Dan Colen has been exhibited internationally by leading galleries such as Gagosian Gallery and featured in the USA Today exhibition at the Royal Academy in Fall 2006. He was a participant in the 2006 Whitney Biennial. His work consists of painted sculptures appropriating low-cultural ephemera, graffiti-inspired paintings of text executed in paint, and installations.

Colen's work has been exhibited at galleries including Deitch Projects and Barbara Gladstone Gallery in New York. He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including 'Potty Mouth, Potty War, Pot Roast, Pot is a Reality Kick' at Gagosian Gallery in New York, 'USA Today' at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the 2006 Whitney Biennial in New York, 'Fantastic Politics' at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo and 'No Me' at Peres Projects in Berlin. He has several pieces in the Saatchi Gallery collection and in the Whitney's permanent collection.