Dan Arps

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Dan Arps, Nirvana Park, 2023, steel and polystyrene composite panels, acrylic paint, aluminium, fixings, silicone polyurethane, unfired clay, paper cup, plastic coated wire basket, ceramic, nylon rope, plastic, 2000 x 3850 x 3450mm

Dan Arps, Figure Study, 2023, polyester appliqué flag, hessian, printed towels, sweat shirt, knitted polyester, steel, plaster, fibreglass, wheels, New World brand “Kiwifruit” shopping bag, 1370 x 1040 x 870mm

Dan Arps, Grid Study Redux, 2023, Polyurethane, galvanised steel, acrylic paint, epoxy, 550 x 655 x 120mm

Dan Arps, Nirvana Park (detail), 2023, steel and polystyrene composite panels, acrylic paint, aluminium, fixings, silicone polyurethane, unfired clay, paper cup, plastic coated wire basket, ceramic, nylon rope, plastic, 2000 x 3850 x 3450mm

Dan Arps, Pavilion Study II, 2023, tinted acrylic, polystyrene, epoxy, plastic bucket, 380 x 330 x 380mm

Dan Arps, Pavilion study with office chair, 2023, office chair, polystyrene, cement, steel, 920 x 550 x 580mm

Dan Arps, Pavilion Study, 2023, tinted acrylic, polystyrene, epoxy, MDF, acrylic paint, cement, 1020 x 580 x 450mm

Dan Arps, Black hole sun / little fluffy clouds, 2023, Polyurethane, Dacron stuffing, acrylic paint, clear acrylic, epoxy putty, 360 x 515 x 75mm

Dan Arps, Avatar, 2023, Polystyrene, glue, acrylic coating, 2360 x 640 x 620mm

Dan Arps, Study for Rangitoto squat, 2023, Polystyrene, rock, sand, PLA, epoxy putty, polyurethane, wood, brass, aluminium, printed cotton, acrylic paint, 500 x 1200 x 390mm

Dan Arps, Untitled (Green Screen), 2023, polyurethane and acrylic paint, 405 x 500 x 20mm

Dan Arps in Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own: The Chartwell Show. Sat 3 Sep 2022 — Sun 26 Mar 2023. Photo credit: © Exhibition installation view, courtesy of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2022

Dan Arps, Natural Bridge, 2022, plaster, hessian, polymer clay, aluminium, spray paint, 1000m x 890 x 590 mm

Dan Arps, Natural Bridge, 2022, as part of the exhibition ‘wiggling together, falling apart’ Installation view, Michael Lett, 2022

Dan Arps, Equivalent, 2021, polyurethane and acrylic paint, 460 x 460 x 85mm

Dan Arps, The Floral Maze, 2021 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, The Floral Maze, 2021 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, The Floral Maze, 2021 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, The Floral Maze, 2021 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, Untitled (white painting #6), 2013, acrylic paint, on wood and polystyrene, 640 x 945mm

Dan Arps, Cloud Computer, 2017 acrylic on watercolour paper mounted on aluminium, 318 x 435mm

Dan Arps, Post Mute, 2011 wood, acrylic paint, epoxy, 325 x 415mm

Dan Arps

Dan Arps & Fiona Clark, 2019 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps & Fiona Clark

Dan Arps & Fiona Clark, 2019 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps & Fiona Clark

Dan Arps, Crazee Dayzee (Special Effects Gold), 2018, polyurethane and enamel paint

Dan Arps, Seated Figure, 2017, bronze, patina, 950 x 800 x 800mm

Dan Arps, Schreber Monument, (Washed Jedi), 2015, polyurethane, paint, 330 x 420 x 45mm

Dan Arps, Soft Grid (Evil Olive), 2015, polyurethane, paint, 900 x 900mm

Dan Arps, Plastic Mouthfeel II, 2015 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, Plastic Mouthfeel II, 2015 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, Tree Form, 2015, dye-sublimation print on satin, 1700 x 1200mm

Dan Arps, Painting for Welfare Office, 2014, polyurethane resin, paint, 340 x 430 x 45mm

Dan Arps, Freedom Farmers, Installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 2013

Dan Arps, After Hobson Gardens, 2013 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, Weak Idea Grid Study I, 2011, paper, acrylic on canvas, epoxy, steel, wood, 610 x 515 x 65mm

Dan Arps, Hobson Gardens, 2011 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, A Rock That Was Taught It Was A Bird, 2010 Installation view, Artspace

