Who Daniel is
Daniel Arendzen is a Malaysian-based Dutch phygital (physical work with a digital counterpart) artist focussing on traditional architecture. He is a printmaker and a 3D environment artist who intentionally reconstructs architectural structures before creating physical monotype prints.
My work is pushing back on modern life by embracing vernacular architecture that captures local wisdom, choice of materials, skills and craft, and building in harmony with the environment rather than against it. I recreate traditional houses place them in scenes from which I provide giclee prints, and I create hand-pulled monotypes from the same houses. I bring traditional architecture into worlds the houses never could be to create more questions than answers. In the real world many houses are abandoned or in decay. In my world they live and tell their story.
