Bright colors
meld themes of youth culture, art history, fashion, and American consumerism to
create Danny Brown’s unique style. Instantly relatable and recognizable, Brown’s
cathartic paintings represent contemporary issues for a demographic that is
traditionally underrepresented in fine art.
His work speaks to young Americans and inspires a whole new generation
of art collectors and admirers.
Brown is a first-generation
American urban artist born in Los Angeles. His parents relocated their family
from Oaxaca, Mexico in search of opportunity in the United States. Brown’s
artworks coalesce the intrinsic connection between himself and the diverse
communities occupying Los Angeles.
Traveling
through the state of California with family, Brown began to tag locations with
spray paint. Through his experience with graffiti, Brown became fluent in the
use of color blocking and translating rougher imagery into something vibrant. The
subculture of street art and encouragement through school programs led him to
pursue his personal creative practice as a career.
Brown began his
creative career in the fashion industry by helping streetwear designers in the
Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California.
While attending Art Center College of Design in Pasadena for his BFA in
Illustration, he noticed urban fashion gaining popularity and becoming
mainstream. Brown uses his interest in
fashion as well as his superior knowledge of color, design, and culture as
inspiration for his paintings. After losing friends to violence and
incarceration, the loss of a family member to gang violence pushed Brown to use
art as a source of therapy and to project a positive inspiring image for his
community.
Since 2016,
Daniel Brown has exhibited at MoMA PS1 in New York City, and various galleries
in Los Angeles.
Exhibitions
2024 Artspace
Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
Affordable
Art Fair Austin, TX
2023 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY
2021 From
A to B and Back Again, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Marginal Activities, Artspace Warehouse, Los
Angeles, CA
2019 Quiet Please, 1700 Naud, Los Angeles, CA
Print Collection with Martial Arts and
Design
Brand Identity, 33 North Studio, Pasadena
TV & FILM
ROAR, S1, Apple TV+
American Gigolo, Showtime
American Auto, S2, NBC
Dave, S3, FXX
