Untitled, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 72.8 x 72.8 in (Available)
Todas las palmeras, 2022 Acrylic, ink and graphite on canvas 75.5 x 47.2 in (Available)
Nudos negros y azules, 2022 Acrylic, ink and graphite on paper 58.6 x 48.8 in (Available)
Nadadores Nocturnos III, 2022 Acrylic, ink, and graphite on canvas 59 x 55.1 in (Available)
Ruido Blanco 1, 2023 Acrylic and graphite on paper 35.4 x 23.6 in (Available)
Ruido Blanco 2, 2023 Acrylic and graphite on paper 35.4 x 23.6 in (Available)
Ruido Blanco 3, 2023 Acrylic and graphite on paper 35.4 x 23.6 in (Available)
Daniel Berman
Statement
The power of the pictorial gesture attracts Daniel Berman, materialized in the line, shape, and color. For Daniel, each painting contains and transmits the energy embodied in its execution, turning it into a communication vehicle on an energetic and emotional level. His work methodology is rooted in a pictorial rewriting exercise that moves between revelation and concealment, creation and destruction.
A patient view of Daniel's work will realize that what seems playful and almost childish reveals itself as a complex, dynamic, and expansive world, loaded with a powerful visceral characteristic of a savage and primitive state. In that sense, Daniel's painting is wild and somewhat psychedelic.
Resume
Veracruz, Mexico, 1982.
He completed a degree in Plastic Arts with a specialty in Engraving at the Universidad Veracruzana in 2008. He was integrated into the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte, SNCA, Mexico from 2020 to 2023. Berman obtained the Jóvenes Creadores, FONCA scholarship in the discipline of painting in 2016 and printmaking in 2014. His work is part of renowned collections such as the Perez Miami Collection. His projects seek to trigger reflections on art and communication and interpret scenarios, characters, and daily life situations that explore new ways of making narratives and the symbolic possibilities of visual language.
His solo shows exhibitions include, among others, "Smoke Signals" at Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA, USA, and "Knots and Stones" at Gotxikoa Gallery, Monterrey, MX, both in 2023. He also presented "Lotus & Drums" at CAM Galería, Mexico City, MX, and "Knots and Stones" at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Veracruz, MX, in 2022. His work has been showcased at renowned venues and institutions such as the Museo Internacional del Barroco in Puebla, Mexico, and the International Print Centre in New York in 2019.
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FORMAL EDUCATION:
2008:
-Bachelor of Fine Arts with a specialization in printmaking from Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico.
INDIVIDUAL EXPOSITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
2023:
-”Smoke Signals”, at Lucy Lacoste Gallery, MA, EEUU.
-”Knots and Stones” at Gotxikoa Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico.
2022:
-”Lotus & Drums”, at CAM Galería, Mexico City, Mexico.
-”Knots and Stones” at Contemporary Art Gallery, Veracruz, Mexico.
2021:
-“Take everything”, at Gotxikoa Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico.
2020:
-"The shadow has no owner", at CAM Galería, Mexico City, Mexico.
2019:
-“Carne de monte”, at Grape Arquitechts, Oslo, Norway.
-”El paso doble”, at IMJUS Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
2018:
- “Rio revuelto”, at Jardines de Mexico Art Gallery, Morelos, Mexico.
2017:
-"Entropías del humor", at the OMO Gallery, Michoacan, Mexico.
2016:
-La Chaca looked at me and I flirted with her”, at Arte Cocodrilo Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
2015:
-”Hoyo Negro2, at Vertigo Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
2014:
-"Calls to collect", at La Plataforma Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2011:
-"Man in a Ready Position" at the Cuarto Contemporáneo Gallery, Oaxaca, Mexico.
2010:
-"There are knives under the pillow" at Vertigo Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022:
-“The fire has no owner”, Art Fair Zona Maco next to CAM Galería, Mexico City, Mexico.
2020:
-”Entry into the private collection of the PAMM”, at the Perez Art Museum of Miami, EEUU.
-”The great south, moods outside the center”, at Museo Internacional del Barroco, Puebla, Mexico.
2019:
- “Umbra” New prints for a Dark Age in The International Print Center New York, N.Y., EE.UU.
2018:
- “Friends friends”, at Ikeda Art Museum, Minamiuonuma, Japan.
2013:
-“Comale “ at Vertigo Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
2011:
- “Multiplied” Contemporary Editions Fair, Christie´s, London, UK.
-"Viceversa" at MUPO (Museum of Oaxacan Painters) Oaxaca, Mexico.
2010:
- “Real Life Issues” Angel Orenzans Foundation, N.Y., EE.UU.
-“Multiplied” Contemporary Editions Fair, Christie ́s, London, UK.
- “3” Pure Evil Gallery, London, UK. and Los Angeles, EE.UU.
- “Electric Streets” at 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, EE.UU.
2009:
- “The Fiesta Resistance” Group exhibition at Picture Son Walls Gallery, London, UK.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
2021:
-Member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (SNCA) 2021/2023, Mexico.
2016:
-Fellow of the Programa Jovenes Creadores, FONCA, in the discipline of painting, Mexico.
2015:
-Fellow of the Programa Jovenes Creadores, FONCA, in the discipline of printmaking, Mexico.
PUBLICATIONS:
2010:
-His work is included in the book “Street Sketchbook, Journey ́s” by Tristan Manco edited by Thames and Hudson, London, UK.