David Datuna

Smithsonian-recognized artist David Datuna centers his practice on where art meets social consciousness. His trademark approach layers a grid of positive and negative optical lenses
atop large-scale images built from collage and paint. Photography, newspaper clippings, magazine cutouts, paint and color frequently fill out this mixed media palette. That prismatic surface conceals and exposes the layers beneath, while the lenses stand for individual identity, illusion, perception, fragmentation and unification.

Portraits, flags and icons are recurring themes. Datuna’s artwork is a political, cultural and commercial commentary on our current collective consciousness. David Datuna exhibits widely in the US, Europe and Asia, and is well represented in important private collections worldwide.