Dan Arps, A Rock That Was Taught It Was A Bird, 2010 Installation view, Artspace

Dan Arps, Explaining Things, 2010 Installation view, Walters Prize, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Dan Arps, Explaining Things, 2010 Installation view, Walters Prize, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Dan Arps, Figure Study, 2023, polyester appliqué flag, hessian, printed towels, sweat shirt, knitted polyester, steel, plaster, fibreglass, wheels, New World brand “Kiwifruit” shopping bag, 1370 x 1040 x 870mm

Dan Arps, Nirvana Park (detail), 2023, steel and polystyrene composite panels, acrylic paint, aluminium, fixings, silicone polyurethane, unfired clay, paper cup, plastic coated wire basket, ceramic, nylon rope, plastic, 2000 x 3850 x 3450mm

Dan Arps, Pavilion study with office chair, 2023, office chair, polystyrene, cement, steel, 920 x 550 x 580mm

Dan Arps, Black hole sun / little fluffy clouds, 2023, Polyurethane, Dacron stuffing, acrylic paint, clear acrylic, epoxy putty, 360 x 515 x 75mm

Dan Arps, Study for Rangitoto squat, 2023, Polystyrene, rock, sand, PLA, epoxy putty, polyurethane, wood, brass, aluminium, printed cotton, acrylic paint, 500 x 1200 x 390mm

Dan Arps in Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own: The Chartwell Show. Sat 3 Sep 2022 — Sun 26 Mar 2023. Photo credit: © Exhibition installation view, courtesy of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2022

Dan Arps, Natural Bridge, 2022, as part of the exhibition ‘wiggling together, falling apart’ Installation view, Michael Lett, 2022

Dan Arps, The Floral Maze, 2021 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, The Floral Maze, 2021 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, Untitled (white painting #6), 2013, acrylic paint, on wood and polystyrene, 640 x 945mm

Dan Arps, Post Mute, 2011 wood, acrylic paint, epoxy, 325 x 415mm

Dan Arps

Dan Arps & Fiona Clark, 2019 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps & Fiona Clark

Dan Arps, Seated Figure, 2017, bronze, patina, 950 x 800 x 800mm

Dan Arps, Soft Grid (Evil Olive), 2015, polyurethane, paint, 900 x 900mm

Dan Arps, Plastic Mouthfeel II, 2015 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, Painting for Welfare Office, 2014, polyurethane resin, paint, 340 x 430 x 45mm

Dan Arps, After Hobson Gardens, 2013 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, Hobson Gardens, 2011 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, A Rock That Was Taught It Was A Bird, 2010 Installation view, Artspace

Dan Arps, Explaining Things, 2010 Installation view, Walters Prize, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Dan Arps

Born 1976, Christchurch (NZ). Lives and works in Auckland (NZ)

Dan Arps’ installations, sculptures, and paintings respond to urban psycho-geography of cities. His work reflects on the way we inhabit places and the influence of architecture on the formation and regulation of subjectivities.

Arps gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture) from the School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, Christchurch in 2000. He received a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland in 2006 followed by a Doctor of Fine Arts in 2014. In 2010 he was awarded Aotearoa New Zealand’s premier contemporary art award, the Walter’s Prize, for his exhibition Explaining Things by international judge Vicente Todolí. Arps has exhibited extensively in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, as well as taking part in multiple international projects.

Selected recent solo exhibitions include: Nirvana Park, Michael Lett 3 East St (2023); Parallel Universe, Neon Parc, Melbourne (2022); Sleepers, Robert Heald, Wellington (2021);  The New Brutal, Disneyland Paris, Melbourne (2021) and The Floral Maze, Michael Lett, Auckland (2021). Work by Arps has also been included in the group presentations: Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own: The Chartwell Show, Auckland Art Gallery Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (2022-2023); Dungeon and Meadow, Melbourne (2021) ALIVE INSIDE, Neon Parc, Melbourne (2021); Encapsulated, Caves, Melbourne (2021); Abject Failures, Hastings City Art Gallery (2018); Space Suit, Dunedin Public Art Gallery (2018); Necessary Distraction: A painting show, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (2015);  Local Knowledge, the Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt (2011) and the Sao Paolo Biennale (2004).

