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 & 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
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 & Fiona Clark, 2019 Installation view, Michael Lett
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