David Datuna

Smithsonian-recognized artist David Datuna builds his practice around the intersection of art and social consciousness. His signature method layers a grid of positive and negative optical lenses
over large-scale images assembled from collage and paint. Photography, newspaper clippings, magazine cutouts, paint and color complete this mixed media palette. That prismatic surface both hides and reveals the layers underneath, while the lenses symbolize 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.