Daniel Steegmann Mangrané
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané's (1977, Barcelona, Spain) research is composed of experiments that question the relationship between language and the world. Although essentially conceptual, his installations and sculptures engage the viewer's imagination in the reception of his work and display a concern with the existence of certain values that we see, but mainly with what we do not perceive. His interventions are accurate and contain a powerful force of attraction: a moment of uncertainty between what is artificial and what is natural.
He studied at the Escola de disseny i art, Barcelona, Spain, between 1996 and 1999 and at the Gris ART School of Photography, Barcelona, between 1999 and 2000.
He Received grants and awards from MUSAC – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilha y León, Spain; Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo, Espanha; Ciutat d'Olot, Spain; Miquel Casablancas, Spain; José García Jiménez Foundation, Spain; Akademie der Künste, Germany, among others. Besides his artistic practice, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané is one of the organisers of the experimental school Summer University in Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Among his solo exhibitions we highlight: A Leaf-Shaped Animal Draws The Hand, Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, Italy (2019); Nottingham Contemporary, United Kingdom (2019); ---’- --’-, Fundació Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain (2018); A Transparent Leaf Instead Of The Mouth, Museu de Serralves, Porto, Portugal (2017); Species of Spaces, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain (2016); (Paisaje de posibilidades), MAMM, Medellín, Colombia (2016); Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2015); Animal que no existeix, CRAC Alsace, Alrkirch, France (2014); Morfogenesis – Cripsis, Frieze Focus, London, United Kingdom (2013); Apresentação, Centro Cultural de São Paulo, Brazil (2007); Luz de tarde, Fundació LaCaixa, Lleida, Spain (2000), among others.
He is represented in numerous museological institutions, namely Tate Modern, United Kingdom; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro; Inhotim, Brazil; MUSAC, Spain; Museu Serralves, Portugal; Pinault Collection, Italy; Thyssen Bornemisza Contemporary, Spain; Si Shang Art Museum, People's Republic of China.
PS, novembro 2020
