Rosario, 1958

Daniel García’s paintings navigate through the heterogeneity of images and styles. His production has the particularity of being situated in an anachronistic time. In the words of curator Lara Marmor, García’s works “are traversed by the past because, by way of homage or theft, the works are born from quotations and references to other painters”. His works also show the time of the painting process, signs of García’s exploration of pictorial language. In the final image, the viewer finds marks on the surface of the canvas: the scratching, the painting, and the removal of paint become indications of the history that each image carries.
Daniel García has been exhibiting since 1981 in museums and art spaces in Argentina and abroad. His work has been selected to participate in the 47th Venice Biennial (1997), VI Havana Biennial (Cuba, 1997), 1st and 2nd Mercosur Biennial (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1997 and 1999) and De Ponta-Cabeça, I Biennial of Fortaleza (Brazil, 2002). Among his latest solo exhibitions, the following stand out: Confluencias (Allianze Francaise, Rosaio, 2023) Identidades (EstudioG Gallery, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, 2020); Damas de Shanghái (Gachi Prieto Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019); Pequeñas pinturas de Flores (Mar Dulce Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019); Acróbatas y Lobos (Isabel Anchorena Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016); Pequeñas Criaturas (Mar Dulce Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2015); Casi Boyitas (Mar Dulce Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2013): Nachleben (Haroldo Conti Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012); Elogio de la obsolescencia (Museum of Contemporary Art, Salta, Argentina, 2012) and Retrovisor (Emilio Caraffa Museum, Córdoba, Argentina, 2010).
As for awards and competitions he has been selected in the Prize in Two-dimensional Works, Painting Section, Visual Arts Competition 2018 (National Fund for the Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina); he received the Diploma of Merit by Konex Foundation (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2002); the Third Prize National Salon of Rosario, (Museum Juan B. Castagnino, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, 2001) and the Second Prize acquisition, Costantini Collection Awards (National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1997), among others.
Some of his works are part of several public collections: Museo Castagnino+macro (Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina); Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires, Argentina); MALBA (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Museo de Arte Latinoamericano – Colección Constantini (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Museo Emilio Caraffa (Córdoba, Argentina); Museo Dr. Jun Ramón Vidal (Corrientes, Argentina); Museo Dr. Jun Ramón Vidal (Corrientes, Argentina); Museo Emilio
Caraffa (Córdoba, Argentina). Jun Ramón Vidal (Corrientes, Argentina); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Salta, Argentina); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Salta, Argentina); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Bahía Blanca, Prov. Bs.As, Argentina); Fondo Nacional de las Artes (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Hess Art Collection (Colomé, Salta, Argentina) and Napa Valley (United States).