Background
Colen, Dan was born in 1979 in Leonia, New Jersey, United States.
Colen, Dan was born in 1979 in Leonia, New Jersey, United States.
Born and raised in Leonia, New Jersey, Colen graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the in 2001.
His work consists of painted sculptures appropriating low-cultural ephemera, graffiti-inspired paintings of text executed in paint, and installations. His father, Sy Colen, a wood and clay sculptor, was a participant in the 2006 reality television show Artstar.