Daniel Weiner's works rely heavily on the accidental significance of found objects and texts. He then assemblages an art object that draws out the emotion and meaning that is just beneath the purported surface of the materials and the observer. He attempts to make each piece operate on the level of visual beauty, and on another level: triggering a self-reflexive act of discovery or interpretation, functioning as a diagram of revelation. With layering and a willful rereading of dormant information, he nails together literal and figurative levels of understanding to show that any and all inquiry leads back to the self. Many of his works deal with lust, adoration, and their relationship essential to isolation. 

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Education 

1996               
MFA Painting, Printmaking Photography San Diego State University

1990               
BA English UCLA

Selected Exhibitions

2018               
text me, group show Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2017               
Pirate’s Bay, group show, Tub Plug Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2016               
One the Fence Art Fair, Orgy Park Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Postcards from the Edge, benefit show, Sikkema, Jenkins and Co., New York, NY

2015               
Postcards from the Edge, benefit show, Sikkema, Jenkins and Co., New York, NY

2013               
The Silver Shore, group show, Taylor Graham Gallery, New York, NY

2011               
One Jupiter Mass, solo show, 440 Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2009               
No Parking Funeral Today, solo show, 440 Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2008               
Department of the Interior, solo show, 440 Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2007               
The Back Room, group show, 440 Gallery Brooklyn, NY
Postcards from the Edge, benefit show, James Cohan Gallery New York NY

2006               
Flat Files, Pierogi, New York, NY
Postcards from the Edge, benefit show, Sikkema, Jenkins and Co.
Art 212, JG Contemporary, 26^th Street Armory, New York NY

2005               
Postcards from the Edge, benefit show, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, JG Contemporary, New York, NY

2004               
Postcards from the Edge, benefit show, Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York, NY
Wood Work, group show, James Graham and Sons, New York, NY
Dear Miss Guggenheim, solo show, 4016 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2003               
Postcards from the Edge, benefit show, Gallerie Lelong, New York, NY
Monologue, solo show, The Farm, San Diego, CA
Small Images, juried show, Gallery 21, San Diego, CA

2002               
The Devil Made Me Do It, group show, The Farm, San Diego, CA
Faculty Show, University Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA
Small Images, juried show, Galley 21, San Diego, CA
Show and Tell, group production, Sushi Visual/Performance Art, San Diego CA

2001               
Pledge and Pathology, two-person show, Sushi Visual/Performance Art, San Diego, CA
Small Images, juried show, Galley 21, San Diego, CA

2000               
Small Images, juried show, Galley 21, San Diego, CA