BIOGRAPHY

Daniel Wurtzel is a Brooklyn-based artist best known for his kinetic sculptures and installations using air and lightweight materials that fly. He has shown his artworks at the Musée Rodin, the Grand Palais in Paris, the Tate Modern Turbine Hall, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Phillips Collection, and Phaeno Science Center. Daniel’s Paper Tornado was center stage at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony in front of a worldwide audience. His Air Fountain was shown alongside 187 Marc Chagall artworks in "Sonho de Amor" at CCBB in four Brazilian cities. Wurtzel’s artworks are on permanent display at Swiss Science Center Technorama, Copernicus Science Center, the World Expo in Astana, and the Museu do Amanhã in Rio de Janeiro. Daniel's work has been showcased in Cirque du Soleil shows, and on Broadway, working with some of the world's most highly regarded theater directors including Julie Taymor, Robert Lepage, Zhang Yimou, and Michel Laprise.

Select Corporate Clients

Airbus, Louis Vuitton, Rolls Royce, Maserati, Range Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Toyota, Ford, Lexus, Volkswagen, Buick, Citroen, Infiniti, Hyundai, Canon, Jaeger-LeCoultre, LG, Huawei, Samsung, Cisco Systems, Four Seasons, Canali, Viking Cruises, Bayer, Amgen, Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, Saudi Aramco, Royal Dutch Shell, BASF, Engie, Hanas Energy, Eiffage, Amway, Vestel, Natura, AEG, Ogilvy and Mather, Moooi BV, Bundesliga, Geberit, Cirque du Soleil, Franco Dragone Entertainment Group, and the Saudi Ministry of Culture.

Museum Installations

2022-2023 Sonho de Amor, Air Fountain accompanies 187 Marc Chagall artworks in Sonho de Amor at CCBB-

three months each in Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, and Sao Paulo.

2022 Exploratorium, Air Fountain, San Francisco, CA

2022 The Phillips Collection Centennial Celebration at the National Cathedral, Washington, DC

2018 Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, Feather Fountain, The Senses: Design beyond Vision, New

York

2018 Kunsthall 3.14, Shitstorm installation, Bergen, Norway

2017 Copernicus Science Center, Air Fountain on permanent display, Warsaw, Poland

2017 World Expo 2017, Air Fountain on permanent display, Astana, Kazakhstan

2016 Swiss Science Center Technorama, Air Fountain on permanent display, Winterthur, Switzerland

2015 Musee Rodin, At the Sky's Edge for Airbus, welcome to the Paris Air Show 2015

2015 Museu do Amanha, 4 Oceanos Vortex Generator, Rio de Janiero

2015 The Phillips Collection, Phillips after 5, Washington, DC

2014 Phaeno Science Center, "Luffffft, federleicht und tonnenschwer," Wolfsburg, Germany

Theatrical Performances

2023 Saudi National Cultural Awards Ceremony, Riyadh, KSA

2015-2023 Air Play Show, collaboration with the Acrobuffos, Directed by West Hyler

2017 Apologue 2047, Directed by Zhang Yimou, National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing

2016 Per Te, Compagnia Finzi-Pasca, Lugano, Switzerland

2016 Radio City Rockettes, New York Spectacular, New York, NY

2016 The Tempest, Directed by West Hyler, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana

2015 International Paralympic Games, Opening Ceremony, Doha, Qatar

2015 Air Play Show, collaboration with the Acrobuffos, Directed by West Hyler, Cleveland Playhouse

2015 Finding Neverland the Broadway Musical, Directed by Diane Paulus New York, NY

2015 Discovery of a New World, Franco Dragone Entertainment Group, Harbin, China

2015 Sleep No More, Mckittrick Hotel, New York, NY

2015 The Rites of Spring, with the Russian national rhythmic gymnastics team, Directed by Daniel Ezralow, Mariinski Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia

2014 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics - Closing Ceremony, Directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, Sochi, Russia

