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Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, <em>16 mm,</em> 2008/2011, 16 mm film, 4’52”<br><br>
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, <em>Phasmides</em>, 2008/2012, 16mm film transferred to HD video, 22’41”
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, <em>Spiral Forest</em>, 2013/2015, 16mm film, 11'41
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, <em>Teque-teque</em>, 2009/2010, video, 0'38
About

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané's research is composed of subtle yet crude experiments that question the relationship between language and the world. Although primarily conceptual, his installations engage with the imagination of the spectator and exhibit a strong concern with the existence of everything we see, but especially on everything that we do not see.

Mangrané’s work often traces the boundary where nature meets artifice. Lines, circles and rhombuses are drawn, cut and projected onto leaves; the delicate symmetry of branches is split in two. These precise interventions hold a powerful force of attraction: a moment of uncertainty between what is contrived and what is natural. In each of Steegmann Mangrané’s intricate compositions, we get to experience that, far from being distinct, the organic and the geometric, the vital and the abstract, define each other.


Daniel Steegmann Mangrané (1977, Barcelona) lives and works in Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona.

Recent solo shows include A Leaf Shapes the Eye, Kiasma, Helsinki  (2023); Breathing Lines, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum Tromsø, Tromsø (2022); Ne voulais prendre ni forme, ni chair, ni matière, Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne/ Rhône-Alpes (2022); Dog Eye, Kunsthalle Münster, Münster (2020); A Leaf-Shaped Animal Draws The Hand, Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milan (2019); Ne voulais prendre ni forme, ni chair, ni matière, Institut d’Art Contemporain de Villeurbanne, Villeurbanne (2019); A Transparent Leaf Instead Of The Mouth, CCS Bard College, New York (2018); --’- --’-, Fundació Tàpies (2018); A Transparent Leaf Instead Of The Mouth, Museu Serralves, Porto (2017); (Paisaje de posibilidades), MAMM, Medellín (2016); Lafayette Anticipation, Lafayette Foundation, Paris (2015); Animal que no existe, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch (2014).

His work has been also featured at the group shows Under construction, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2022); Liverpool Biennial (2021); Taipei Biennial (2020); Concrete Contemporary, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich (2019); I was raised on the internet, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2018); Mixed Realities, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, (2018); Cosmic Spring, Centre Pompidou, Metz (2017); Biotopia, Kunsthalle Mainz (2017); Mondes Flotants, 14th Biennale de Lyon (2017); The present in drag, Berlin Biennale, Berlin (2016); Sorround Audience, New Museum Triennial, New York (2015); Beauty Codes, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon (2015); Treasure of Lima, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid (2014).

CV

Solo Exhibitions
2023
A Leaf Shapes the Eye, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2022
Breathing Lines, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
2020

Dog Eye, Kunsthalle Munster, Münster, Germany
Fog Dog, Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany
2019
Ne voulais prendre ni forme, ni chair, ni matière, Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne / Rhône-Alpes, France
A Leaf-Shaped Animal Draws The Hand, Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Didn't want to have form, flesh or mater, Institut d’Art Contemporain de Villeurbaine, France
The word for world is forest, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
2018
Phantom, CAC Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania
Fundació Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain
A Transparent Leaf Instead Of The Mouth, CCS Bard College, New York, USA
2017
A Transparent Leaf Instead Of The Mouth, Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal
2016
did not want to have human form, human flesh or human matter, The Green Parrot, Barcelona, Spain
Species of Spaces, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
(Paisaje de posibilidades), MAMM, Medellín, Colombia
I am pure gas, air, empty space, time, Fotograf Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2015
Spiral Forest, Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany
Three points in the same line and three points that don’t belong to the same line, Múrias Centeno, Lisbon, Portugal
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Casa Modernista, São Paulo, Brazil
Kingdom of all the animals and all the beasts is my name, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
Lafayette Anticipation, Lafayette Foundation, Paris, France
2014
Proyectos Monclova, Mexico D.F., Mexico
ABC, Art Berlin Contemporary with Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany
Os Mil Nomes de Gaia, Casa Rui Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Animal que no existeix, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, France
2013
Cipó, Taioba, Yví. , Casa França Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Phasmides, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
/ (- \ , Galeria Nuno Centeno, Porto, Portugal
Bicho de Nariz Delicado, A Certain Lack of Coherence, Porto, Portugal
Morfogenesis - Cripsis, Frieze Focus, London, UK
2012
16mm, Present Future / Artíssima, Turin, Italy
2011
Duna económica / maqueta sin calidad, Halfhouse, Barcelona, Spain
Duna económica / maqueta sin calidad, U-Turn Solo Projects, ArteBa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
FOUR WALLS, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2010
Espaço Cultural Municipal Sergio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2008
_Equal/Cut, Ateliê 397, São Paulo, Brazil
Fundació La Caixa (com Renata Lucas), Lleida, Spain
2007
Apresentação, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2006
Resum/Trabalho, Galería Ego, Barcelona, Spain
2004
S/t (pain grillé / revês brulès), Chapelle des Penitents da Ville d’Aniane, Montpellier, France
Naranjas naranjas, Galería Ego, Barcelona, Spain
2000
Luz de tarde, Fundació la Caixa, Lleida, Spain
1999
Mientras una flor se marchita, galería Alejandro Sales, Barcelona, Spain
1998
Galeria Alter Ego, Barcelona, Spain

