BIOGRAPHY

Damien H. Ding (b. 1992, Nanping, China) is a painter who uses the language of furniture and cabinetry to create containers and spaces for his paintings, recalling domestic altars and small chapels. The imagery of Ding’s paintings is often meditative yet intense and hints at transcendence through stillness and velocity. The imagery of Ding’s paintings is often meditative yet intense and hints at transcendence through stillness and velocity. His paintings and the constructs they are housed in are seductive, drawing in the viewer before revealing illogical and surreptitious elements that confound, catalyzing the generation of strong feelings that are difficult to articulate.

Ding received a BA in Art History with a minor in Asian Studies from Swarthmore College and an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts.

Recently, Ding has been included in group and solo exhibitions at Steven Zevitas Gallery, MA; Eugster Belgrade, Serbia; Denny Gallery, NY; Alexander Berggruen, NY; Galerie Marguo, France; Anderson Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University, VA; and Braverman Gallery, Israel, among others. Ding is based in Singapore and New York, NY.