Daniel DiCaprio earned his MFA in Metal Design from East Carolina University and a BS in Art Education from Nazareth College. DiCaprio currently teaches at UL Lafayette. His prior experience includes maintaining a studio practice, working as a professional goldsmith and teaching Jewelry and Metalsmithing at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.

"My work is an exploration of transitional moments. The process of adaptation and evolution informs my practice by highlighting the instant when something is forced to change. I seek to emphasize this moment of intersection in particular and maximize the tension it creates. Referencing what we are and where we came from, the pieces are created to articulate the tenuous balance between survival and destruction that all life forms maintain in the world."

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