Group Exhibitions
2023
Avant l’orage, Bourse de Commerce, Paris, France
Elzéard Bouffier, TheMerode, Brussels, Belgium
2022
Phenomenon 4, Association Phenomenon and the Kerenidis Pepe Collection, Anafi, Greece
Nature humaine, Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, France
Under construction, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Jusque-là, Pinault Collection | Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
Free Jazz IV – Geomancers, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Singapore 
Fata Morgana, Jeu de Paume Paris, Paris, France
FUTUROS ABUNDANTES, Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Córdoba, Spain
AnoZero, Bienal de Coimbra, Santa Clara, Portugal
2021

Liverpool Biennial 2021: The Stomach and the Port, Liverpool, UK
J’étais air, space vide, temps, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
Film as Muse, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Ti con zero, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, Italy
A Green Jade Lake, CentroCentro, Madrid, Spain
Composições para tempos insurgentes, MAM-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Art Encounters Biennial 2021: Our Other Us, Timisoara, Romania
Voler leggere la schiuma, Francesca Minini, Milan, Italy
2020
Enormousballs, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
At The Noyes House, Noyes House, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
Avanzar con paso leve, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
Untitled, Palazzo Grassim Punta della Dogana, Veneza, Italia
Taipei Biennial: You And I Don’t Live On The Same Planet, Taipei, China
Lacrimea Reru: A Homage to Gustav Metzger - Part II, Dir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Seismic Movements, Dhaka Art Summit, Dhakar, Bangladesh
Liverpool Biennial 2020 The Stomach and the Port, Liverpool, UK
2019
Des Attention, Le Crecad, Paris, France
Concrete Contemporary, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland
2018
colección MACBA, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
the way you read a book, Galerie Juhn und Jahn, Munich, Germany
Paradigme de la visibilité, Galeries du Theatre de Privas, Privas, France
Dreaming Awake, Marres, Maastrichtch, The Netherlands
A sedução de uma vírgula bem colocada, Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Elvas, Portugal
I followed you to the sun, Lisa Kahndolfer, Vienna, Austria
Mixed Realities, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany
Enchanted Bodies, GaMEC, Bergamo, Italy
We were raised on the internet, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
Fundação Iberé Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Space Shifters, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
2017
G2 Kunsthalle, Sammlung Hildebrandt, Leipzig, Germany
Hercules Florence, Noveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco
Cosmic Spring, Centre Pompidou, Metz, France
Pachamama, InSitu, Berlin, Germany
Um Piano na Selva, Galeria Periscôpio, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Biotopia, Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany
Canibalia (Redux), Hangar, Lisbon, Portugal
Pedra no cêu, MuBE, São Paulo, Brazil
Neither., Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
Near Fields, Leal Rios Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Unanimous Night, CAC Vilnius, Lithuania
Mondes Flotants, 14th Biennale de Lyon, France
Unanimous Night, CAC Vilnius, Lithuania
2016
Now/here, Franz Josef Kai 3, Vienna, Austria
La lliçó de Diógenes, Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain
The World Was Flat..., Museo de Arte de Zapopán, Guadalajara, Mexico,
Nuit Blanche, Jardins de la Petite Afrique, Monaco
Misiones Geodésicas, Centro Cultural Metropolitano de Quito, Ecuador
Prediction, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
Beleza?, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Hague, The Netherlands
The present in drag, Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany
Sammlung Philara, Dusseldorf, Germany
Where Text is Broken By a Building…, Arario Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Os muitos e o um, Instituto Tomie Othake, São Paulo, Brazil
Por aqui tudo é novo...,  Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil
El curso natural de las cosas, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Cómo vivir mejor con menos?, Bienal Femsa, Monterrey, Mexico
Resonating surfaces, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
Completely something else, Point Centre for Contemporary Art, Cyprus
2da Gran Bienal Tropical, Puerto Rico
L21, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
2015
Construire une collection, Noveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco
Museu Dançante, Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil
Cannibalia, Kadist Foundation, Paris, France
Surround Audience, New Museum Triennial, New York, USA
Encruzilhada, Parque Lagedo Objeto ao Mundo, Coleção Inhotim, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
FOMO, Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
Beauty Codes, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, Italy
Axololtisme, Nogueras Blanchard, Madrid, Spain
Transcurso y término, MaisterraVabuena, Madrid, Spain
Tunnel Vision, Momentum Biennale, Oslo, Norway
A Mão Negativa, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Species d’espaces, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Beauty Codes, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, Portugal
O que caminha ao lado, SESC Vila Mariana, São Paulo, Brazil
Como fantasmas, ESPAC, Mexico DF, Mexico
United States of Latin America, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, USA
Composiciones, Umbracle, Botanical Garden, Barcelona, Spain
