Eric Daigh

Eric Daigh is an American artist based in Traverse City, Michigan. He gained acclaim in 2009 when he won third place for his pushpin portraits in the Inaugural ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His artwork displays a strong sense of play and uses a variety of unorthodox and unconventional everyday life materials including pushpins and PostIt notes.

Eric Daigh was born in Orange, California and is a graduate of the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. He is known for his largescale creative use of pushpins in portraits and multimedia artwork. His artwork combines the use of photography, graphic design and imagination to create a photographic mosaic art piece. His inspiration comes from artist Chuck Close, an American painter and photographer known for his photorealistic massivescale portraits. Portrait photographer Martin Schoeller also inspired Daigh.

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