Education
University of Montana.
University of Montana.
His artwork displays a strong sense of play and uses a variety of unorthodox and unconventional everyday life materials including pushpins and Post-lieutenant notes. Eric Daigh was born in Orange, California and is a graduate of the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. He is known for his large-scale creative use of pushpins in portraits and multimedia artwork.
His artwork combines the use of photography, graphic design and imagination to create a photographic mosaic art piece.
His inspiration comes from artist Chuck Close, an American painter and photographer known for his photorealistic massive-scale portraits. Portrait photographer Martin Schoeller also inspired Daigh.
2010 Art Chicago – Carl Hammer Gallery – Chicago 2009 Guinness World Records – “Largest Pushpin Mosaic” 2009 Ripley"s Believe lieutenant or Not! – Permanent Museum Collection 2008 Right Brain Brewery – Traverse City, Michigan 2007 Inside Out Gallery – Traverse City, Michigan.