Daniel Arsham

Daniel Arsham is an North American visual artist born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1980. He was raised in Miami, Florida, and studied at The Cooper Union in New York, where he received the Gelman Trust Fellowship Award in 2003. He currently lives and works in New York. His practice lies at the intersection of art, architecture, and performance, and is realized through sculpture, installation, drawing, film, and architectural intervention.

His work is known for what the artist and his galleries describe as “fictional archaeology”: contemporary objects that appear eroded, crystallized, or transformed into relics of the future. His installations feature weathered walls, staircases leading nowhere, and structures where nature seems to encroach upon architecture. Using materials such as sand, selenite, or volcanic ash, Arsham explores ideas related to time, memory, ruin, and the permanence of objects.

He has exhibited at institutions such as MoMA PS1, The New Museum, the Athens Biennale, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and Carré d’Art in Nîmes.

In addition to his solo work, Arsham has collaborated with figures in the fields of dance, music, and design. He worked as a set designer for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and collaborated with choreographer Jonah Bokaer on projects presented at venues such as The New Museum, IVAM, the Hellenic Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, and the Avignon Festival. In 2013, he collaborated with Pharrell Williams to recreate his first keyboard using volcanic ash. His verifiable accolades include the Gelman Trust Fellowship Award and the GNMH Award. His work is part of collections such as the Centre Pompidou, Walker Art Center, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art Miami, DIOR Collection, Louis Vuitton Collection, Musée Guimet, and Blanton Museum of Art.
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