Co-Workers: Beyond disaster, Bétonsalon, Paris, France
Kiti Ka’aeté, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
The World Was Flat..., Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
Times Museum, Guangzhou, China
2014
Una pausa... MUSAC, Castilla y León, Spain
IMO Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
Within the sound of your voice, Marrakech Biennale, Marrakech, Morocco
Anti Narcissus, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, France
First lines..., Bortolami Gallery, New York, USA
Ir para volver..., Bienal de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
Treasure of Lima, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
Coco’s Island, Costa Rica
Carne da minha perna, Hemmanuel Hervé, París, France
A transparent leaf instead of the mouth, 11 Columbia, Monaco
Premio PIPA, MAM Rio, Rio de Janeiro
El Contrato, Bulegoa, Bilbao, Spain
Ouro, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Do Objeto ao Mundo, Coleção Inhotim, Palacio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2013
Blind Field, Krannert Art Museum, Illinois University, Champaign, USA
Correspondências, Instituto Tomie Othake, São Paulo, Brazil
Kultur:Stadt, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
Ambiguações, Sala A contemporânea, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Seance of Geometry, Maddox Arts, London, UK
Out of the Blue, Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
Concrete Remains, Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York, USA
Blind Field, Broad Art Museum, Michigan University, East Lansing, USA
Tropicalia Negra, Museo Experimental el Eco, Mexico DF, Mexico
ArtParcours, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
TopoDendroPhilia, Pilar Corrías Gallery, London, UK
Fisicismos, Universidade di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de San José, Costa Rica
Escampar els fems, Bienal de Jafre, Jafre, Spain
Mutatis Mutandis, Largo da Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Kunsthalle Athena, Atenas, Greece
If the weather..., 9ª Mercosur Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Suicide Narcissus, Renaissance Society, Chicago, USA
33 Panorama da Arte Brasileira, MAM São Paulo, Brazil
Colección XIX, Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
Utopien Vermeiden, Werkleitz Biennale 2013, Halle, Germany
VideoBrasil, São Paulo, Brazil
Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
Zacheta National Art Gallery, Varsaw, Poland
Correspondências, Centro Cultural dos Correios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2012
Galeria Pilar, São Paulo, Brazil
Esquema para una Oda Tropical, Galeria Silvia Cintra + Box4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gymnasia Herzlia, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Pindorama Suit, Rongwrong, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Curatorial lab, Sp-Arte, São Paulo, Brazil
Aparelho óptico, o Filme, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
Esta puerta pide clavo, Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Gent, Belgium
Bienal Naifs do Brasil, Sesc Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Alphabet of the Magi, Mendes Wood /Pivó, São Paulo, Brazil
A inminência das poêticas, 30 Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Associazione Marco Magnani, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy
Yemanjá Claus, Mendes Wood, São Paulo & Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011
Museo ABC, Madrid, Spain
Belvedere, Estrany de la Mota, Barcelona, Spain
Premi Miquel Casablancas, Fabra i Coats, Sant Andreu Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
5x5 International Art Prize, Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló, EACC, Castellón, Spain
Apartamento Modelo, Art-Rio solo projects Amarello, São Paulo, Brazil
2010
Galerie mi Riegerungsviertel / Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, Germany
Echo..., Galerie KoraAlberg, Antwerpen, Belgium
Off-Loop, Halfhouse, Barcelona, Spain
Sobre estructuras, Colección OTR, Madrid, Spain
Fundación José García Jiménez, Murcia, Spain
angels barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Miragem (Sempre à vista), Mendes Wood, São Paulo, Brazil
2009
Exposição de Verão, Galerias Box4 e Silvia Cintra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Entes (at) Carrer Luís Vives, 4, Barcelona, Spain
HÜTTENDONG, After-the-Butcher, Berlin, Germany
Short Time, Halfhouse, Barcelona, Spain
2008
Urban Jealousy, Tehran Biennial, Tehran, Iran
Arte Joven, Seacex, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Santiago de Chile, Chile
Centro de Arte de Rosario, Rosario, Brazil
Centro Cultural de España, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Centro Cultural de España, Montevideo, Uruguay
2007
Abre alas, galería A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Muestra Injuve de Arte Joven, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
2006
Fotosantander, Santander, Spain
Loop Festival, Barcelona, Spain
2005 
En Venta, galería Ego, Barcelona, Spain
2004
Off Loop, Loop video art fair, Barcelona, Spain
¡Agua!, galería Ego, Barcelona, Spain
2003
Tachikawa arts festival, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
2002
b/n, galería ego, Barcelona, Spain
2001
Generación 2001, Casa de América, Madrid, Spain
New attitudes, ArtFrankfurt, Galería Claramunt, Frankfurt, Germany
2000 
Interzona, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain
ARCO, Galería Alejandro Sales, Madrid, Spain
1999 
New Art, Galería Alejandro Sales, Barcelona , Spain
Luz y Textura, Colegio de Arquitectos, Barcelona, Spain
1998 
Artíssima, galería Alter Ego, Turín, Italy
New Art, galería Alter Ego, Barcelona, Spain
1997 
Menjar i veure, galeria Alter Ego, Barcelona, Spain

