A visual artist living and working in Los Angeles. I explore the invisibility and class associations of the brown body. My work takes the form of collaborative sculptures, installations, and proposals for speculative works, often materializing through physical, digital and imaginary spaces.
Education
Master of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, 2014
Master of Arts, California State University, Northridge, 2012
Bachelor of Arts, California State University, Northridge, 2010
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Untitled Paintings, The Window, Los Angeles
2014
Over Under Standing Lack, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
2013
This… And other myths, Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
Exhibitions
2023
Manners, VAMA Gallery, Los Angeles City College
2019
QiPO 01, QiPO, Mexico City
2018
Co/Lab, Torrance Art Museum
Second Annual Holiday Art Raffle, Tiger Strikes Asteroid LA, Los Angeles
2017
LAndscape, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles
Small Things, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles
First Annual Holiday Art Raffle, Tiger Strikes Asteroid LA, Los Angeles
2015
Bucket, Gice Bench, Los Angeles
2014
Motion Tracking, Cirrus Gallery, curated by William Kaminski, Los Angeles
Brand New Second Hand, Some Times, CalArts
Time/Memory, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana
2013
Mid-Residency, Barnett Cohen and Danny Escalante, A402 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts,
Valencia
2012
Thesis Exhibition: Master of Arts/Master of Fine Arts, Main Gallery, California State University, Northridge
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Main Gallery, California State University, Northridge
Milk & Cookie, West Gallery, California State University Northridge
Sculpture Organization Show, Juried by David Adey, West Gallery, California State University Northridge
2011
Ceramics Guild, Juried by Julia Haft Candell, West Gallery, California State University Northridge
Concealed, West Gallery, California State University, Northridge
MFA & MA Open Studios, MFA Shed, California State University, Northridge
2010
Inside, Juried by Peter Frank, West Gallery, California State University, Northridge
New MFA and MA Painting, Shed Gallery, California State University, Northridge
Eye for Identity, West Gallery, California State University, Northridge
2009
Artist on the Edge, Shed Gallery, California State University, Northridge
A Low Brow Art Show, Grand Salon, California State University, Northridge
Las Pochadas Art Show, Mi Vida Boutique & Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2008
Chican@ Art So Badass Cheech Doesn't Even Own, California State University, Fullerton, Casa De la Raza, Santa Barbara, CA
Publications
CalArts Eye Volume 4, Issue 1, 2014, California Institute of the Arts
Northridge Review, Spring 2012, California State University Northridge
Mundane: Zine Nation, April 2012
Artist Lectures
2014
2012
California State University Northridge, The Central American Studies Program & The Central American Research and Policy Institute
Disruptive and Irreverent but with an aesthetic grace might be a starter. Smartly humorous” - Emily Blthye Jones
Using objects, situations and digital means of communication, Danny Angel Escalante exposes the nuanced power dynamics inherent in cultural production and dissemination. - Alex Robbins
A practice that swiftly and unashamedly reclaims spaces both physical and imaginary and exposes the complicated political dynamics of class and often invisible labor of The brown body. - Andres Payan Estrada
Its work about labor but looks manufactured, or doesn’t look labored. - Adriana Baltazar
Danny Angel Escalante is a Los Angeles based conceptual artist whose work questions power, labor, and cultural structures, particularly as they relate to Latinos and their place in the contemporary art world. - Miranda Hoffs
All Images Copyright Danny Angel Escalante, 2024.