Daniel Giordan

Why do any of us do the things we do? In the grand scheme of things, all of us have quirks, habits, and predispositions that determine our favorite foods, mode of dress, and even our favorite Beatle. It can be difficult to discern exactly why we lean one way or another. This enigmatic ambiguity is amplified even further when we try to identify the source of our creative impulses and how they translate into the way we see the world why we work the way we do.
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Allow me to outline a few major themes as I try to connect the dots.
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Foundations
Since my fine arts training was pre-digital, my foundation work was in the traditional media of painting, drawing, and photography. I was in Boston at this time, studying at the SMFA, and looking at a lot of late Guston, Rauchenberg, as well as Ross Bleckner and Donald Baechler. I was also reading my share of Greenberg, Rosenberg, (as a dutiful undergraduate student of the 1980s), as well as relative newcomer Donald Kuspit. All this had me thinking about how to exert an expressive presence in the work, while striking a personal balance between figuration and abstraction.

Rosenberg talked about abstract expressionism as being an "event" that chronicled a physical encounter between artist...

MFA- Bard College, Annandale, NY 1992

5th Year- Museum School, Boston, MA- 1988

BFA- Museum School, Boston, MA- 1987

Fellowship- Yale Summer School, Norfolk, CT 1986
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Coalition Gallery | Chicago Artists Coalition
Chicago, IL- 2 Person Show, Feb 17th -Mar 7th 2012
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Coalition Gallery | Chicago Artists Coalition
Chicago, IL- Group Show, Nov 12th - Dec 2nd 2012

Coalition Gallery | Chicago Artists Coalition
Chicago, IL- Group Show, November/December 2011

Robert Bills Contemporary Gallery
Chicago, IL- Three Person Show, November 2011

NEXT | Art Chicago
Chicago, IL- Merchandise Mart, Art Fair, April 2011

Black Cloud Gallery
Chicago, IL- Solo Show, March 2011

Black Cloud Gallery
Chicago, IL- Bazaar 2011 Group Show, February 2011

Robert Bills Contemporary Gallery
Chicago, IL- Three Person Show, December 2010

Chicago Art Loop Open
Chicago, IL- Merchandise Mart, October, 2010

Hudson Valley Arts Association-
Annandale, NY- Fall Invitational, September 1992

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, MA- Travelling Scholars Exhibition, May 1989

Boston University G. Sherman Union Gallery,
Boston, MA Two Person Show, August 1987

Stux Gallery
New York, NY Invitational, April, 1987

Confusion / Order Gallery
Boston, MA- One Person Show, October 1986-Curated by Doug & Mike Starn

Yale University
New Haven, CT Fellowship Exhibition, June, 1986