Daniel Krause

“Go for it .”

Daniel started sculpting stoneware slabs in primary school in Chicago, and continued through his high school years in Los Angeles (1979-1982). In 1978 with the discovery of the Chinese Terracotta Warriors, Daniel began his journey into Asia. At the University of California, San Diego, he majored in Visual Arts Studio Sculpture & Microbiology, (1982-87) focusing on figurative sculpture. He studied underItalo Scanga and Allen Kaprow. In 1987, Daniel moved to China, where he became the first American artist to earn an MFA at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (1993), focusing on cast bronze. He studied under Liang Ming Cheng and Pan He. He was the first Western lecturer to teach at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts until 2011. He then moved to Beijing, where he became the first Westerner to teach at the People's University of China's Art Institute until 2018.After 30 years of living and sculpting in China, Daniel moved to Berlin in 2020, where he lives