Daniel Grüttner, born on December 13th, 1979 in Rotenburg an der Wümme, initially studied human medicine at the University of Leipzig from 2000 to 2002. He then switched to studying at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, where he finally became a master student of Prof. Siegfried Anzinger. In 2005 he started exhibiting. In 2008 he moved to Berlin, where Grüttner now lives and works. Since 2009 he has been an artist in residence at the Starke Foundation in Berlin.

Daniel Grüttner’s first exhibition was Daniel Grüttner - Bilder at Galerie Sammler in Leipzig in 2006, and the most recent exhibition was Beyond Elysium at Kleiner Von Wiese in Berlin in 2020. Daniel Grüttner is mostly exhibited in Germany, but also had exhibitions in Austria, Spain. Grüttner has 4 solo shows and 26 group shows over the last 14 years. Grüttner has also been in one art fair but in no biennials. The most important show was on 17/13 at Kunstgruppe in Cologne in 2013. Other important shows were at CCA Andratx in Andratx and Werkstadt Graz in Graz. Daniel Grüttner has been exhibited with Herbert Willems and Leiko Ikemura.