Daniel Otero Torres

Born in 1985 in Bogotá, Colombia
Lives and works in Paris, France

Daniel Otero Torres work defines a pursuit of confrontation through the objectified re-configuration of neocolonialist forms and figures, which punctuate an otherwise empty space. By placing the spectator under the watchful gaze of his subjects, he affects a mutual process of surveillance, between the work and the viewer.

Influenced by the phenomena of surveillance paranoia, Daniel Otero illustrates the boundaries between different worlds and classes. Underlying these representations we often encounter undercurrents questioning the significance of a common history and the complex cultural heritage established with others.

Exhibitions
2011- A skeleton in the closet 2 - curated by Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel, ReMap3, Galeria Utopia - Athens
2011- 3ème édition de Art Protects au profit de la lutte contre le sida - galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
2011- Vue sur la mer in partnership with the work master HEAD – Genève, in the building la Ciguë, Geneva
2011- A Skeleton in the Closet - Heidelberg Kunstverein, Allemagne
2011- Hard Copy - curated by Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel and Raoul Zöllner, PM Gallery, Berlin
2011- 56ème Salon de Montrouge - Paris
2011- Copie Right - musée des moulages, Lyon
2011- Jet Lag - galeria Espacio Alternativo ENPEG La Esmeralda, Mexico City
2011- Les enfants du Sabbat XII - Centre d’Art Contemporain le Creux de l’enfer, Thiers
2011- Welcome - galerie Attrape - Couleurs, Lyon
2010- Toubabou - Fondation Bullukian, Lyon
2009- Estampes, livres, affiches at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux arts de Lyon à la délégation parisienne du Grand Lyon - Paris