Daniele Dell'Angelo Custode was born in Mettman (Germany) in 1961, from immigrant parents. Once back in Italy, he attended the Art Institute of Nardò, in the home town of origin. Since his young age he started to experiment working the metal in his father's laboratory, in fact, his first creations date back to the 80s. From the very beginning he had a very special intuition in realizing the expressive potential of the metal element, deeply understanding and researching all its possible variants. Under his hands, a hard material like iron becomes docile like paper or clay because of the plasticity it manages to obtain. In such way also the works mostly vocated  to abstractionism have a very strong communicative effect. Particular emphasis is given by the artist at his concept of ​​territoriality that expands throughart the cultural and historical roots: one of his most recent and iconic study (still in progress) is inspired by the archaeological finding of an extinct prehistoric animal (the bull) that is the emblem of his city of origin, as well as the totemic works that were inspired by the archaicconstructions (dolmens and menhirs) of southern Italy. Dell’Angelo Custode, equally at ease with the abstract works and with figurative ones, creates installations from treated, abraded, scratched, bent metal surfaces, as well as monumental works that burst onto the urban scene of the squares, historical sites and parks in dialogue with the enviroment.

He has exhibited widely at international level in solo and collective exhibitions in vibrant cities such as Paris, Brussels, London, Berlin, Dubai, Lecce, Matera, Turin. He has a solid collectionism and works with public and private commissions.