Leap Frog Ottoman Darren Romanelli | Buy Art Online

Darren Romanelli is a Los Angeles-based artist and designer known for his innovative approach to upcycling and collaboration. Using his collection of vintage denim, textiles, and sportswear sourced from local flea markets and thrift stores, Darren Romanelli created these one-of-a-kind ottomans out of materials that reference everything from tattoos to fine art. He starts by bringing materials into his studio—along with pieces from his personal collection—and they eventually become a handful of ottomans that together create vast stories with patterns and colors that echo throughout the collection.

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About the artist:

Darren Romanelli is an artist, designer, collaborator, and creator who has spent the past two decades reimagining and revolutionizing at the crossroads of culture and commerce. With his unique aesthetic sensibilities and deep love for pop nostalgia, Romanelli ignites collaborative partnerships between Fortune 100 brands and museum-level fine artists via a wide variety of projects. At the center of all Romanelli’s creations is a core philosophy of sustainability and upcycling, underscoring and uniting his work across fashion, watches, furniture, interior design, and more. His one-of-a-kind, joyful, and impactful visual hybrids are familiar yet fresh, simultaneously nodding to the past while revealing glimpses of a utopian future.

Darren Romanelli lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

Romanelli has collaborated with artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Janis Joplin, Big Boi, Maxfield, NASA, Adidas, Nike, Mickey, Coke, and Modernica.

He has participated in recent exhibitions at K11 Musea x WOAW Gallery in Hong Kong, China (2022); Friedman Brenda in Los Angeles, CA (2022); The Pit in Los Angeles, CA (2021); Neutra VDL House in Los Angeles, CA (2021); and the Parco Museum in Tokyo, Japan (2021).

Romanelli’s work was featured at Gagosian in collaboration with Richard Prince’s Katz + Dogg brand, and he previously collaborated with artist Madsaki on exhibitions at MOCA Geffen in Los Angeles, CA, and the D Museum in Seoul, South Korea.