Life

Daniel Fiorda

Daniel was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1963 of Italian ancestry. His lineage includes a grandfather highly respected as a wood craftsman and his father is an artistic metalsmith. In the Old World tradition of passing knowledge from parent to child, he learned about machinery from his father, who recognized his son's talents and encouraged it.

Still making use of others detritus, Fiorda began recycling objects that were once useful but had been discarded or abandoned as now useless. Because of his creativity and his ability to see beauty in refuse, the 'objects trouves' are turned into 'objects d'art'. By finding this aesthetic element in what has been discarded, Daniel, through his sculpture, is preserving our environment from a new point of view.

Daniel's pieces tend to be more monochromatic. This tends to stress the power and intensity of his hard edged shapes. Through his meticulous handling of these forms the ever present danger of the works being conceived as violent is avoided.

View his sculpture with care; although the original functions are sometimes recognizable, this is not intended to be the point of entry to understanding the work.

In his search for a universal statement, sculptor Daniel Fiorda constantly searches for a new direction by continuing to try new ways, always learning, and by breaking the rules, starting anew.

-Michael McManus. Art Consultant

With some private tutoring in music and art, Daniel began sculpting in high school using found objects. The press reviewed his exhibit at age 20, stating that Fiorda had a defined 'poetic feeling'. With this encouragement, he continued to pursue his art.

His font of debris may include antiquated machinery, fold out beds, pianos, and the ubiquitous automobile. Knowing that these had once been a part of somebody's life, Fiorda creates a dialogue between the pieces first use and their re-thought second use, thus bringing anthropology into his art work.