Daniel Pitín was born in 1977 in Prague. Studied from 1994-2001 at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts in the Classical Painting studio under Professor Z. Beran and the Conceptual Media studio under Professor M. Sejn. Daniel Pitin is a young and talented painter who also works in - as well as being inspired by - film and video. During his studies at the Academy, he twice received the prize for the best work of the year, was the recipient of the Henkel Art Award for artists from Cental and Eastern Europe in 2004, and in 2007 was awarded the Mattoni Prize for the best new artist work at the Prague Biennale.
