Daniel Boyer

Born in 1971 in Hancock, Michigan, Daniel C. Boyer spent his childhood in nearby Houghton, with the exception of 1981-82, when the family lived in London, Ontario, Canada. In 1987, after chancing upon Andre Breton's "Manifestoes of Surrealism" in a college library, he made his first automatic drawings and paintings. He would join the Surrealist Movement in the United States in 1992. In 1994 he moved to Waltham, Massachusetts; the same year his book "The Octopus Frets: political poems" (for which he also did the frontispiece) was published. He graduated in 1997 from Curry College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and History, after which he studied at Harvard University. He then moved to Concord, New Hampshire. In 1998 he moved briefly to Medford, Massachusetts before returning to Concord; this same year he made his first entopic graphomanias. In 2001 he returned to Houghton. In 2003 his artist's book "The Tailgating Spinster" was published by Fiji Island Mermaid Press. In 2005 he was named an Academical Knight of Verbano of the Ordine Accademio Internazionale "Greci-Marino". In 2008 his book "The Peloponnesian Snows," perhaps the first-ever book published in the webdings font, was released; he also designed the cover. Lat...

EducationHarvard University2001 2-dimensional Mixed MediaThe Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USAHonorary AlumnusCurry College May 1997 Bachelor of Arts Milton, Massachusetts, USAAdobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorMichigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 1988 Watercolor Landscape Painting

Solo Exhibitions

2012 "Dreams and Politics," Washington Gallery, Duluth, Minnesota, USA

2011 "The Teenage Girl With Grey Hair," Omphale Gallery, Calumet, Michigan, USA

2010-2011 5th & Elm, Calumet, Michigan, USA

2007 "Love and Loneliness," Omphale Gallery, Calumet, Michigan, USA

2004 "The Human Landscape," Marquette Arts and Culture Center, Marquette, Michigan, USA

2003 Matrices, Turquoise Art Gallery, Hancock, Michigan, USA

2001 Kerredge Gallery, Hancock, Michigan, USA

Galerie Gora, Montreal, Canada

2000 World Fine Art, New York, New York, USA

1999 Gallery Alexie, New York, New York, USA

The Internet Bagel Cafe, Marquette, Michigan, USA

Group Exhibitions

2013 "Pixels and Photons," Gallery X, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

"New Works," Gallery X, New Bedford, Massachusetts USA

"40th Anniversary Exhibition," Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, New York, USA

"People's Choice Open Call Salon Show," Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA

"Winter Grand Salon," Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA

"Black Renaissance," Broadway Mall Gallery, New York, New York, USA

"1st Salon Exhibition of 2013," Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA

"Photo Salon," Black Box Gal...