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Daniel Savage is a New York based artist working across design, illustration, and motion. His practice draws from printmaking techniques, using tools like pen plotters to produce animation that feels both mechanical and handmade. His work sits between abstraction and representation, balancing precision with unpredictability. His commercial clients include Hermès, Burberry, and Universal Music, as well as editorial clients such as The New York Times and The New Yorker.

Portrait of Daniel Savage, New York based artist, animator, and motion designer
Photo by Jayson Palacio for Dilitru

Recent Press

2026 Creative Boom, "Something Savage this way comes"
2024 It's Nice That, "Daniel Savage's kaleidoscopic animations"
2024 Sound & Vision Podcast, Daniel Savage

Publications

2025 Something Savage. Monograph, Vetro Editions, Berlin.

Select Public Art & Screenings

2025 Los Angeles Central Library, large-scale LED animation, Los Angeles, CA
2025 Circa LA, large-scale LED animation, Downtown Los Angeles
2025 Marriott DTLA, large-scale LED animation, Downtown Los Angeles
2025 Lightbox, Northbridge Piazza Public Screening, Perth, Australia
2025 DEMO Festival, Various public screens, Netherlands
2020 Igneous, Mon Oeil, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2020 Look-See, Mon Oeil, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2020 Igneous, GLAS Animation Festival
2020 Igneous, Pictoplasma Festival
2018 Marshall McLuhan, GLAS Animation Festival
2017 Façade, commissioned animation. StandardVision SV Presents, DTLA
2016 Look-See, StandardVision SVLA1 Showcase, DTLA
2016 Yule Log 2.016, screening. BRIC House, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Yule Log 2.014, screening. BRIC Arts Media, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Yule Log 2.0, projection. Manhattan Bridge, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Yule Log 2.0, screening. Big Screen Plaza, New York, NY
2012 CEMUSA Art Show, Times Square Billboard, New York, NY

Group Shows / Juried Exhibition

2025 Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
2024 Light Play, Buena Vista Projects, Chicago, IL
2017 Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
2012 Art Directors Club: Young Guns, New York, NY

Select Awards & Honors

2025 New York Times: Best Illustrations of 2025
2024 New York Times: Best Illustrations of 2024
2012 ADC Young Guns 10: The One Club for Creativity

Curatorial & Founded Projects

2016–2020 Mixed Parts. Founder. Online platform for the design and animation community to share work and discuss the industry
2013–2016 Yule Log 2.0. Founder & curator. 200+ films, 150+ international artists across four editions

Teaching

2020 Harbour Space University, Barcelona
2009–2014 New York University, CADA
2007–2009 School of Visual Arts, MFA Designer as Author

Select Lectures & Panels

2024 It's Nice That: Nicer Tuesdays
2017 Parsons School of Design, Visiting Lecture
2016 SUNY Purchase College, Studio Visit
2015 School of Visual Arts, Graphic Design BFA
2014 School of Visual Arts, Motion Design BFA
2014 Parsons School of Design, Algorithmic Animation
2014 SUNY Purchase College, Alumni Lecture
2013 Young Guns 11 Jury Panel, SoHo Apple Store, New York, NY
2012 SoHo Apple Store, New York, NY