Born in 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA
Daniel Arsham’s uchronic aesthetics revolves around his concept of fictional archaeology. Working in sculpture, architecture, drawing and film, he creates and crystallizes ambiguous in-between spaces or situations, and further stages what he refers to as future relics of the present. They are eroded casts of modern artifacts and contemporary human figures, which he expertly makes out of some geological material such as sand, selenite or volcanic ash for them to appear as if they had just been unearthed after being buried for ages. Always iconic, most of the objects that he turns into stone refer to the late 20th century or millennial era, when technological obsolescence unprecedentedly accelerated along with the digital dematerialization of our world. While the present, the future and the past poetically collide in his haunted yet playful visions between romanticism and pop art, Daniel Arsham also experiments with the timelessness of certain symbols and gestures across cultures.
education
2003 The Cooper Union, BFA
solo shows
2024
- Venice 3024, Perrotin in collaboration with Ron Harrar, Chiesa di Santa Caterina, Venice, Italy
- Phases, Fotografiska New York, NY USA
2023
- Miami 3023, Ross and Kramer, Miami, Florida, USA
- Score and Sound, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
- 20 Years, Perrotin New York, NY, USA
- 20 Ans, Perrotin Paris, France, USA
- Wandering, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Arsham Auto Motive, Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Wherever You Go, There You Are, Curated by Heidi Zuckerman, Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA), Costa Mesa, CA, USA
2022
- Artifacts of Indigo Plateau, Chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- Relics in the Landscape, Curated by Clare Lilley, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- 31st Century Still Lives, Perrotin Tokyo, Japan
- Le Modular du Basketball, MAMO Cité Radieuse Arts Center, Marseille, France
- Preservation: Past, Present, Future, Simple Caracters Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
- Pokemon of Future Past, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan
- A Ripple in Time, Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo, Japan
- Hidden Within the Tall Grass, Sogetsu Plaza Garden, Tokyo, Japan
- Ancient Power: Hidden in the Ruins, Nanzuka 2G, Tokyo
- Field Research, 3110NZ by LDH Kitchen, Tokyo
2021
- Bronze Garden, 180 The Strand, London, United Kingdom
- Unearthed, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- Objects for Living: Collection II , Friedman Benda, New York, NY, USA
- Turning Wrenches, Library Street Collective, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Bronze Eroded Venus de Milo, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York, USA
- Sands of Time, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Dune, Aranya Gold Coast, Beidaihe, China
- Time Dilation, Perrotin, New York, NY, USA
2020
- Moonraker, Carte Blanche à Daniel Arsham, Musée Guimet, Paris, France
- Relics of Kanto Through Time, Nanzuka Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Parco Museum Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Paris 3020, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- Life on Europa, Eden Rock, Saint Barth
- Eroded Venus di Milo, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Aranya, Beidaihe
2019
- HOW Museum, Shanghai, China
- The Source: A Catalog of Late-20th-Century American Relics, Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit, MI
- Connecting Time, MOCO Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Static Mythologies, Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018
- "3018," Perrotin New York, USA
- カラー・シャドウ (Color Shadow), Perrotin Tokyo, Japan
- アーキテクチャー・アノマリーズ (Architectural Anamolies), Nanzuka Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Moran Moran, Los Angeles, CA
- Moon Stone, Wall House Museum, Saint Barth
2017
- The Angel of Repose, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- Moving Architecture, VDNKh, Moscow, Russia
- It Speaks, Oi Futuro, Rio de Jainero, Brazil
- Lunar Garden, Visionaire, New York, NY, USA
- Crystal Toys, Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea
- Hyundai Motorstudios, Seoul, South Korea
- Hourglass, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2016
- Galerie Perrotin, New York, NY, USA
- My First Show in Japan, Year 2044, Nanzuka Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- The Future Was Then, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
- Moons and Music, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths, French West Indies
2015
- The Future Was Written, Young Arts, Miami, FL
- Fictional Archeology, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
- Parades Móveis, Baro Galería, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Formless Figure Watermill Center, Watermill, NY, USA
