Born in Bucharest, Romania, 1988
Lives and works in Bucharest.
2020-2021, PostGraduate, HISK, Gent, Belgium
2013-2015, MFA, UNARTE, Bucharest, Romania (master student of Iosif Kiraly)
2010-2013, BFA, UNARTE, Bucharest, Romania
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Dani Ghercă’s work investigates the ongoing shift in human consciousness brought about by rapid technological advancement. At its core, his practice reflects on how technology reshapes our sense of self, our relationships with others, and our connection to the environment.
Focusing on the intersection of technology, urbanization, and the human experience, Ghercă creates aerial photographic cityscapes that portray metropolises from around the world. These hauntingly dark compositions, punctuated by subtle glints of light and color, evoke feelings of confusion, awe, and claustrophobia—emotions often tied to our increasing dependence on digital systems. His work draws particular attention to how emerging technologies such as data science and generative AI are reshaping behavioral patterns and altering our understanding of reality.
Beyond technological critique, Ghercă is deeply concerned with the erosion of social values like solidarity, empathy, and mutual respect. His work speaks to the tensions of generational divides, the fragility of belonging, and the evolving meaning of global interconnection. By visually articulating the psychological weight of these changes, he invites viewers to confront difficult questions: What does it mean to be human in an era defined by hyperconnectivity, yet marked by widespread alienation? What are the emotional and ethical costs of progress?
Through a visual language both stark and poetic, Ghercă’s practice functions as a mirror to our time—one that seeks not only to represent our technologically mediated existence, but to interrogate its consequences.
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Prior to his current practice (between 2010 and 2019) he worked on different projects that document the social and economic shifts that occurred as a result of the Romanian Revolution and the country's EU membership. Some of the main subjects of his earlier works include marginalized groups living in a maze of underground tunnels in Bucharest ("Tunnels and Pipes" 2011-2015) or the decay of communist working-class neighbourhoods in Romania ("A Diagram of Utopia" 2014-2017).