“Artists details”
Artists Bio
Originally
from Brisbane Australia, Daniel moved to Melbourne in January 2006 to study
Diploma of Visual Arts illustration at North Melbourne technical college and to
further his artistic career. On his arrival he did a mentorship in bronze
sculpture with the artist Peter Andrianarkis of the Fitzroy gallery. So
far he has hosted ten solo exhibitions and exhibited widely in group shows in
Australia, at Climate gallery in New York and twice in China. His artwork
is a part of numerous national and international private art collections.
Daniel has supported his art and life by doing pavement art in Melbourne CBD
and pursuing his arts practice full time. He has been travelling and painting
in Europe since September 2008 and during this time he has exhibited in Spain
and Germany. Now he is living and creating new work in London.
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Born: 12th of May1982 in Brisbane
Australia
Education:
2007 Diploma
visual arts illustration North Melbourne Institute of TAFE
2006 Mentorship
with Peter Andrianarkis in bronze sculpture Fitzroy gallery Melbourne
1999 Graduated
of year 12 Kelvin Grove State High School Brisbane
Awards:
2008 Highly
commended and peoples choice award in the Williamstown contemporary art prize Melbourne
2006 Finalist
in the Brett Whiteley traveling art scholarship National gallery of NSW Sydney
2005 Best
series of traffic signal boxes painted Brisbane
Young
at art competition Brisbane
2001 Traffic
stoppers award, Brisbane city council public art project
1998 Excellence
in youth art, Kelvin Grove State High School Brisbane
Solo Exhibitions:
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
Fitzroy Melbourne
The morning and other life
occurrences, Fitzroy gallery Melbourne
2005 Fat
boy’s café, Fortitude valley Brisbane
2004 The
elements,
2002 Gallery
café 84
2001 The
green olive, restaurant Newfarm Brisbane
Selected Group
Exhibitions:
2009 The
zeit of drawing, Climate gallery New York
Plastic
platform inclusion, Turn gallery Berlin Germany
Reflections
on Australia, Zhenqzhou China
2008 Williamstown
contemporary art prize, Melbourne
Eyes and ears, Open studio
Northcote Melbourne
2007 Illustra
exhibition of contemporary illustration, Chapel off Chapel
Select seven, cylinder boutique
Tattersal’s contemporary art
show, Williamstown Melbourne
2006 The
Australian pavilion, the international art fair Guangzhou China
Landed, Gasworks gallery
Melbourne
Nud-Art, History
Postcard, Toyota community
spirit gallery, Port Melbourne
2005 The
Ones art group exhibit, CBD gallery Brisbane
The many forms, the Arts factory
gallery
2004 New
Farm Power house mental health week, Brisbane
The love link, Metro arts
Brisbane
2003 New
Farm Power house, Brisbane
Stephen’s gallery, Brisbane city
hall
The basement, Metro Arts
Brisbane
2002 Graydon
Galleries, New Farm Brisbane
Jacaranda art Co-op, New Farm
Power house Brisbane
Provocative passions at the Pink
palace, Brisbane
2001 Homeless
art, New Farm Power house Brisbane
1998 Excellence in youth art,
Brisbane boy’s grammar High school
Public Art:
2001-2008 The painting of over 100 traffic light boxes for the Brisbane
city council. Click here to view them.