Collections
Tate Modern, UK
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Noveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco
Inhotim Museum, Brazil
Castelo di Rivoli, Italy
Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo, Spain
MUSAC, Spain
Museu Serralves, Portugal
Fundació la Caixa, Spain
Col.lecció testimoni d'art
Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Venezuela and USA
Pinault Collection, France
Rubell Family Collection, USA
Fondazione Morra Greco, Italy
Thyssen Bornemisza Contemporary, Spain
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil
Colección JUMEX, México
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, Spain
Samdani Art Foundation, Bangladesh
Kadist Art Foundation, France
Collection Foundation Lafayette, France
Philara Collection, Germany
Si Shang Art Museum, China
FRAC Île-de-France, France
Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia
FRAC Alsace, France
Remai Modern, Canada

Exhibitions
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané j’étais air, space vide, temps
At the Noyes House: Blum & Poe, Mendes Wood DM and Object & Thing
EnormousBalls
CONSTRUÇÃO
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Daniel Steegmann Mangrané
natura naturans
Natura Naturans
Neither.
Curated by Fernanda Brenner
Resonating Surfaces
Curated by Daniel Steegmann Mangrané
Prediction
Curated by Milovan Farronato
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Kingdom of all the animals and all the beasts is my name
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Phasmides
Iemanjá Claus
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Four Walls
Sempre à Vista (Miragem)
Publications
Spiral Forest Daniel Steegmann Mangrané
2018
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané: Animal That Doesn't Exist Daniel Steegmann Mangrané
2015
ABC Arte Brasileira Contemporânea Deyson Gilbert, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Sofia Borges
2013
Lichtzwang Daniel Steegmann Mangrané
2012
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