Originally from Brisbane, Daniel Worth studied visual arts illustration at NMIT in Melbourne. He has been a finalist in the Jack Goldhill Painting Prize in London, received both Highly Commended and People’s Choice in the Williamstown Art Prize, and been a finalist in the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship. He has exhibited widely in both solo and curated exhibitions in Australia, the UK, Europe and the US. Now he is living in Melbourne where he is studying at the Victorian College of Arts.
Born:
1982 in Brisbane, Australia
Education:
2016 Graduate Certificate of Visual Arts, Victorian College of Art
2007 Diploma of Visual Arts Illustration, North Melbourne Institute of TAFE
2006 Apprenticeship in Bronze Sculpture, Peter Andrianakis , Melbourne
Awards:
2012 Finalist in the Jack Goldhill Painting Prize, London
2008 Highly Commended and Peoples Choice Award in the Williamstown Art Prize, Melbourne
2006 Finalist in the Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship, Australia
2005 Best Series of Traffic Signal Boxes Painted, Brisbane
First Prize in the Young at Art Competition, Brisbane
2001 Traffic Stoppers Award, Brisbane
1998 Excellence in Youth Art, Kelvin Grove State High School, Brisbane
Solo Exhibitions:
2014 Paper Snapshots, Mario's Cafe, Melbourne
2013 Paintings from Europe, Mario’s Café, Melbourne
2012 Cities at Night, Untitled Artists Fair, London
2011 The Thames, Paul McPherson Gallery, London
Little Places, Worcester Arts Workshop, Worcester, England
2009 Impressions of Spain, Café Bar Hispano, Cuenca, Spain
2008 Interior Paintings, Mario’s Café, Melbourne
2007 Around town, Fitzroy gallery, Melbourne
2006 Recent Paintings from Melbourne, Cylinder Boutique, Brisbane
From life, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
The Morning and Other Life Occurrences, Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Characters, Fat Boy’s Cafe, Brisbane
2004 The Elements, Judith Wright Center, Brisbane
2002 Landscapes and Visions, Gallery Café 84, Brisbane
Group Exhibitions:
2015 Linden Postcard show, Melbourne
Association of Sculptors Victoria, Annual Awards Exhibtion, 600 Bourke Place, Melbourne
Celebrating 20 Years of Illustration, Melbourne Polytechnic, Chapel of Chapel Gallery
Agendo Art Prize, St Heliers Gallery, Abbotsford, Melbourne
Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Association of Sculptors Victoria, Melbourne
A4 Art Australia, Contemporary Art Society, Herring Island Gallery, Melbourne
Cambridge Studio Gallery Portrait Prize, Melbourne
Narrative, Association of Sculptors Victoria, Herring Island Gallery, Melbourne
2014 The Christmas Show, Cambridge Studio Gallery, Melbourne
Bella Arti Prize, Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Melbourne
The Great Mandala, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
Linden Postcard show, Melbourne
Who is looking at you? Portrait Prize, Cambridge Studio Gallery, Melbourne
2013 The Summer show, Mick The Gallery, Paddington Sydney
Tatiara Art Prize, Walkway Gallery, Bordertown, South Australia
All Creatures Great and Small, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
Agendo Art Prize, St Heliers Street Gallery, Abbotsford, Melbounre
Art Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne
Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition, Melbourne
Tide and Times, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
2012 Jack Goldhill Painting Prize, Zabuldowicz Collection, London
2011 Mixed Reception, Art and Escape Gallery, London
2010 Art and Escape Awards, Art and Escape Gallery, London
2009 The Zeit of Drawing, Climate Gallery, New York
Plastic Platform Inclusion, Turn Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Reflections on Australia, Into Arts, Zhenqzhou, China
2008 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition, Melbourne
Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize, Substation Arts Center, Melbourne
Eyes and Ears, Open Studio, Northcote, Melbourne
2007 Illustra, Graduate Show of Visual Arts Illustration NMIT, Chapel Gallery, Melbourne
Select Seven, Cylinder Boutique, Brisbane
Tattersal’s Contemporary Art Show, Substation Arts Center, Melbourne
2006 The Australian Pavilion, International Art Fair, Guangzhou, China
Landed, Gasworks Gallery, Melbourne
Postcard, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
2005 The Ones Art Group Exhibition, CBD Gallery, Brisbane
The Many Forms, the Arts Factory Gallery, South Brisbane
2004 Mental Health Week, New Farm Power House, Brisbane
The Love Link, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2003 Jacaranda Art Co-op, New Farm Power House, Brisbane
Stephen’s Gallery, Brisbane City Hall
The Basement, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2002 Jacaranda Art Co-op, Graydon Galleries, Brisbane
