Bio
Daniel Bejar is a multi-disciplinary visual artist of Puerto Rican and Spanish descent based in New York City. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including the Brooklyn Museum, NY; The Drawing Center, New York, NY; Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY; Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain; El Museo Del Barrio, NY; SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM; Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany; and The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY.
Bejar’s work has been supported through grants and fellowships from NYFA, Franklin Furnace, and the Rema Hort Mann Foundation and through artist residencies at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NY, NY; and SOMA, Mexico City, D.F. His work has been featured in publications such as the New Yorker, Harpers Bazaar HK, Magazine B, and Hyperallergic, among others.
Bejar has an MFA from the State University of New York at New Paltz, NY, and a BFA from Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL.
Artist Statement
My body of work contends with historical narratives and memory through the lens of migration, borders, and diasporic experience. I engage a range of methods and media throughout my practice including archives, appropriation, photography, print, sculpture, socially-engaged public art, site-specific interventions, and web-based media. My aim is to create art that brushes history against the grain while revealing and centering hidden stories of oppression and resistance.