Daniel Kohn | The Helix Center

Daniel Kohn

Title: Artist; Co-Leader, Ocean Memory Project

Institution: Independent (Brooklyn, NY)

Discipline: Creative & Performing Arts

Appearances: 1

Notable: Painting installation 'Looking South' acquired by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum; commissioned by the MTA to create 35-foot paintings in Grand Central Station's Vanderbilt Hall after 9/11; Founding Artist in Residence at the Broad Institute for Genomic Research; co-leader of Ocean Memory Project funded by National Academies of Science

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Biography

Daniel Kohn is an American artist born in India and raised in France whose work investigates the echo between art and its context through the metaphor of place. Since 2003 he has bridged art and science, serving as Founding Artist in Residence at the Broad Institute for Genomic Research and co-leading the Ocean Memory Project since 2018.

Sample Works

Looking South (painting, permanent collection of 9/11 Memorial Museum) (2003) Exhibition
Instance of a Dataset (7-floor commission for the Broad Institute) (2013) Exhibition
Seen From Above (commissioned by MTA, installed in Grand Central Terminal) (2002) Exhibition

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