2014 Finding Neverland, Directed by Diane Paulus, American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA

2014 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, performance with FKA Twigs, NYC

2014 Design Disrupted, fog tornado for Gareth Pugh and Lexus, New York Fashion Week, NYC

2013 A Midsummer's Night Dream, Directed by Julie Taymor, Theater For a New Audience, Brooklyn, NY

2013 Cirque du Soleil Amaluna, Directed by Diane Paulus (touring show)

2013 Cirque du Soleil, special event, Toronto

2013 Luc Petit Creation, Palazzigas, Rome, Directed by Luc Petit

2012 Latin Grammy Awards, Mandalay Bay Theater, Las Vegas

2012 Cirque du Soleil, Amaluna, Directed by Diane Paulus (touring show)

2012 Jonas Brothers Concert, Radio City Music Hall, New York

2012 Music Hall of Belgium, Peter Pan World tour, Directed by Luc Petit (touring show)

2012 Ex Machina, Spades, Directed by Robert Lepage, (touring show)

2012 Circus-Conelli 2012, Directed by Roby Gasser, Zurich, Switzerland

2012 La France A Un Incroyable Talent, Paris, France

2012 Paris by Night, Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas

2012 Cirque du Soleil, Special Event, Quebec City

2012 2012 European Inventor Awards, for The Danish Crown Prince and Princess, Copenhagen

2012 Avant Garde, Tapis Volant, Plaza Casino Hotel, Las Vegas NV

2011 Das Supertalent Semi-Finals, Germany's Got Talent, Cologne Germany

2011 Cirque du Soleil, Cheri's Party, DeVos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids Michigan

2011 Das Supertalent, Germany's Got Talent, Wiesbaden Germany

2010 Cirque du Soleil, In the Eye of the Storm, Directed by Michel Laprise, Courchevel France

Solo Art Exhibitions

2009 The Work of Daniel Wurtzel, Sculptor of Unique Materials and Experiences Strathmore Hall, Bethesda MD

2007 Outer Limits, Central CT. State University, New Britain, CT

2006 Rubber Bullets and Tires, Green Gallery, Brooklyn NY

2005 Road Warrior, Green Gallery, Brooklyn NY

2004 Gelatin Sculpture Project, Green Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2000 Blowout, Nikolai Fine Art, New York, NY

1999 Cenozoic Horses, New York University, New York, NY

Selected Group Art Exhibitions

2012 Notations, The Cage Effect, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York, NY

2011 Kinetic Art, ISE Cultural Center, New York, NY

2011 Kinetic Art, City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT

2010 Adaptation, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL

Figment! NYC, Governors Island, NY

2009 Essential, Essential Art Space, New York, NY

2007 Darwin's Cargo, Baden Powell Gallery, New York, NY

2007 Summer Show, O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY

2005 Road Warriors, the Epic Continues, Green Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2003 Yard Sale, Green Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2001 Volkstanz, Special Exhibit Space, Brooklyn, NY

1999 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY

1997 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY

1996 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY

1995 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY

Sycamore Head, Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

1994 Big Picture, O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY

Satyr Boy, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

Summer Sculpture Show, Kouros Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT

1993 Command Performance, Foodstamp Gallery, New York, NY

1992 Vital Ground, Griffen/McGear Gallery, New York, NY

1991 1991 Annual Show, Stone Sculpture Society, New York, NY

1989 Small Works, Sculpture Center, New York, NY

Public Commissions

1996 One Percent for Art, Culver City, CA (Beluga)

1995 City University of New York, College of Staten Island - Ark

1994 New York City Department of Transportation, Frank the Bull
(at the Flatiron Traffic Triangle, 23rd St., 5th Ave and Broadway)

1993 Davidson Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University Middletown, CT. (Menhir Series)

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.(Tribeca Park) (Menhir Series)

New York, City Department of Transportation (dag Hammarskjold Plaza) (Beluga)

1989 One Percent for Art, Concord, CA (Division and Contradiction)