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Born in 1988. Lives and works in Newburgh, NY
Education
2016 M.F.A., University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2011 B.B.A., Pace University, New York, NY
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Goth Girls Get Gas Too, Fish Island Gallery, Fish Island, CT
Crystal Blue Persuasion, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
2023 Chamber of Ultimate Solution, JDJ, New York, NY
The Misadventures of Buddy Crapo: by Land, by Sea, and by Air, Turley Gallery, Hudson, NY
Love from Vicki Island, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2021 STINK, STANK, STUNK, Ann Street Gallery, Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh, NY
2020 Hermetic Perversions: A Charming Night With Vicki Vermicelli, Rosenberg Gallery, Calkins Hall, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
2019 Raw-Dog Denim Dick Dialed Me, Uffizi, Cold Spring, NY
Even Cowboys Get Caught in the Rain, Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Big Linguini, SARDINE, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Two-Person Exhibitions
2023 The Dog That Ate the Birthday Cake with Karlos Carcamo, Visitor Center, Newburgh, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Keep Feeling Fascination, High Noon, New York, NY
Fruit and Fruition, Grimm, New York, NY
Bronx Calling: the Sixth AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum, The Bronx, NY
2023 Drawings by Sculptors, Helena Anrather, New York, NY
2022 Split and Becloud, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
The Material, The Thing, Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Ashes Denote That Fire Was, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
Unmade Beds, CLEA RSKY Offsite Project, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
The Agreement: Chromatic Presences, Zürcher Gallery, New York, NY
Forward Ground, Fridman Gallery, New York, NY
2021 NADA x Foreland, Foreland, Catskill, NY
Tasting Menu, The Barnes Art Center, Hopewell Junction, NY
100 Sculptures, Anonymous, New York, NY
Family Business, JDJ, New York, NY
2020 The Hunch, MOTHER, Beacon, NY
2019 Love of the Common Man, Gazebo, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Cook My Goose, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL
Living/Breathing, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
A Salve of Sorts, Vacation, New York, NY
Menage/rie, Super Dutchess, New York, NY
Awards
2024 Core Residency, Millay Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2021 AIM Fellowship, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Bronx, NY
2015 EmergeNYC Fellowship, Hemispheric Institution of Performance and Politics, New York, NY
A. Gray Magness Award University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2014 The Alan Greenhalgh/Laura Gurton Award for Artistic Merit, WAAM, Woodstock, NY
Collections
The Bunker Artspace, Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, West Palm Beach, FL
Selected Publications
2024 National Review, Sculptor Daniel Giordano: Part Wizard, Part Storyteller, All Artist, Brian T. Allen, September
Dirt Magazine, ‘Big fun’ in reimagining roadkill, Taliesin Thomas, August
Sculpture Magazine, Review: Daniel Giordano at the Hyde Collection, Matthew Moment, August
Upstate Diary, The Wizard of Vicki Island, Issue 18, David Ebony, May
Maake Magazine, Daniel Giordano in Conversation with Marcus Civin on November 15, 2023, January
2023 Two Coats of Paint, Daniel Giordano’s sculpture: Memory Fueled, magically sprouting, Kari Adelaide Razdow, November
National Review, Mass MoCA Shines on the Eve of Its Big Birthday, Brian T. Allen, October
New York Times, A Guide to Art Exhibits in New York and Massachusetts, Zachary Small, July
Chronogram, Blissed-Out Art-Overdoze: Upstate Art Weekend 2023, Taliesen Thomas, July
Ocula, What to See at Upstate Art Weekend 2023, Pallavi Surana, July
Art Spiel, Daniel Giordano’s Post-Apocalyptic Chimeras at MASS MoCA, Eva Zanardi, July
XIBT Magazine, A cup of coffee with Newburgh-based artist Daniel Giordano, Nina Mdivani, June
Weekly Special, Maximalist Gnarliness: an Interview with Artist Daniel Giordano , Andrea Gyorody, June
Arcade Project, The Decadent World of Daniel Giordano, Roman Kalinovski, April
XIBT Magazine, Daniel Giordano Love from Vicki Island at MASS MoCA, Jonathan Goodman, April
Berkshire Eagle, REVIEW: At Mass MoCA, Daniel Giordano's 'Love From Vicki Island' is a mix of artistic endeavor, ancestral knowledge, Jennifer Huberdeau, April
ABC Latino Magazine, Cover Art, April
Whitehot Magazine, Daniel Giordano at JDJ, Jonathan Goodman, April
Tussle Magazine, Daniel Giordano: The Italian Worker in the Big Art World, Samuel Abelow, March
Chronogram, Exhibition Review: Daniel Giordano at Turley Gallery in Hudson, Taliesin Thomas, March
Brooklyn Rail, Daniel Giordano: Love From Vicki Island, William Corwin, March
Times Union, Local Artist Daniel Giordano gets solo show at MASS MoCA, Michelle Falkenstein, February
Chronogram, “Love from Vicki Island” Brings Together the Newburgh Artist's Outré Sculptures, Carl Van Brunt, February
2022 La Voz, Los artistas del Valle del Hudson 2022: el material, la cosa, Elisa Pritzker, July
Art Spiel, The Agreement: Chromatic Presences – Funky and Formal at Zurcher, Saul Ostrow, May
2021 Brooklyn Rail, 100 Sculptures - NYC, Will Corwin, July/August
Sculpture Magazine, Material Instincts: A Conversation with Daniel Giordano, Jonathan Goodman, May/June
Frontera Digital, Modernism’s Rejection: Three Sculptors in America, Jonathan Goodman, February
2020 Whitehot Magazine, Specters of Absurdity: The Sculptures of Daniel Giordano at Hofstra University, Raphy Sarkissian, March
2019 Canadian Art, Sheet Masks as Sculpture Conjure Art for the (Summery) Ages, Meredyth Cole, October
New York Times, Summer Art Trek: Gallery Hopping in the Hudson Valley, Will Heinrich, August
Cultured Magazine, Sculptor Daniel Giordano’s Relentless Wonder & Deep-fried Baseball Bats, Monica Uszerowicz, February
Art Spiel, Nota Bene with @postuccio [iii], Paul D'Agostino, February