Daniel Gordon

Daniel Gordon studied at Bard College and Yale School of Art. Residence is recorded at Brooklyn. Work by Daniel Gordon is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam. Distinctions recorded are Foam Paul Huf Award.

• Name — Daniel Gordon • Born — 1980 • Birthplace — Boston, Massachusetts • Known for — Photography Still life Portraiture • Training — BA Bard College MFA Yale School of Art • Awards — Foam Paul Huf Award, 2014

Gordon was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1980, and grew up in San Francisco, California. In 2003 he received a BA from Bard College and in 2006 he received an MFA in Photography from the Yale School of Art. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Gordon's still lifes feature potted house plants, fruits, vegetables, and vases. These compositions, which are often printed at larger-than-life scale, straddle the line between real and unreal, representing space as both two and three-dimensional at the same time. The resulting photographs combine aspects of sculpture, painting and collage. His engagement with the still-life genre and use of color has inspired comparisons to the works of Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, and Dutch still-life painting. Beginning in 2014, Gordon began exhibiting works from his screen selections series. These works are made from digital selections of Gordon's still lifes that are then blown-up and distorted, then used to create a repeated pattern. The resulting photographs, printed on canvas, resemble abstract paintings.

In 2021, Gordon debuted his first public art commission at the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston, Massachusetts. The exhibition featured a large-scale mural, several photographs, a twelve-foot sculpture of a vase of blue poppies, and flag-like banners. The handpainted mural is a recreation from Gordon's still-life series and stands at 70x76 feet. The exhibition remained on view until May 2022.

Selected Solo Exhibitions • Orange Sunrise with Flowers, Fruit, and Vessels, Nazarian / Curcio, Los Angeles, CA (2024) • Free Transform, Kasmin, New York (2023) • Daniel Gordon on the Greenway, Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA (2021–22) • Green Apples and Boots, Huxley-Parlour, London, UK (2021) • Daniel Gordon: Hue and Saturate, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX (2019) • Blue Room, James Fuentes, New York (2018) • Lemons, Onestar Press, Paris, France (2018) • Selective Color, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2017) • New Canvas, James Fuentes, New York (2017) • Hand, Select & Invert Layer, Bolte Lang, Zürich, Switzerland (2016) • Shadows, Patterns, Pears, Foam Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands(2014) • Screen Selections and Still Lifes, Wallspace, New York, NY (2014) Selected Group Exhibitions • Cut! Paper Play in Contemporary Photography, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2018) • Secondhand, Pier 24, San Francisco, CA (2014) • Greater New York 2010, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY (2010) • New Photography 2009, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (2009)

The following is established of the heading itself.

• The Museum of Modern Art • Foam Photography Museum • Pier 24 • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum • VandenBroek Foundation • Cleveland Clinic • Hiscox Collection • JP Morgan Chase Art Collection