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Dan Arps, Nirvana Park, 2023, steel and polystyrene composite panels, acrylic paint, aluminium, fixings, silicone polyurethane, unfired clay, paper cup, plastic coated wire basket, ceramic, nylon rope, plastic, 2000 x 3850 x 3450mm

Dan Arps, Figure Study, 2023, polyester appliqué flag, hessian, printed towels, sweat shirt, knitted polyester, steel, plaster, fibreglass, wheels, New World brand “Kiwifruit” shopping bag, 1370 x 1040 x 870mm

Dan Arps, Grid Study Redux, 2023, Polyurethane, galvanised steel, acrylic paint, epoxy, 550 x 655 x 120mm

Dan Arps, Nirvana Park (detail), 2023, steel and polystyrene composite panels, acrylic paint, aluminium, fixings, silicone polyurethane, unfired clay, paper cup, plastic coated wire basket, ceramic, nylon rope, plastic, 2000 x 3850 x 3450mm

Dan Arps, Pavilion Study II, 2023, tinted acrylic, polystyrene, epoxy, plastic bucket, 380 x 330 x 380mm

Dan Arps, Pavilion study with office chair, 2023, office chair, polystyrene, cement, steel, 920 x 550 x 580mm

Dan Arps, Pavilion Study, 2023, tinted acrylic, polystyrene, epoxy, MDF, acrylic paint, cement, 1020 x 580 x 450mm

Dan Arps, Black hole sun / little fluffy clouds, 2023, Polyurethane, Dacron stuffing, acrylic paint, clear acrylic, epoxy putty, 360 x 515 x 75mm

Dan Arps, Avatar, 2023, Polystyrene, glue, acrylic coating, 2360 x 640 x 620mm

Dan Arps, Study for Rangitoto squat, 2023, Polystyrene, rock, sand, PLA, epoxy putty, polyurethane, wood, brass, aluminium, printed cotton, acrylic paint, 500 x 1200 x 390mm

Dan Arps, Untitled (Green Screen), 2023, polyurethane and acrylic paint, 405 x 500 x 20mm

Dan Arps in Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own: The Chartwell Show. Sat 3 Sep 2022 — Sun 26 Mar 2023. Photo credit: © Exhibition installation view, courtesy of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2022

Dan Arps, Natural Bridge, 2022, plaster, hessian, polymer clay, aluminium, spray paint, 1000m x 890 x 590 mm

Dan Arps, Natural Bridge, 2022, as part of the exhibition ‘wiggling together, falling apart’ Installation view, Michael Lett, 2022

Dan Arps, Equivalent, 2021, polyurethane and acrylic paint, 460 x 460 x 85mm

Dan Arps, The Floral Maze, 2021 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, The Floral Maze, 2021 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, The Floral Maze, 2021 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, The Floral Maze, 2021 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, Untitled (white painting #6), 2013, acrylic paint, on wood and polystyrene, 640 x 945mm

Dan Arps, Cloud Computer, 2017 acrylic on watercolour paper mounted on aluminium, 318 x 435mm

Dan Arps, Post Mute, 2011 wood, acrylic paint, epoxy, 325 x 415mm

Dan Arps & Fiona Clark, 2019 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps & Fiona Clark, 2019 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, Crazee Dayzee (Special Effects Gold), 2018, polyurethane and enamel paint

Dan Arps, Seated Figure, 2017, bronze, patina, 950 x 800 x 800mm

Dan Arps, Schreber Monument, (Washed Jedi), 2015, polyurethane, paint, 330 x 420 x 45mm

Dan Arps, Soft Grid (Evil Olive), 2015, polyurethane, paint, 900 x 900mm

Dan Arps, Plastic Mouthfeel II, 2015 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, Plastic Mouthfeel II, 2015 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, Tree Form, 2015, dye-sublimation print on satin, 1700 x 1200mm

Dan Arps, Painting for Welfare Office, 2014, polyurethane resin, paint, 340 x 430 x 45mm

Dan Arps, Freedom Farmers, Installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 2013

Dan Arps, After Hobson Gardens, 2013 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, Weak Idea Grid Study I, 2011, paper, acrylic on canvas, epoxy, steel, wood, 610 x 515 x 65mm

Dan Arps, Hobson Gardens, 2011 Installation view, Michael Lett

Dan Arps, A Rock That Was Taught It Was A Bird, 2010 Installation view, Artspace

Dan Arps, A Rock That Was Taught It Was A Bird, 2010 Installation view, Artspace

Dan Arps, Explaining Things, 2010 Installation view, Walters Prize, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Dan Arps, Explaining Things, 2010 Installation view, Walters Prize, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki