I am drawn to the transitional spaces that we traverse and to the texture of those experiences.
The themes that fuel my artistic inquiry often feel larger than life: identity, belonging, place, time…
Working with the allegory inherent in photographic meaning, I engage various aesthetic approaches in dialogue with the observable world. By developing a visual language aimed at interpreting the cues embedded in the everyday, something akin to understanding begins to emerge.
Based in Berlin
b. 1986, NYC
danepollok(at)gmail.com
+49 (1) 52 593 173 18
+1 917 776 8019
Exhibitions
2024 Culterim Studio Show, Gesundbrunnen Rossman, Berlin
2022 Six O’Clock Shadows, PALLAS, SF, CA
2022 Purview, Left Space, SF, CA
2021 Honeymoon, Book & Job, SF, CA [Solo]
2020 Love Sick, Book & Job, SF, CA
2019 Cómplices En La Resistencia, Accion Latina, SF, CA
2016 With Our Own Eyes, Rayko, SF, CA
2016 Thank You for Coming, Group Study, Oakland, CA
2013 Full Space, FM, Oakland, CA [Solo]
2012 Showcase, Rayko, SF, CA
2011 Encountering, 31 Rausch, SF, CA
2010 (Por)trait Revealed, Rayko, SF, CA
2010 Paint by Numbers, WE Artspace, Oakland, CA
2010 Roll Call, SF Camerawork, SF, CA
Recognition & Residencies
2023 GlogauAIR, Artist in Residence, Berlin, Germany
2022 Chico Portfolio Review, Charcoal Press, Pray, MT
2019 On Making a Photobook (That Matters) with Alec Soth, FOTOFILMIC, Bowen Island, BC
2017 Rayko Artist in Residence, SF, CA
2014 HALS Grant
2013 Honorable Mention, APA's Easiest Season, Rayko, SF, CA
2012 3rd Place Juror's Award, Showcase, Rayko, SF, CA
Published & Featured
2023 Since For, Friend Editions
2022 Aint-Bad for Honeymoon
2020 Quaranzine Vol. 7 & Vol. 8 & Vol. 9 for Test Patterns
Teaching Experience
2014-2017 First Exposures, Darkroom Instructor & Program Associate, SF, CA
Editorial & Commercial Clients
Amour Vert, Allbirds, Branch, Everlane, Les Echos Week-end, The Lesser Known Quarterly,
Levi’s, Old Navy, Pali Swim, PayPal, El País, Perdiz, Road & Track, San Francisco Magazine,
SF Chronicle, Stitch Fix, El Tecolote, WSJ Custom Content