Daniel Falcón, born in 1994 in Caracas, Venezuela, is a contemporary visual artist who lives and works from his "Casa Studio" in Brooklyn, New York. His artistic journey began at an early age when he first experimented with his father's film camera and learned to draw and work with pastels. For years, he pursued a career in luxury menswear and the elegance of classic men's clothing at some of the world's leading brands, where he developed a sophisticated understanding of tailoring and design. Raised on the East Coast, his travels throughout the expansive American West profoundly influenced his aesthetic vision. Through oil renderings and works on paper, he creates narratives that juxtapose contrasting cultural elements, examining how regional fashion shapes our sense of identity and cultural roots.
Artist Statement - As a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on painting and a background in tailored clothing, I create enigmatic portraits and still lifes that explore the intersection of seemingly disparate cultural narratives. My surrealist cowboy portraits, which have received particular recognition, reflect my fascination with how we construct identity through cultural artifacts and craft traditions.
The sartorial discipline—with its emphasis on line, proportion, and detail—provides the technical foundation for my work. This background has instilled in me a reverence for materials and process that permeates everything I create. Meanwhile, my travels across the American West have infused my aesthetic with regional influences that appear throughout my pieces.
My artistic process begins with compositions developed on paper before transposing them onto wooden panels—my preferred surface for their structural integrity and textural qualities. Each image is rendered with a bold color palette through rhythmically applied layers of oil paint, simultaneously thinning and removing paint to achieve the depth and tactile richness that defines my artistic vision.
I deliberately juxtapose disparate cultural references—the raw authenticity of the Old West against refined tailored elements. The cowboy hat appears as a recurring sculptural motif, representing not only the American West but also profound connections to land, freedom, and tradition.
Through my practice, I aim to create visual narratives that invite viewers to reconsider established connections between different cultural elements. Each piece is born from an impulsive response to lived experiences and subconscious impressions, creating work that transcends time and place to examine how clothing and regional aesthetics shape our sense of self and cultural belonging.
