Daniel von Sturmer was born in New Zealand and studied at RMIT University in Melbourne, where he now lives and works. In 2007 he represented Australia at the 52nd Venice Biennale. He has exhibited at numerous international public venues including the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; the Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden; the Hamburger Bahnhoff Museum, Berlin and Auckland Art Gallery. Recent solo exhibitions include The Field Equation at ACCA, Melbourne (2006); Set Piece (2009) at Site Gallery, Sheffield and The Cinema Complex (2010) at Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney.