Daan den Houter (NL, 1977) is a multidisciplinary artist that works and lives in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). Bringing multiple, contradictory, subjects together in the same single work den Houter creates pieces that are in conflict with themselves. They trigger the discussion about their own value and the viewer’s opinion.

In his paintings he researches the boundaries of painting. His endless painting aims for eternity but dooms to fail. The ice-paintings are in constant transformation unable to hold on to, like the sky is changing during sunset. The project ‘Canvas-Repaint’ is a painting that’s being painted over for 161 times since 2002. Every painting is painted by another artist, only to be shown for 1 week. This painting misses the essence of a painting; ‘A frozen moment in time to which one always can return’. This work was nominated for the Royal Award for Painting (2012) and shown at museum Boijmans van Beuningen in 2014 and 2024. The stripe-paintings fool the viewer by a strange mix between depth and a flat surface. Unable to really see the painting is resin carved into the wood. Which gives the easy looking image a new dimension.