Sunday, October 4, 2015

Monetary Bondage Exhibition


On my way to Montana State University to set up the exhibition of Monetary Bondage
The exhibition will be held at the Helen E. Copeland Gallery at MSU starting on the 5th of October. 
The public reception will be help on Octber 8th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm 
following my lecture from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. 
The show will be on display until the 30th of October. 
If you are in the area be sure to come by and check out the show! 
On display will be work from the two previous collections of Monetary Bondage: US Dollar collection, Costa Rica Colon collection, and the newest addition the Chinesse RMB collection.

3 Dollars? (Front) Daniel Icaza, 2009

 5 Colones? (Back) Daniel Icaza, 2011

 10 RMB? (Front) Daniel Icaza, 2015

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Montana State University Residency

Time has gone by in a flash! Seems like just the other day I was getting back from Norway and starting to work on the new addition to Monetary Bondage...
Now the new addition is complete and I will be on my way to Montana State University to attend the AIR (Artists in Residency) program and exhibit the full collection! 
Here is a small preview of what the new addition looks like...

I will be making another post in a few days with more details about the show and maybe a few more pictures as well... 


Sunday, April 19, 2015

Going to Norway..

WOW! There is so much going on these days!
Aside from working on the new addition to "Monetary Bondage" for the fall residency and solo exihibtion at Montana State University. I was informed that an artist group I am part of was accepted to attend an residency in Norway. The residency which includes a group exhibition will be at Atelier-Austmarka. I will be leaving for Oslo from May 10th - 25th,.
Here are a few pictures of the progress on the new pieces for Monetary Bondage and a sneak preview of the work I am producing for the residency in Norway.








Hope to be back with more to share again soon, until then...
Peace and Love 

Thursday, January 29, 2015

BACK TO WORK!

Well... It has been a very busy 7 months since my last blog post! I am terribly sorry about the lack of new info but time flies! What else can I say.

Aside from not doing much blogging lately, I have been busy in the real world and fortunately, I have some new work to share and some exciting developments as well.

First and for most my proposal to be the 2015 International Artist in Residency at Montana State University was accepted! I will be living and working on the MSU campus from the end of September until the beginning of November. I will also be creating a new addition to Monetary Bondage. The new addition will be of Chinese currency, here is a little sneak peek of whats to come...    


In conjunction with the creation of a new body of work there will also be a solo exhibition of the complete Monetary Bondage collection at the Helen E. Copeland Gallery. I will also be giving a lecture and hopefully give a few workshops as well. As I will be a busy bee producing new work for the upcoming show I will be sharing as many pictures of the progress as I can.

In the mean time here are some of the new pieces I have been producing over the past 7 months.


Daniel Icaza, 2014, Sterling Silver Buckle with Sodalite and White Turquoise on a Hand Tooled and Painted Leather Belt.

Daniel Icaza, 2014, Sterling Silver Buckle with Sodalite and White Turquoise on a Hand Tooled and Painted Leather Belt.

Daniel Icaza, 2014, Sterling Silver Pill Box with Red Garnets, Red Agate and Glass Bottles (Salt, Pepper, Sugar). Video 

Daniel Icaza, 2014, Sterling Silver Pill Box with Red Garnets, Red Agate and Glass Bottles (Salt, Pepper, Sugar). Video 

Daniel Icaza, 2014, Sterling Silver Hand Fabricated Chains. 

Daniel Icaza, 2014, Sterling Silver Pill Box with Locking Mechanism, Cloisonné Vitreous Enamel Lid and Glass Bottles. Video 

Daniel Icaza, 2014, Sterling Silver Pill Box with Locking Mechanism, Cloisonné Vitreous Enamel Lid and Glass Bottles. Video 
Those are a few of my favorite pieces from 2014. If you would like to see more pictures of my work please feel free to visit my Instagram Page, Flickr or Behance, I post different pictures all over the place so you will have to visit them all to see every thing (sorry...).
I will be sharing more pictures and blog posts as things develop so stay tuned for more news. 
Until next time. 
Peace and Love