known for his jewel-embellished sculptures, paintings, and works on paper. Inspired by his upbringing marked with an obsession for all things pop culture, Life’s work is an homage to the quintessential suburban American childhood. Employing a spectrum of narratives ranging from playful and innocent, to dark and sexual, Life’s practice seeks to explore identity through the channels of media and consumerism. Flanked with recognizable characters, his work is a reconstruction of “pop history”, serving as both a criticism against and celebration for all of the complications embedded within modern Americana.

Crystals act as a physical touchstone throughout the artist's ever evolving body of work. Mirroring Pavé, Life’s borrowing of a technique typically reserved for the making of jewelry sets the tone for a ripple of juxtapositions deeply embedded into his practice. His intricate process of individually setting each stone by hand can take anywhere from several months up to a year, with larger sculptures requiring hundreds of thousands of stones. The decision to exclusively use Swarovski crystal stemmed from the artist's long time fascination with all that is luxurious and beautiful. The material is both attractive in its opulence, and representative of a greater cultural obsession with wealth and goods, a phenomenon Life is equal parts messenger of and participant in. This perpetual contradiction reaches from the work being made into the world that consumes it.

Dan Life has exhibited work both nationally and internationally. Selected press coverage includes Hypebeast, Complex, Vice, the New York Post, NiceKicks, and Forbes. Life lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

Private COLLECTIONS Include
(but are not limited to:)

Michael Jordan Family, Justin & Hailey Bieber, Travis Kelce,
Bad Bunny, Saudi Royal Family, JAY-Z, Shakira, Amber Valletta, Chicago Bulls, ESPN, Macklemore.

Dan Life has also done numerous collaborations with notable brands including, ESPN, Corona, and numerous art shows including the San Francisco art Fair, Bergdorf Goodman, Aspen Art and Design, Atlanta Art Fair, and Art Basel.