Daniel Turner (b. 1983 in Portsmouth, VA; lives and works in New York) is a visual artist working primarily in sculpture involving the creation or manipulation of materials, objects and environments into tactile or atmospheric forms. These forms are often characterized by a specific response to an environment under a controlled set of processes. This approach has enabled Turner to base form on transposition, preserving a sensory link to geographical locations, cultural associations and human contact. These elements are present in former works where an entire waiting room is cast into a series of solid bars, a psychiatric facility burnished to a darkened stain against an exhibition wall, or a cafeteria dissolved across the expanse of a floor.
Daniel Turner has participated in numerous institutional exhibitions including; Kunsthalle Basel, The Chinati Foundation, Palais de Tokyo, The Pinchuk Art Center, Kunstmuseum Krefeld, Museen Haus Esters und Haus Lange, Musée des Arts Contemporains Grand Hornu, The Musée d'art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Muzeul de Arta Cluj-Napoca, The Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle and The Maria Leuff Foundation. Turner’s works are held in private and public collections including; SMAK Ghent, Kunstmuseum Basel, Centre Pompidou, le FRAC Bretagne, Musée d'art Moderne de la ville de Paris, ICA Miami, Musée des Arts Contemporains Grand Hornu amongst others.
