Daniel Samaniego is an artist and cultural worker based in Queens, New York. Combining fantastic, grotesque, and pop imagery, his labor-intensive graphite drawings and theatrically scaled drawing installations explore the interplay between queer identity, desire, and monstrosity. Recent exhibitions include Lavender Scare, curated by Dan Halm at the Spring/Break NY Art Show, and Lined and Torn: Paper Works from The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Collection in Las Vegas (2023). Samaniego is currently an artist in residence at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space.