Selected Publications
Academic Writing
“The Queer Politics of Hélio Oiticica’s Babylonian Cinema.” Art Style, Art & Culture International Magazine 15 (March 2025): 11-46. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14941036. Peer-reviewed.
"An Outlaw in Babylon: Hélio Oiticica’s Transgressive Strategies in the Margins of New York, 1970–1978" (Master’s Thesis, Hunter College, 2021). CUNY Academic Works. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/818.
Mayer, Daniela. “Hidden in Plain Sight: “Secret” Cult Temples in the Culturally Diverse City of Dura-Europos.” Ink & Image 8 (Spring 2016): 17-28. https://issuu.com/inkandimage/docs/ink_image8.
“Moving Towards Participation: The Proto-Participatory Innovations of Kinetic Art.” Northwestern Art Review 16 (Summer 2016): 16–23. https://issuu.com/nuartreview/docs/nar15.
Exhibition Essays
“Gimme WORLD-SHELTER: The Private Cosmococas and Hélio Oiticica’s Relationship with Domestic Space.” (New York: Hunter College Art Galleries, 2023). http://www.leubsdorfgallery.org/cosmic-shelter-zine.
“Ouroboros: A Conversation with Christina Barrera on Art and The Cyclical Nature of Revolution.” (New York: MAMA Projects, 2024). https://www.danielamayer.com/s/para-todos-todo-zine.pdf.
“Looking Also Happens in Time: Memory Traces in Robert Rauschenberg's Night Shades and Phantoms.” In Robert Rauschenberg: Night Shades and Phantoms, 1991, edited by Emily Braun and Julia Blaut, 10–19. New York: Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, 2020. https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/collaborations/hunter-college-cuny-fall-2018-spring-2019.
Gallery Texts
MANUEL HERNANDEZ: Eternal Voices, Raíces Resistentes. Exhibition text, March 13 – April 17, 2025. https://mamaprojects.co/.
CHRISTINA BARRERA: PARA TODOS TODO, FREE IN THE OPEN AIR. Exhibition text, curated by Daniela Mayer, July 24 – August 17, 2024. https://mamaprojects.co/Christina-Barrera.