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{{Short description|American painter}}
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| birth_date     = October 19, 1957
| birth_place    = Chicago, IL
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| nationality   = American
| field         = Street Artist, Painter
| training      = 1980 Cooper Union. B. F. A. 1975-77 Rhode Island School of Design
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| website       = [http://www.danwitz.com/ danwitz.com]
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'''Dan Witz''' (born 1957) is a [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|NY]] based [[street art]]ist and realist painter.<ref name="danwitz">{{cite web|url=http://danwitz.com/index.php?article_id=30 |title=Dan Witz &#124; EXHIBITIONS |publisher=danwitz.com|accessdate=2015-09-14}}</ref> He grew up in [[Chicago]], IL, and graduated in 1981 from [[Cooper Union]], on New York City's [[Lower East Side]]. Witz, consistently active since the late 1970s, is one of the pioneers of the street art movement.<ref name="carmichaelgallery">{{cite web |url=http://www.carmichaelgallery.com/shows/november52009.html |title=Dan Witz Dark Doings |publisher=carmichaelgallery.com |accessdate=2015-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310113807/http://www.carmichaelgallery.com/shows/november52009.html |archive-date=2012-03-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Dan Witz's paintings have been shown in galleries throughout the US and Europe. In June 2010 a monograph, "Dan Witz. In Plain View. 30 Years of Artworks Illegal and Otherwise", was published by Ginkgo press.<ref name="gingkopress">{{cite web |url=http://www.gingkopress.com/05-str/dan-witz-in-plain-view.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805040155/http://gingkopress.com/05-str/dan-witz-in-plain-view.html |archive-date=2009-08-05 |url-status=dead |title=Dan Witz: In Plain View - 30 Years of Artworks Illegal and Otherwise (by Dan Witz and David Lopes) &#124; Gingko Press |accessdate=2015-09-14 }}</ref>
==Career==
Dan Witz received a [[National Endowment of the Arts]] grant, in 1983, and fellowships from the New York Foundation of the Arts, in 1992 and 2000<ref name="gingkopress2">{{cite web|url=http://www.gingkopress.com/05-str/dan-witz-in-plain-view.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805040155/http://gingkopress.com/05-str/dan-witz-in-plain-view.html|archive-date=2009-08-05|url-status=dead|title=Dan Witz: In Plain View - 30 Years of Artworks Illegal and Otherwise (by Dan Witz and David Lopes)|accessdate=2015-09-14}}</ref>
In 1983 Dan Witz's first book, "The Birds of Manhattan"  was published by Skinny Books.<ref name="amazon">{{cite book|title=The Birds of Manhattan: Street Paintings: Dan Witz, William Zimmer: 9780912499000: Amazon.com: Books |isbn=0912499001 |last1=Witz |first1=Dan |year=1983 }}</ref> His second book, In Plain View, was released in June 2010, by [[Gingko Press]]. In September 2010, Gingko Press will release "Hummingbirds, 2011".
The work of Dan Witz has appeared in ''[[Juxtapoz]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juxtapoz.com/Top100/dan-witz-dark-doings|title=Juxtapoz.com|publisher=|access-date=2010-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211195344/http://www.juxtapoz.com/Top100/dan-witz-dark-doings|archive-date=2010-12-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', ''Arts Magazine'',<ref name="google">{{cite journal|title=New York Magazine|journal=Newyorkmetro.com.|date=6 February 1995|publisher=New York Media, LLC|issn=0028-7369|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOQCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21|page=21|accessdate=2015-09-14}}</ref> ''[[New York Magazine]]'', ''Sites'', ''Public Art Review'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Daily News (New York)|The Daily News]]'', ''[[Newsday]]'',<ref name="google2">{{cite magazine|title=The New Yorker|magazine=The New Yorker|date=1995|volume=71|publisher=New Yorker Magazine, Incorporated|issn=0028-792X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XvgmAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=2015-09-14}}</ref> ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[Harper's Magazine|Harpers]]'', and ''[[Adbusters]]''. Dan was an early and frequent contributor to the definitive street art website and blog, the [[Wooster Collective]].
Witz's work can be seen in the 2010 [[Banksy]] film, ''[[Exit Through the Gift Shop]]''.<ref name="brooklynstreetart">{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/?p=9611 |title=MBW takes a Big Bite: "Exit Through the GiftShop" Opens in US 4/16 : Brooklyn Street Art |publisher=brooklynstreetart.com|accessdate=2015-09-14}}</ref>
In 2006 the Lou Auguste documentary, ''Open Air'', featured the studios and methods of Dan Witz as well as five other American street artists: [[Faile (artist collective)|Faile]], Skewville, Mike De Foe, Espo, and Tiki Jay.<ref name="louauguste">{{cite web|url=http://www.louauguste.com/|title=LouAuguste|publisher=louauguste.com|accessdate=2015-09-14}}</ref> His work was also featured in the 2005 film, ''To Be Seen'', by Alice Arnold.<ref name="icarusfilms">{{cite web|url=http://icarusfilms.com/new2006/to.html|title=To Be Seen|publisher=icarusfilms.com|accessdate=2015-09-14}}</ref>
Dan Witz paintings have been shown in galleries worldwide; including [[Jonathan LeVine]] Gallery, in [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]], New York; Stolen Space Gallery, London, England; Carmichael Gallery, [[Los Angeles]], CA; Addict Galley, [[Paris, France]]; White Walls, [[San Francisco]], and DFN Gallery New York.
