Biography
Daniel Stempfer is an artist whose sculptures and installations often deal with temporary phenomena, the traces they leave behind and the re-creation of past events from fragmentary evidence. He was born in Austria and lives and works in Hong Kong.
His works were shown internationally, including at Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt, Mediterranea Biennale Tirana, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul, Traklhaus Salzburg, Salzamt Linz, Callirrhoë Athens, Kunstverein Wiesbaden, W139 Amsterdam, Art Center Ongoing Tokyo, Swimming Pool Projects Sofia, Gallery Soy Capitán Berlin, basis Frankfurt, among other places.
He studied at the Glasgow School of Art and at Städelschule Frankfurt am Main with Prof. Willem de Rooij, where he graduated Meisterschüler in 2013.
His practice-based research at City University seeks to explore the spatial output of computer simulation models that were not primarily designed to produce such output as the foundation for sculptural work. In doing so, he materializes abstract algorithms that increasingly shape our societies and daily lives into tangible forms. In the process, novel methods of controlling industrial robots and other digital fabrication technologies in real-time are being investigated.
