Daniel Otero Torres - mor charpentier

Daniel Otero Torres’ multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, installation, ceramics, painting, and drawing—the latter serving as the foundational thread weaving through his work. His distinctive technique, positioned at the intersection of drawing and sculpture, merges photorealistic rendering with monumental cut-out steel structures, creating a striking interplay between materiality and image. This process generates a deliberate dislocation, both temporal and spatial, disrupting conventional hierarchies of representation.

His compositions are rarely singular portraits; instead, they emerge as assemblages of histories, sourced from archives, contemporary media, and digital imagery. Through this layered approach, Otero Torres examines narratives of resistance and revolution, foregrounding marginalized communities whose roles in shaping history are often overlooked. His work engages with the visual lexicon of protest, celebration, and reconciliation—moments where collective action transforms into political agency.

In recent years, ecological concerns have become increasingly integral to his practice, expanding his inquiry into the entanglements of capitalism, biodiversity, and indigenous epistemologies. By interrogating the relationships between nature and global politics, Otero Torres challenges viewers to reconsider the extractivist logic that governs contemporary societies.

His works have been exhibited in numerous international institutions and events such as the 3rd Diriyah Biennale, Saudi Arabia (2026); Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (2025); CAPC, Bordeaux (2025); Chemnitz Art Festival (2025); the Daegu Photo Biennale, Korea (2025); the 60th Venice Biennale (2024); Lahore Biennial, Pakistan (2024); the Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, USA (2024); Les Abattoirs, Toulouse (2024); the 5th Kyiv Biennale, Vienna (2023); C3A, Córdoba (2023); the 16th Lyon Biennial (2022); Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai (2022); Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover (2022); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2021); MACAAL, Marrakech (2020); the Espacio 23 of the Jorge Pérez Collection, Miami (2019); La Tôlerie, Clermont Ferrand, France (2019); FLAX Foundation, Los Angeles (2019); IAC Villeurbanne, France (2016); Kunstverein Sparkasse, Leipzig (2014); Heidelberg Kunstverein, Germany (2011); and the Bullukian Foundation, Lyon (2010), among others.

Daniel Otero Torres has been a resident of the Villa Belleville (2015-2016); Moly- Sabata Residency in Les Sablons, France (2014); the Cité des arts de Paris (2011-2012), and L’attrape-couleurs in Lyon, France. He has been awarded the Hors les murs creation and research program award by the French Institute; the Price Rhône-Alpes de la Jeune Création, Rendez-vous 15, Biennale de Lyon; and the prize of the Conseil Général of the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Lyon.

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