Born in Madrid, Daniel Canogar’s life and career have bridged Spain and the U.S. Photography was his earliest medium of choice, receiving a M.A. from NYU and the International Center of photography in 1990. He soon became interested in the possibilities of the projected image and installation art. His practice strives to understand the immense impact of technology on society, culture and the human psyche. 

From the moment he first stepped into a darkroom as a teenager, the interplay of light and shadow – an almost alchemical ritual that still pulses through his work today – has fascinated him. Initially engaging with a “post-photography” discourse, his work reimagined the expanded field of the photographic image. Whether experimenting with fiber optics, scanning heaps of discarded technology, or weaving generative algorithms into visual tapestries, his practice probes the intersection of photography, technology and installation art. His work has taken him to the most unexpected places: marveling at ancient Peruvian textiles in Lima’s Amano Collection, collaborating with scientists in cosmology and biology, and exhibiting everywhere from a Portuguese salt mine and a panoptic prison in Montevideo to the LED screens of Times Square. Throughout his artistic career, his work has been fueled by curiosity, playfulness, and an insatiable drive to decode the intricacies of contemporary visual culture.

He has exhibited widely in major museums and galleries worldwide, including LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), The Prado Museum in Madrid, The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., ZKM Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. His public art installations include Vértice (2026), the first outdoor digital artwork created specifically for the city of Madrid, installed in front of the Press Association building on Juan Bravo Street; Shuttle (2026), at the Red Sea International Airport; and Dynamo(2021), a site-specific audiovisual project for the Spanish Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. His works are also part of esteemed museum collections, including LACMA, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. 

Beyond his artistic practice, Daniel Canogar is a dedicated educator. Since 2010, he has been an associate professor in the Architecture Program at IE University in Madrid and teaches in the Curatorial Studies Program at the University of Navarra in Pamplona. In 2024, he was appointed as a permanent Academic Member of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, Spain.