ARTIST BIO

Biography

Daniel Kneebone is a professional Designer & photographer working for Sotheby's Australia. His personal work Daniel has developed his own style utilises colour pixels for painting and a camera to capture images from his imagination. His current art practice explores live performance art, which highlight professional artists’ in the industry. In doing this, he creates multi-layered images where fiction and reality meet, narratives emerge, and past and present fuse. He does this by combining a strong sense of colour, light, and composition to depict theatrically dramatised characters, which create a sense of wonder and intrigue. With strong influences from pop art, film, and popular culture, Daniel often references women performers and other modern female archetypes.
Daniel is currently represented by the Jackman Gallery, St.Kilda.

EXHIBITIONS

2018   Sydney International Exhibition of Photography
2018   Solo Commercial Display, St.Hotel, St.Kilda
2018   Studio B Gallery Group Photographic Exhibition
2018   Contemporary Art Awards On-line Exhibition
2017   Jackman Gallery - Solo Exhibition Femme Magnifique
2017   Ballarat International Foto Biennale
2017   Tall, Dark & Art - Burlesque, Let Me Tease Group Exhibition
2016   Linden Gallery Postcard Show
2015   Vox Populi Art Gallery for the Ballarat International Foto Biennale
2015   Ballarat Cabaret Festival, Mining Exchange

AWARDS

2019   Finalist at the Contemporary Art Awards
2018   UK, The Society of Photographers - Highly Commended
2018   Sydney International Exhibition of Photography - Merit
2018   Australian Professional Photography Awards - 1 Gold & 1 Silver Distinction
2017   Third Place - International WPPI Second Half Awards Contemporary Portrait
2017   International WPPI Second Half Awards - 2 Silvers
2017   Australian Professional Photography Awards - 1 Silvers
2017   International WPPI First Half Awards - 4 Silvers
2017   Finalist at the Contemporary Art Awards
2017   Third Highest score Portrait Division Victorian Professional Photography Awards -
           1 Gold, 1 Silver Distinction & 2 Silvers
2016   Finalist at the Contemporary Art Awards
2016   Australian Professional Photography Awards - 3 Silvers
2016   Victorian Professional Photography Awards - 1 Silver Distinction & 2 Silvers
2015   Finalist at the Contemporary Art Awards
2015   Winner of the Best Image of Ballarat International Foto Biennale Fringe Festival
2015   Australian Professional Photography Awards - 1 Silver Distinction & 1 Silver

PUBLICATIONS (MAIN)

2018 AIPP Journal, August, Issue 264, page 13 illustration

2017 August 'Ethereal Beauty' featured in Italy's PanoramaMagazine. Panorama is a Life Style     Magazine, it has the largest magazine circulation in Italy.

2017 August 12th ‘Ethereal Beauty’ was illustrated in the Weekend Australian as part of the  story of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale, titled ‘Fields of Gold’.

2017 Alt Life Magazine Cover and feature article.

2015 September 13th Ballarat - The Courier   https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3344798/foto-gallery-goes-on/

http://www.ideaaustralia.com/2017/08/15566/

See my web site: www.femmemagnifique.com.au
See more at my Facebook Page: Daniel Kneebone's Photography

Daniel Kneebone is a professional photographer who utilises colour pixels for painting and a camera to capture images from his imagination. His current art practice explores live performance art, which highlight professional artists’ in the industry. In doing this, he creates multi-layered images where fiction and reality meet, narratives emerge, and past and present fuse. He does this by combining a strong sense of colour, light, and composition to depict theatrically dramatised characters, which create a sense of wonder and intrigue. With strong influences from pop art, film, and popular culture, Daniel often references women performers and other modern female archetypes.

Daniel is currently represented by the Jackman Gallery, St.Kilda.

Professional Experience

Daniel is an experienced photographer and designer specialising in the art auction industry. He gained extensive experience working for Christie’s Australia as their dedicated in-house Art Director for more than 12 years under his own business name Monitor Graphics. He then built on this experience working with well-known art auction houses including Sotheby’s International, Bonhams and Goodman, Leonard Joels, and his most recent in-house appointment at Sotheby’s Australia where he has held the position of Senior Designer and Photographer for the past seven years.