Jacaranda art Co-op, New Farm Power House, Brisbane
Provocative Passions, the Pink Palace, Brisbane
2001 Homeless Art, New Farm Power House, Brisbane
1998 Excellence in Youth Art, Brisbane Boys Grammar High School, Brisbane
1982 in Brisbane, Australia
Education:
2016 Graduate Certificate of Visual Arts, Victorian College of Art
2007 Diploma of Visual Arts Illustration, North Melbourne Institute of TAFE
2006 Apprenticeship in Bronze Sculpture, Peter Andrianakis , Melbourne
Awards:
2012 Finalist in the Jack Goldhill Painting Prize, London
2008 Highly Commended and Peoples Choice Award in the Williamstown Art Prize, Melbourne
2006 Finalist in the Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship, Australia
2005 Best Series of Traffic Signal Boxes Painted, Brisbane
First Prize in the Young at Art Competition, Brisbane
2001 Traffic Stoppers Award, Brisbane
1998 Excellence in Youth Art, Kelvin Grove State High School, Brisbane
Solo Exhibitions:
2014 Paper Snapshots, Mario's Cafe, Melbourne
2013 Paintings from Europe, Mario’s Café, Melbourne
2012 Cities at Night, Untitled Artists Fair, London
2011 The Thames, Paul McPherson Gallery, London
Little Places, Worcester Arts Workshop, Worcester, England
2009 Impressions of Spain, Café Bar Hispano, Cuenca, Spain
2008 Interior Paintings, Mario’s Café, Melbourne
2007 Around town, Fitzroy gallery, Melbourne
2006 Recent Paintings from Melbourne, Cylinder Boutique, Brisbane
From life, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
The Morning and Other Life Occurrences, Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Characters, Fat Boy’s Cafe, Brisbane
2004 The Elements, Judith Wright Center, Brisbane
2002 Landscapes and Visions, Gallery Café 84, Brisbane
Group Exhibitions:
2015 Linden Postcard show, Melbourne
Association of Sculptors Victoria, Annual Awards Exhibtion, 600 Bourke Place, Melbourne
Celebrating 20 Years of Illustration, Melbourne Polytechnic, Chapel of Chapel Gallery
Agendo Art Prize, St Heliers Gallery, Abbotsford, Melbourne
Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Association of Sculptors Victoria, Melbourne
A4 Art Australia, Contemporary Art Society, Herring Island Gallery, Melbourne
Cambridge Studio Gallery Portrait Prize, Melbourne
Narrative, Association of Sculptors Victoria, Herring Island Gallery, Melbourne
2014 The Christmas Show, Cambridge Studio Gallery, Melbourne
Bella Arti Prize, Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Melbourne
The Great Mandala, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
Linden Postcard show, Melbourne
Who is looking at you? Portrait Prize, Cambridge Studio Gallery, Melbourne
2013 The Summer show, Mick The Gallery, Paddington Sydney
Tatiara Art Prize, Walkway Gallery, Bordertown, South Australia
All Creatures Great and Small, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
Agendo Art Prize, St Heliers Street Gallery, Abbotsford, Melbounre
Art Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne
Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition, Melbourne
Tide and Times, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
2012 Jack Goldhill Painting Prize, Zabuldowicz Collection, London
2011 Mixed Reception, Art and Escape Gallery, London
2010 Art and Escape Awards, Art and Escape Gallery, London
2009 The Zeit of Drawing, Climate Gallery, New York
Plastic Platform Inclusion, Turn Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Reflections on Australia, Into Arts, Zhenqzhou, China
2008 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition, Melbourne
Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize, Substation Arts Center, Melbourne
Eyes and Ears, Open Studio, Northcote, Melbourne
2007 Illustra, Graduate Show of Visual Arts Illustration NMIT, Chapel Gallery, Melbourne
Select Seven, Cylinder Boutique, Brisbane
Tattersal’s Contemporary Art Show, Substation Arts Center, Melbourne
2006 The Australian Pavilion, International Art Fair, Guangzhou, China
Landed, Gasworks Gallery, Melbourne
Postcard, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
2005 The Ones Art Group Exhibition, CBD Gallery, Brisbane
The Many Forms, the Arts Factory Gallery, South Brisbane
2004 Mental Health Week, New Farm Power House, Brisbane
The Love Link, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2003 Jacaranda Art Co-op, New Farm Power House, Brisbane
Stephen’s Gallery, Brisbane City Hall
The Basement, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2002 Jacaranda Art Co-op, Graydon Galleries, Brisbane
Jacaranda art Co-op, New Farm Power House, Brisbane
Provocative Passions, the Pink Palace, Brisbane
2001 Homeless Art, New Farm Power House, Brisbane
1998 Excellence in Youth Art, Brisbane Boys Grammar High School, Brisbane