==Recent publications==
*2010	"In Plain View: 30 Years of Artworks Illegal and Otherwise" Dan Witz, Introduction by David Lopes, Gingko Press<ref name="gingkopress"/>
*2010	"Hummingbirds 2011" Dan Witz, Gingko Press
*2010	"Trespass, A History of Uncomissioned Urban Art" Edited by Ethel Seno, in collaboration with Marc and Sara Schiller, [[Taschen]]<ref name="taschen">{{cite web|url=http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/art/all/05719/facts.trespass_a_history_of_uncommissioned_urban_art.htm |title=Trespass. History of Urban Art. TASCHEN Books |publisher=taschen.com|accessdate=2015-09-14}}</ref>
*2010	"Stickers, From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art" DB Burkeman/ Monica 	LoCascio, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.<ref name="slamxhype">{{cite web|url=http://slamxhype.com/art-design/stickers-from-punk-rock-to-contemporary-art-book-from-rizzoli/|title=Stickers &#124; From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art Book from Rizzoli - Curators, Cultivators, Collaborators. Shop The Hottest Streetwear Brands|publisher=slamxhype.com|accessdate=2015-09-14}}</ref>
*2010	"Street Art Cook Book, A Guide to Techniques and Materials", Benke Carlsson/ Hop Louie, Dokument Press<ref name="dokument">{{cite web |url=http://www.dokument.org/renderUtgivning.asp?p=utgivning&book=2962 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823150730/http://www.dokument.org/renderUtgivning.asp?p=utgivning&book=2962 |archive-date=2010-08-23 |url-status=dead |title=Dokument Press |accessdate=2015-09-14 }}</ref>
*2010	"Beyond the street" Patrick Nguyen, Stuart Mackenzie, Gestalten <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gestalten.com/books/detail?id=ceafb21a24b0f7bc01253147b86600f1|title=gestalten books|publisher=}}</ref>
*2009	"The Thousands, painting outside, breaking in" DRAGO<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dragolab.com/en/books/catalogue/the-thousands-limited-edition|title=drago lab.com|access-date=2010-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211004059/http://www.dragolab.com/en/books/catalogue/the-thousands-limited-edition|archive-date=2010-02-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2009	"Untitled II, The Beautiful Renaissance", Gary Shove<ref name="tower">{{cite web |url=http://www.tower.com/book-publisher/pro-actif-communications |title=Pro Actif Communications Book Store at Tower.com |publisher=tower.com |accessdate=2015-09-14 |archive-date=2012-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007134055/http://www.tower.com/book-publisher/pro-actif-communications |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2008	"Untitled, Street Art in the Counter Culture", Gary Shove
*2008	"Street Art". Cedar Lewisohn Tate Publishing
*2007  	"Sticker City" Claudia Walde alias [[MadC]]<ref name="thamesandhudson">{{cite web |url=http://www.thamesandhudson.com/9780500286685.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126202651/http://www.thamesandhudson.com/9780500286685.html |archive-date=2010-01-26 |url-status=dead |title=Thames & Hudson Publishers &#124; Essential illustrated art books &#124; Sticker City |accessdate=2015-09-14 }}</ref>
*2007	"Street Renegades" Francesca Gavin<ref name="laurenceking">{{cite web |url=http://www.laurenceking.com/product/Street+Renegades%3A+New+Underground+Art.htm |title=Search results for: 'Street Renegades: New Underground Art' &#124; Laurence King Publishing |publisher=laurenceking.com |accessdate=2015-09-14 |archive-date=2012-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611125420/http://www.laurenceking.com/product/Street+Renegades%3A+New+Underground+Art.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2006	"The Art of Rebellion 2" Christian Hundertmark/ C100<ref name="gingkopress3">{{cite web|url=http://www.gingkopress.com/05-str/art-of-rebellion-2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805033002/http://gingkopress.com/05-str/art-of-rebellion-2.html|archive-date=2009-08-05|url-status=dead|title=The Art of Rebellion 2: World of Urban Art Activism (by Christian Hundertmark &#91;C100&#93;)|accessdate=2015-09-14}}</ref>
*2004	"Graffiti World" Nicholas Ganz<ref name="abramsbooks">{{cite book|url=http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Graffiti_World_Updated_Edition-9780810980495.html |title=Graffiti World (Updated Edition) (Hardcover) &#124; ABRAMS |date=September 2009 |publisher=abramsbooks.com|isbn=9780810980495 |accessdate=2015-09-14}}</ref>
*2003	"I NY New York Street Art" Kelly Burns<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gestalten.com/books/detail?id=402881820693dcee010693dd883503a2|title = All Books}}</ref>
*2002	"Stencil Graffiti" Tristan Manco<ref name="stencilgraffiti">{{cite web|url=http://www.stencilgraffiti.com/|title=Stencil Graffiti.com|publisher=stencilgraffiti.com|accessdate=2015-09-14}}</ref>
*1985	"Street Art" Allan Schwartzman
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