About


Daniel Mayer is a visual artist
who utilizes language and art resulting in experimental artist’s books, variable editioned prints, letterpress publications, and award winning large-scale public art commissions – all creative activities under Dan Mayer Studios.

Mayer is the Director for ASU’s Pyracantha Press where he publishes inter-disciplinary limited-edition handmade books and prints in collaboration with artists, writers, musicians, among others. Mayer’s creative research spans 35 years (since 1986), with works in 105 National and International Collections. The activities of the Press are recognized as a School of Art Initiative for creative research, teaching, and community outreach.  Mayer has mentored ASU’s student artists book club ABBA: A-Buncha-Book-Artists for the past 21 years. 

Mayer exhibits nationally and internationally and has work in numerous private and public special collections such as The Jack Ginsberg Artists Book Collection – Johannesburg, Getty, Wellesley, Yale, National Library-Hague, Netherlands, NY Public Library, Klingspor Stadt Museum in Offenbach, ArtPool Artists Books Archives in Budapest, the Ruth and Marvin Sachner Archives of Visual and Concrete Poetry, among others. Recent residencies include thematic art and science invitationals at PLAYA, OR, 2014-19 where Mayer serves on the PLAYA Advisory Board.

“Natural Rhythm” is my latest gateway public art project commissioned by the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Program. Virtual opening link here: (Virtual opening reception).This project spanned three years overlapping the Pandemic and was completed in Oct. 2020. I designed two aesthetic fences with three layers of galvanized metal located at Happy Valley Rd. and I-17. Barry Sparkman – Program Manager, City of Phoenix. My PHX Sky Train airport glass murals “Trace Elements” are featured in “Franz Mayer of Munich: Architecture  Glass  Art”  a comprehensive book on one of the world’s foremost studios for stained glass and mosaics.  The murals also received the “Award of Merit for Art in Public Places”, 33rd Valley Forward and “Top 100 International Projects” through CODAworx Awards. Advance Terrazzo and my public art project “Variable Order” received the “2013 Job of the Year” from the National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association’s year in review.     Please see News and Events links         

 

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