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Biography
Born in 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio, Arsham was raised in Miami, where he attended the Design and Architecture High School. He was awarded a full scholarship to The Cooper Union in New York, where he received the Gelman Trust Fellowship Award in 2003. Upon graduation, Arsham toured worldwide with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company as the company’s stage designer for over four years—an experience that informed his ongoing synergistic practice. In 2007, he founded the pioneering architecture firm Snarkitecture with partner Alex Mustonen. Collaboration continues to be a key cornerstone of his practice—realizing high-profile projects with music producer Pharrell Williams and designer Hedi Slimane, as well as Dior, Porsche, and Tiffany & Co. Arsham has participated in numerous major international solo exhibitions, including those at the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; the HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, and the Moco Museum, Amsterdam. His works are included in the permanent collections of the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL, and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. He lives and works in New York, NY.
Known for turning the every-day life themes into something spectacular and surreal and guided by architectural concepts, the multi-artist Daniel Arsham transits between painting, sculpture, installation, set design and dance performances. “Out of all the products that humans make, architecture is the biggest and most lasting and relevant form of cultural expression – it’s the only thing that’s going to last”, he declares. In 2007, he developed the set design for the spectacle eyeSpace, the first of four that he would make for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, the legendary company that once featured collaborations with important names in art such as Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella and Bruce Nauman. Today he‘s partner and founder of Snarkitecture, a collaborative design studio that operates between the territories of art and architecture.
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Works
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Daniel ArshamCliffs and Apollo Belvedere with Porsche RS, 2023
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Daniel ArshamWaterfall and Venus Callipyge with destroyed Porsche 911, 2023
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Daniel ArshamBlue Calcite Eroded Bust of Diana the Huntress, 2020
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Daniel ArshamQuartz Eroded Bust of Apollo, 2020
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Daniel ArshamBronze Eroded Porsche 930, 2021
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Daniel ArshamBisected Bust of C3PO, 2023
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Daniel ArshamBisected Bust of Darth Vader, 2023
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Daniel ArshamStudy for Eroded Huntress, 2023
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Daniel ArshamStudy for Eroded Venus of Capitole, 2023
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Daniel ArshamStudy of Eroded Bust of Antinous, 2023
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Daniel ArshamStudy of Eroded Venus, 2023
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Daniel ArshamSelenite Eroded Soccer Ball (set of 3), 2022
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Daniel ArshamQuartz 1982 Desktop Computer, 2019
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Daniel ArshamBlue Gradient Seated Female Figure, 2017
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Daniel ArshamMoon Phases I, 2017
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Daniel ArshamFocus, 2013
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Exhibitions
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July 3023
Daniel Arsham 27 Jul - 8 Sep 2023Baró Galeria is delighted to announce July 3023, the first solo exhibition in Mallorca by American artist Daniel Arsham, opening on July 27, 2023 to coincide with the 10th year...Read more -
Blau
at La Residencia A Belmond Hotel, Deià 28 Jun - 3 Aug 2022BARÓ is happy to launch a partnership with LA RESIDENCIA, one of the most intimate hotels in Mallorca that provides a unique experience. Titled BLAU, which celebrates the talent of...Read more -
We Killed the Bunny!
GROUP SHOW CURATED BY ROLANDO J. CARMONA 22 Jun - 31 Aug 2022Baró is pleased to announce its new group exhibition, WE KILLED THE BUNNY! - a delirious show curated by Venezuelan Rolando J. Carmona. The show brings together a group of...Read more -
ZAZEN
DANIEL ARSHAM 3 - 31 Mar 2018Baró Galeria is pleased to present ZAZEN, a solo exhibition of artist Daniel Arsham, an important icon of American contemporary art. The act of sitting and allowing a free and...Read more -
PAREDES MÓVEIS
Daniel Arsham 3 Sep - 8 Nov 2015Baró Gallery presents the exhibition Moving Walls, from artist Daniel Arsham. For his second exhibition at Baró, Daniel Arsham back up again to the manipulation of architectural concepts, a constant...Read more -
VOLCANIC ASH, RUSTED STEEL
DANIEL ARSHAM 16 Feb - 22 Mar 2014Baró Galeria is pleased to announce Volcanic Ash, Rusted Steel , the first solo exhibition in Brazil by the North-American artist Daniel Arsham to be inaugurated on February 15, 2014....Read more
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