Dan Colen - Artist Info

About Dan Colen

  • Biography

    Daniel Colen (born 1979, New Jersey) is an artist based in New York. His work consists of painted sculptures appropriating low-cultural ephemera, graffiti-inspired paintings of text executed in paint, and installations.

    Born and raised in Leonia, New Jersey, Colen graduated with a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2001.

    Colen's work has been exhibited at galleries including Deitch Projects, Gagosian Gallery (2006) and Barbara Gladstone Gallery in New York, Peres Projects in Berlin, and OHWOW in Los Angeles. He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including "Potty Mouth, Potty War, Pot Roast, Pot is a Reality Kick" at Gagosian Gallery in New York, "USA Today" at the Royal Academy of Arts in...

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