Daniel Steegmann Mangrané

I’m deeply interested in the relationships between nature and culture, which are always present – often in a very formal way – and derive from the opposition between a natural and chaotic form, on one hand, and a cultural and organized form on the other hand. […] This formal opposition between cultural and natural elements is always present but, at the same time, I try to break with it by showing that the geometrical form can be organic, and that the organic form is, in fact, also a geometric form that is extremely more complex. This is an attempt to think about the relationships between forms, rather than about the forms themselves. – Daniel Steegmann Mangrané

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané creates drawings, photographs, collages, and installations, relating the collective experiences of humankind with his surrounding space and exemplifying the relationship between culture and environment. His work depicts the constructivist impossibilities between solid and liquid, inserting organic material in a Cartesian space of subjective, at times virtual, reality. The object of the artist’s constant research is nature, recreating a vision regarding animal and plant life and seeking visual and poetic references in his forms and mutations.  

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané (b. 1977, Barcelona, Spain) lives and works in Barcelona.

Steegmann Mangrané has had solo exhibitions at Mendes Wood DM, Paris; (2024) Mendes Wood DM, New York (2023); Kiasma, Helsinki (2023); Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum Tromsø, Tromsø (2022); Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne (2022); Kunsthalle Münster, Munster (2020); Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan (2019); Institut d’Art Contemporain de Villeurbanne, Villeurbanne (2019); CCS Bard College, New York (2018); Fundació Tàpies, Barcelona (2018); Museu Serralves, Porto (2017); MAMM, Medellín (2016). His work has been included in group exhibitions at MoMA, New York (2023); Bourse de Commerce, Paris (2023); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2022); Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (2021); Taipei Biennial, Taipei (2020); Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich (2019); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2018); Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart (2018); Centre Pompidou, Metz (2017); Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz (2017); 14th Biennale de Lyon (2017); Berlin Biennale, Berlin (2016); New Museum Triennial, New York (2015); Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon (2015); Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid (2014).  