Daniel Joel Tull (born 1966) is a contemporary American painter, sculptor and musician who lives and works in
Los Angeles
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.
Early life
Tull was born in San Bernardino, California and attended
Fairfax High
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School. In high school he met
Michael Jagosz,
Tracy Ulrich and
Robert Gardner and they formed the band Pyrrhus and played together for two years. Tull left Pyrrhus to attend the San Francisco Art Institute. The remaining band members formed
L.A. Guns with Danish bassist
Ole Beich in 1983.
Life and work
Tull received a BFA from The San Francisco Art Institute and a MFA from Stanford University. Tull has exhibited in galleries and museums internationally with selected solo exhibitions including
Blum & Poe (Los Angeles), Jack Hanley Gallery (San Francisco), The Pit (Los Angeles), Kim Light Gallery (Los Angeles), Fredericks & Freiser (New York), and Torch Gallery (Amsterdam). Tull's recent exhibitions include On Stellar Rays and Jacob Lewis Gallery in New York and LAM Gallery in Los Angeles. Tull’s work was featured in
The New York Times
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, Los Angeles Times,
Artforum
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, Art in America, I.D. Magazine,
LA Weekly
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, Wallpaper, and Frieze. Tull has collaborated with a variety of internationally recognized artists such as
Jim Shaw,
Raymond Pettibon
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and
Marnie Weber
Marnie Weber (born 1959) is an American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. Her work includes photography, sculpture, installations, film, video, and performances. She is also a musician.
Life and work
Marnie Weber was born in Bridgepo ...
. His permanent collection pieces include
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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,
The Getty,
Laguna Art Museum
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(LAM) and The Peter Norton Family Collection. Dani was cited by
Ed Ruscha
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as one of "LA's brightest new talents and truest voices."
As an accomplished musician and composer he has recorded and performed with other musicians and solo performances for The Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound, West Of Rome, and the
Los Angeles Free Music Society
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. Dani Tull is a member of D’red D’warf, a band with artist Jim Shaw.
Tull curated a number of exhibitions internationally including the landmark group exhibition ''Aspects of the Archaic Revival''.
The exhibit focused on the mystical subtext taking place within the collective subconscious of LA’s contemporary art scene and created a dialogue with the city’s burgeoning group of mystics, healers and visionaries. The exhibition traveled to the Netherlands and Germany.
Tull is a teacher and mentor at local art schools where he presents his class ''Fringe Aesthetics: mystic modalities and subjugated forms''.
References
External links
DaniTull.comCan Visionary Art Also be Conceptual? - VICE 2016Endless Columns of Outer Space – VICE 2012Dani Tull on The Conversation: an Artist PodcastSpirit Girls in New York TimesLas Cienegas ProjectsNew Museum Group ShowDani Tull on Mike Kelly2016 LA WEEKLY article on Dani TullDani Tull presents painting to Mikhail Gorbachev
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1966 births
Living people
Stanford University alumni
San Francisco Art Institute alumni
American male painters
American male sculptors
American male musicians
Songwriters from California
American male songwriters