Dan Grayber

born 1976. Upstate NY, US.With my sculpture I investigate the concept of need when the human is removed from this equation. I do this by replacing the human with the object itself. My sculptures are invented only to sustain themselves, functioning as self-resolving problems. The result is an object that has been invented only to compensate for the complications created by its own existence. The piece alone represents the need and the resolution.

M.F.A. Sculpture. San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco, CA. 2005.

B.A. Visual Art, with emphasis on sculpture. Hampshire College. Amherst, Mass. 1999.

Awards:________________________________________________________________

London Internation Creative Competition (LICC). Honorable Mention. 2009.

Headlands Center for the Arts MFA Studio Award - Alternate. Sausalito, CA. 2005.

Harold E. Weiner Memorial Award. San Francisco, CA. 2005.

Bibliography:____________________________________________________________

Brownlee, John. "Suspended Machines Exist Only To Keep Themselves From Falling Down". Fast Company. July 8, 2014.

Cush, Andy. "Beautiful, Useless Tools Suspended in Glass". ANIMAL. October 02, 2013.

VanHemert, Kyle. "Intricate Gizmos That Do Nothing but Hold Themselves Up". WIRED. October 01, 2013.

Kastrenakes, Jacob. "Intricate mechanical sculptures seem to float in mid-air". The Verge. August 19, 2013.

Manaugh, Geoff. "Tensioned Suspension". BLDGBLOG. August 15, 2013.

Tvarijonas, Tomas. "There's so much wrong with this image". tvarijonas.com. August 18, 2012.

Vanhoose, Joe. "At ATHICA, whatever works". Athens Banner-Herald. May 19, 2011.

Barratt, Caroline. "The Way Things Wo...

Exhibitions:_____________________________________________________________

Formalities (2-person), Johansson Projects. Oakland. 2013.

The Way Things Work, Athen Institute for Contemporary Art. Athens, GA. 2011.

Humming Summit (2-person), Johansson Projects. Oakland. 2011.

Double Dip, Root Division. San Francisco. 2010.

Ruptures, 21 Grand. Oakland. 2010.

4oth Anniversary Alumni Art Exhibition, Harold Johnson Library Gallery. Hampshire College. Amherst, MA. 2010.

Rooke Gallery Booth, Joburg Art Fair. Johannesburg, South Africa. 2010.

Mechanisms (Solo), Monarch Contemporary . Seattle. 2009.

Z-axis, LoBot Gallery. Oakland. 2009.

The 75th Crocker-Kingsley: California’s Biennial, Tsakopoulos Library Galleria. Sacremento. 2009.

Expanding, Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery. Stanford University. 2008.

Self - Resolving Problems (Solo). ArtEngine. Sanfrancisco. 2007-2008 (Nov. 30 - Jan. 26)

Paperwork, Hang Art annex. San Francisco. 2007.

Frankenstein Theory and Robotics, RX Gallery. San Francisco. 2006.

NeoPlural, Scion Installation LA. Los Angeles. 2006.

GenArt Emerge 2005, Warfield Building. San Francisco. 2005.

The Diorama Show, Mission 17. San Francisco. 2005.

San Francisco Art Insti...