as the many eggs she will produce are old and useless. This work represents an early phase of assisted reproduction, before a woman learns the futility of her efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b433554369484491234c46/3fffbe8e-d774-48e6-b034-654491d63019/IMG_4899.jpeg WORKS Miss Courage, 2026. This work is a personification of multiple miscarriages. The battered vintage mannequin has a reclaimed gum ball machine as her womb. It holds red gum balls and a tiny floating baby. Her hand-made bead maze (wire, clay, paint) carries away beads and tiny babies in old toy vending capsules. Her head piece shows what's on her mind. Her bandeaux-style top sewn from a hospital gown is a bandage on her heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b433554369484491234c46/7267293a-b203-4de0-aa24-f6a98db90e2d/IMG_4848-3.jpg WORKS Anonymous Egg Donor, 2026. This mannequin's vintage gum ball machine holds large pearly white gum balls (eggs). Her angel wings speak to altruism, though they are découpaged with $1000 bills with faces of young girls. Often prospective parents do not see adult photos of donors to protect anonymity. They scroll through hundreds of baby faces. For some reason, it feels important to know if the donor does it out of altruism or for the money, or perhaps both. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b433554369484491234c46/ec219b0a-c573-4342-919d-b276e65c9f90/IMG_5147.jpeg WORKS My Water Broke/My Autonomy Broke, 2026. Once a pregnant woman's water breaks, she may be put on a countdown before labor is induced medically. This step often leads to an emergency C-section. The vintage toy vending claw grabs the baby out of the womb. The blue mirror beneath reveals a tiny sign between her legs, "WRONG WAY." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b433554369484491234c46/58e670b8-49e7-430d-ac2a-0f039e4ca91d/IMG_5504.jpeg WORKS PostpartumAnxiety, 2026. This vintage mannequin is caged in by the heavy wires of vintage bead mazes. They pierce her arms, legs, and torso. Her gum ball machine contains the artist's empty prescription bottles. Her feet are chained to a series of cribs with alarm clocks set to different times of night. She isn't sad, she's WIRED and on high alert. She cannot sleep for more than seconds at a time, if at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b433554369484491234c46/482c4999-a2ab-4d53-8d7a-9eaa01cd7dce/ChatGPT+Image+Apr+27%2C+2026+at+11_57_27+AM.png WORKS The Surrogate, 2026. This is a complicated piece, as everyone's situation is different. Her womb, a terrarium, represents Mother Earth, the source of all life. The baby's placenta is a tree, as the surrogate is allowing a family tree to grow. The two birds in the tree are parents waiting to receive their baby, patiently watching over. The rabbit outside the womb is the egg donor. The hands above are those of the awaiting parent. The angel wings, indicating altruism, are découpaged with the pages of two children's books. Are You My Mother by P.J. Eastman tells the story of a baby bird searching for his mother, trying to figure out if any of the creatures or objects he sees in the world might be her. As the mother of a child born via an egg donor, this deeply touches upon ideas of children one day trying to find their donors, and the void this may cause in them. Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss tells the story of an unlikely surrogate who remains faithful to his charge, the egg, despite many sacrifices. In the end he is rewarded with a baby bird-elephant hybrid, showing that his loyalty and care live on in this baby. This touches upon the phenomenon that the surrogate DOES influence the baby's development through epigenetics. https://www.jackiedobranski.com/exhibitions daily 0.75 2026-04-17