Daniel Maidman was born in 1975 in Toronto, Canada. He has attended life drawing workshops 2-3 times a week since 1998. He also spent two years working on an anatomical atlas based on human cadaver dissections in which he participated at Santa Monica College, under the guidance of Dr. Margarita Dell. He moved to New York in 2006. His current paintings range from the figure and portraiture to still lives, machines, and cityscapes.

His work has been shown in juried shows at galleries in New York, Ohio, Missouri, California, and Oregon. He has been a finalist in The Artist’s Magazine’s figurative painting competition (2009, 2010), and his paintings and writing on art have been published by ARTnews, American Art Collector, International Artist, SUNY-Potsdam, and the blogging section of artistdaily.com, the online presence of American Artist magazine. His work is included in numerous private collections.

Daniel Maidman’s other interests include writing and filmmaking.