- Remember the Future, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
- A Special Project for Leica, Leica Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
- Welcome to the Future, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
- Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
- The Future is Always Now, Galerie Perrotin, Paris
- Volcanic Ash, Rusted Steel, Baro Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Kick the Tires and Light the Fires, OHWOW Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2013
- #FUTUREARCHIVE, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong, China
- #FUTUREARCHIVE, Louis Vuitton exhibition space, Singapore (in collaboration with SOTA art school)
- #TOMORROWPAST, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- #RECOLLECTIONS, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
2012
- STORM, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- Reach Ruin, The Fabric Workshop Museum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Project at The Box, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
- Set design for Curtain, a dance collaboration between Jonah Bokaer and David Hallberg, Festival d'Avignon, Sujets à Vif, Avignon, France
- the fall, the ball and the wall, OHWOW Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Commemorative Marker in collaboration with Snarkitecture, Marlins Ballpark, Miami, FL, USA
2011
- Set design for Merce Cunningham Dance Company's last performances, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY, USA
- Dig, in collaboration with OHWOW Gallery and Galerie Perrotin, Store Front for Art and Architecture, New York, NY, USA
2010
- Alter, Galerie Perrotin, Miami, FL, USA
- Animal Architecture Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- Avalanche , set design for the performance of Merce Cunningham's company at Adrienne Arscht Center, Miami, FL, USA
2009
- Set design for Merce Cunningham Dance Company's Paris Performances, France
2008
- Beacon/Miami at Bank of America tower, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL, USA
- The Undoing, Galerie Perrotin, Miami, FL, USA
- Playground, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- Something Light, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2007
- Playground, Gertrude Street, Melbourne, Australia
- Merce Cunningham: Dancing on the Cutting Edge Part II, MOCA at Goldman Warehouse, Miami, FL, USA
- yeSpace, a collaboration with Merce Cunningham, The Miami Performing Arts Center, Miami, FL, USA
2006
- Building Schmuilding, Galerie Perrotin, Miami, FL, USA
2005
- Homesick, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
group shows
2024
- After Rain Comes Neon Light, Museum Arnhem, the Netherlands (forthcoming)
2022
- A Gateway to Possible Worlds : Art and Science Fiction, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France
- Vision and Virtuosity by Tiffany and Co. Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- We Killed the Bunny!, group show curated by Rolando J. Carmona, Baró Galleria, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2021
- Frieze Sculpture 2021, curated by Claire Lilley, London, United Kingdom
- Parallel Worlds, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Idoles. L'art des Cyclades et de l'Anatolie à l'Age du bronze, curated by Ludovic Laugier, Musée Fenaille, Rodez, France
- Les Extatiques, curated by Fabrice Bousteau, Paris La Défense, Paris, France
2020
- To the Hoop: Basketball and Contemporary Art, curated by Emily Stamey, Ph.D., Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
- NGV Triennial, National Gallery Vancouver, Melbourne, Australia
2019
- Crystal: Visible and Invisible, curated by Joachim Pissaro, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
- Chairs Beyond Right and Wrong, Curated by Raquel Cayre, R & Company, New York, NY
2018
- Mickey: The True Original, curated by Darren Romanelli, New York, NY
- Héritage, Centre d'art contemporain départemental l'arTsenal, Freux, France
- Eco-Visionaries, curated by Pedro Gadanho and Mariana Pestana, Museu Arte Arquitetura Tecnologia, Lisbon, Portugal
2017
- Art Festival Watou, Schore, Belgium
- Jump Ball, Dio Horio Contemporary Art Platform, Mykonos, Greece
2016
- Yichuan Biennial of Contemporary Art, Ningxia, China
- The Human Condition, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Shrines to Speed, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2015
- Artistes et Architecture Dimensions Variables, Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France
- Invento, OCA Museum, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2014
- Post-Pop: East Meets West, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
- Art in Embassies, US Embassy in London, UK
- Resonance(s), Maison Particuliere, Brussels, Belgium
- Shattered: Contemporary Sculpture in Glass, Frederik Meijer, Gardens and Sculpture Park, MI - Creation contemporaine a New York, Musee d’Art Moderne, Saint Etienne, France
2013
- Homebodies, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
