Daniel Pitín (*1977, Prague, Czech Republic) studied Classical Painting and Conceptual Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (AVU) under Zdeněk Beran and Miloš Šejn.

A leading figure among the generation of artists to emerge after the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, Pitín is known for visually layered paintings that bring together cinematic imagery, architectural spaces and art historical references. Drawing on sources ranging from film noir and Czech cinema to personal and historical archives, his atmospheric compositions blur interior and exterior, reality and fiction. Fragments of memory, dreams and everyday life are reconstructed into enigmatic, often psychologically charged spaces that explore personal and collective memory, as well as experiences of isolation, surveillance and shifting realities.

Recent solo exhibitions include A Whole Different Animal at hunt kastner, Prague (2026), Concrete Flowers at Blain, London (2026), Memories of a Deserted Island at Nicodim, Los Angeles (2025), The Newcomers Association at hunt kastner, Prague (2024), Time Machine at Nicodim, New York (2023), Playing With Heads at Charim Galerie, Vienna (2022), and A Paper Tower at Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague (2019). Earlier institutional solo exhibitions include the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (2012), Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art and Knoxville Museum of Art (2011).

Pitín’s work is represented in institutional collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Knoxville Museum of Art. He lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic.