Dan Paz (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist working in lens-based practices across still-to-moving images. Their research examines the gendered dynamics of labor and captivity within the nation-state, particularly for the Latin(x)é diaspora. Paz’s practice engages with the material conditions of institutionalization through analog and digital photographic media and is deeply informed by the converging realms of capture, exposure, architecture and abolition.
Paz’s work has been featured internationally and nationally with recent solo exhibitions at Michigan State University and Entre Gallery in Vienna, Austria; and group exhibitions at Hayward Gallery London, UK; the 12th Havana Biennial, Havana, CU; The New Media Lab and The Latinx Project at NYU, NYC; The Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA; Holding Contemporary, Portland, OR; and Stoveworks, Chattanooga, TN to name a few. In 2018, Dan was the inaugural New Media Artist-in-Residence at Seattle University. From 2021-2022 Dan was Artist-in-Residence in Critical Race Studies and Creative Practice at Michigan State University. Dan was a 2023 Public Scholars for the Future Fellow and is currently a Ph.D. student in Cultural Studies, with designated emphases in Science & Technology Studies and Feminist Theory and Research at the University of California Davis.