2012
- Next Wave Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, USA
- Célébrations, Rêve de nature, Musée de Valence hors les murs, Valence, France
- I'm Over Here Now, Richmond Center for the Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
2011
- RECESS, set design and performance, in collaboration with Jonah Bokaer, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, MA, USA
- Why Patterns, set design in collaboration with Snarkitecture, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, MA, USA
- It Ain't Fair: Materialism, OHWOW Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
- Flash: Light, Festival of Ideas for the New City, New Museum, New York, NY, USA
- The Past is a Grotesque Animal, In Extenso, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2010
- Look Again, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston Salem, NC, USA
- The Maginot Line, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
- It Ain't Fair 2010, OHWOW Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
- Memories of the Future, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- REPLICA, set design and performance, MOCA, Miami, FL, USA
- REPLICA, set design and performance, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Marseille, France
- REPLICA, setd esign and performance, Hellenic Festival, Athens, Greece
- Why Patterns, set design in collaboration with Snarkitecture, Rotterdamse Shouwburg, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2009
- Projections, Carré d'art de Nîmes, Nîmes, France
- Heaven, 2nd Athens Biennale, Athens, Greece
- Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture, curated by Jessica Hough & Monica R. Montagut, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, USA
- On From Here, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY, USA
- Luna Park, Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
- Quand je serais grand, Galerie Jeanroch Dard, Paris, France
- REPLICA, performance at IVAM in Frontiers of Time, curated by Bob Wilson, Valencia, Spain
- REPLICA, performance, New Museum, New York, NY, USA
2008
- The Fireplace project, East Hampton, NY, USA
- Thoughts on Democracy: Reintereriting Norman Rockwell's 'Four Freedoms' Posters, The Wolfsonian-FIU, Miami Beach, FL, USA
- Reunion, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY, USA
- Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture, curated by Jessica Hough & Monica R. Montagut, Yale School for Architecture Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA
- Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture, curated by Jessica Hough & Monica R. Montagut, The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT, USA
2007
- Guild, curated by Daniel Arsham, Galerie Perrotin, Miami, FL, USA
2006
- Fresh!, The Museum Of Glass, Seattle, WA, USA
- Miami in Transition, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL, USA
2005
- Greater New York, P.S.1 Museum of Contemporary Art, Long Island, NY, USA
- Wanderlust, Julia Friedman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2004
- Miami Nice, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- In Advance of a Broken Heart, (As part of SALT), The Wolfsonian Museum, Miami, FL, USA
- Obituary, Placemaker, Miami, FL, USA
- In Situ, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, USA
- Ten Times the Space Between Night and Day, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY, USA
- I am the Resurrection, Locust Projects, Miami, FL, USA
- Remote Control, M&M Proyectos, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2003
- Ever, Placemaker, Miami, FL, USA
- Customized, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL, USA
- Untitled, (A Sentimental Education), Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
- Kiss Me Quick Before I Change my Mind, The House, Miami, FL, USA
2002
- Meta, The House, Miami, FL, USA
- NO SHOW, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, FL, USA
- 15/Caliber, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
- Miami in Manhattan, Wooster Projects, New York, NY, USA
2001
- The House at MoCA, curated by Bonnie Clearwater, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, USA
- The Sears Building, curated by Robert Chambers, The House, Miami, FL, USA
- Special Projects, Art in General, New York, NY, USA
- Time in Space, The House, Miami, FL, USA
public collections
- Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
- Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- DIOR Collection, Paris, France
- The Four Seasons Miami Collection, FL
- Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
- Musée Guimet, Paris, France
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- National Museum of Qatar, Doha, Qatar
- Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), FL
- Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), RI
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
awards
2003
- Recipient of the Gelman Trust Fellowship
