About Danny JiJi
Biography
Danny JiJi is a New York–based artist working in geometric abstraction. Each composition is built from exactly 1,000 straight lines, arranged to suggest curves, depth, and movement.
Born in Israel to Iraqi Jewish refugees and raised in New York, his perspective draws on a longstanding interest in mathematics, programming, and the patterns of Moorish architecture. His work brings those interests into a visual practice centered on relationships: between one line and another, between structure and perception, and between a precise system and an unexpected result.
The glass works shown here explore color, overlapping forms, and the space within a pattern. Their titles offer a point of entry without determining what every viewer must find.
A note from Danny
The difficulty in geometric designs.
Geometry is tough. A pattern can make sense mathematically and still not work as an image.
I use exactly 1,000 straight lines. That's one part of it. The other part is what happens between them. A surface seems to turn. A curve appears. You can see how it is made and still be surprised by it.
That's what keeps me interested. I want to understand the structure, but I also want to see what I didn't expect.
Looking ahead
What happens beyond the frame?
The studio welcomes conversations about translating the 1,000-line practice into larger spaces and new formats. Proposals for exhibitions, site-specific work, and moving-image collaborations begin with the idea, then the requirements of the setting.