Daniel Kathalynas
Award-winning international artist Daniel Kathalynas has exhibited at the US
Embassy in Rome, the National Art Center in Tokyo, and throughout the US.
Born into a blue collar drug and alcohol addled community in Scranton, PA, Daniel
quickly followed his family down a dark spiral. At age 16 during 11th grade
Spanish Class, Daniel came out from a haze to hear the teacher speak of
Picasso’s “Guernica”. The painting resonated and influenced him with its brutal
struggle within and Daniel’s own awakening to a warlike environment around him.
With the help of his close friends he sought assistance and sobered up. From that
moment forward, his art making became a form of relief, salvation, and
expression. Daniel studied Fine Art at Keystone College, and upon moving to NYC
at 20, he continued to study music at Brooklyn College.
Daniel practices meditation and contemplation daily to get under the hood of his
being. He energizes his art with the process of “First Thought Creation” and uses
the first higher meditative thought to instruct his creative move either in painting,
sculpture, or filmmaking. Daniel records his experience of traveling and making art
while experiencing the beauty of landscape and connecting with its people in The
Roaming Artist video series.
Currently, Daniel is the Artist in Residence at 2050Community's headquarters residence & gallery in Virginia Beach.
Embassy in Rome, the National Art Center in Tokyo, and throughout the US.
Born into a blue collar drug and alcohol addled community in Scranton, PA, Daniel
quickly followed his family down a dark spiral. At age 16 during 11th grade
Spanish Class, Daniel came out from a haze to hear the teacher speak of
Picasso’s “Guernica”. The painting resonated and influenced him with its brutal
struggle within and Daniel’s own awakening to a warlike environment around him.
With the help of his close friends he sought assistance and sobered up. From that
moment forward, his art making became a form of relief, salvation, and
expression. Daniel studied Fine Art at Keystone College, and upon moving to NYC
at 20, he continued to study music at Brooklyn College.
Daniel practices meditation and contemplation daily to get under the hood of his
being. He energizes his art with the process of “First Thought Creation” and uses
the first higher meditative thought to instruct his creative move either in painting,
sculpture, or filmmaking. Daniel records his experience of traveling and making art
while experiencing the beauty of landscape and connecting with its people in The
Roaming Artist video series.
Currently, Daniel is the Artist in Residence at 2050Community's headquarters residence & gallery in Virginia Beach.
