ABOUT

Danielle Kosann (b. 1986) is a painter based in New York. Working in oil and ink, she reimagines the contemporary feminine experience, rendering ordinary moments with a dreamlike quality.

Born in New York City, Kosann draws from a visual language shaped by architecture, literature, and art history to create the luminous compositions that define her practice. Trained as a photographer, Kosann’s finished canvases carry traces of the director’s eye, as though each scene were carefully choreographed. In practice, they arise more intuitively, through her process of giving form to emotion. 

A title arrives first, establishing the emotional foundation for the work. With that title as a guide, the composition begins to unfold. Women move freely through spaces that glow with possibility, unburdened by the male gaze or the weight of the current moment. Their moments of communion propose a redefinition of romance, one that expands beyond its conventional boundaries to encompass the full spectrum of human connection.

Transformation, Kosann suggests, is not only found in distant worlds. It has been here all along, hiding in plain sight: in our capacity to love and be loved, to connect deeply with ourselves and others. She greets the viewer with an invitation: to approach the everyday with a childlike curiosity, a restoration of wonder that does not require a new life, only a new way of seeing.

Danielle Kosann currently lives in New York. Her work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and is on permanent view at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City.

Recent exhibitions and fairs include: Solo Presentation, Expo Chicago (2026); You Still Haven't Met All of the People Who Are Going to Love You, Solo Exhibition, Lobster Club, New York (2025); NADA NYC, Lobster Club, New York (2025); The Lobster Club LA Group Show, Los Angeles (2025, 2026); The Mysteries That Were Ours, Solo Exhibition, Salon 21, New York (2024); and A Divine Comedy, Solo Exhibition, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Palm Beach (2024).

Please reach out to studio@daniellekosann.com with inquiries