Daniel Motz was born in 1954 in Arad, Romania, and immigrated to the United States in 1978. He received his BFA (1984) and MFA (1992) in Film from UCLA and now lives in Atlanta, GA with his family.

Selected solo exhibitions: 
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, April 2015, Reliquaries for the Machine Age
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, April–May 2013
Global Art Gallery, Atlanta, May–June 2004
East–West Gallery, New York, Feb 2002              
Neiman-Marcus, Atlanta, Jan 2002                        
Fowler Galleries, Atlanta, March–April 1996  
Schatten Gallery, Atlanta, Oct–Nov 1993
EZTV, Los Angeles, July 1991                                                
Studio, Sherman Oaks, CA, May–July 1991          
Kerckoff Art Gallery, L.A., April 1991                  
ANAIS Gallery, Munich Oct 1987                       
I.S.C. Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, Feb 1987          
The Braily Building, Pasadena, 1986
L.A. Nicola, Los Angeles, May 1986
L’Ecume, Paris, Sept 1985
ANAIS Gallery, Munich, Mar 1985
Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, June 1983
SHOFA Gallery, Los Angeles, Mar–Apr 1983  
Stages Theater (with Eugene Ionesco) 1983
L’atelier ’74, Paris, 1981
Atelier 16, Arad, Romania, Oct–Dec 1977