Daniel Osvaldo Carranza (Buenos Aires, Argentina 1955)
Daniel Osvaldo Carranza is a painter, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1955. He moved to São Paulo in 1982, where he began his career as a professional painter. He has taken part in solo and group exhibitions in Brazil and abroad, and has been chosen as a jury member for art salons of national importance.
In 1988, he took part in the São Paulo Biennial in Cildo Meireles's installation Espaço Vermelho [Red Space], with the work As Tentações de Santo Antônio [The Temptations of Saint Anthony]. In 1999, he moved to New York, where he came to live and work. The following year, he exhibited in Tokyo, Japan.
Between 2001 and 2002, he was commissioned by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to produce the Terry Magill Award, an annual prize given to outstanding Australians in various fields. He created the works People for Peace (2001) and The Promised Land (2002) for the event. He was also invited to design a panel on the water crisis and ecological problems for the Environment Department of Columbia University.
