Daniel Connell
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| birth_name = Daniel Connell
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1970}}
| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia
| field = Drawing
| training = Flinders University, University of South Australia
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| awards = Finalist, 2008 Doug Moran Portrait Prize
| website = {{url|https://www.danielconnell.org}}
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Daniel Connell (born 1970) is an Australian artist and arts educator. He is known for portraiture and was selected for the Australia Council's Arts Leadership Program in 2020.{{cite web |title=Current Participants {{!}} Australia Council |url=https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/programs-and-resources/current-participants/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220002002/https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/programs-and-resources/current-participants/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 February 2020 |publisher=Australia Council |accessdate=20 February 2020 |date=20 February 2020}}
Early life
Connell was born in South Australia. He has a Bachelor of Spanish and Latin American studies and a Diploma of Education from Flinders University, a Master of Visual Art and a PhD from the University of South Australia.{{cite web |title=Daniel Connell |url=http://danielconnell.net/about |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018072442/http://danielconnell.net/about |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 October 2016 |accessdate=8 November 2018 |date=18 October 2016}} He lived in India for two years{{cite news |last1=Pholdhampalit |first1=Khetsirin |title=Let's get this on tape The "tape art" |work=The Nation (India) |date=18 May 2014}} and travels and exhibits there.{{cite news |last1=Dua |first1=Sandeep |title=India still has human values |work=The Times of India |date=4 February 2011}}{{cite news |title=Jadeja walks unnoticed and he just loves it |work=The Times of India |date=16 December 2014}}{{cite web |last1=Nath |first1=Parshathy J. |title=Art must disturb… |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/travel/australian-artist-daniel-connell-on-travelling-art-show/article8248621.ece |website=The Hindu |accessdate=8 November 2018 |language=en-IN |date=17 February 2016}}{{cite web |title=sikhchic.com {{!}} The Art and Culture of the Diaspora {{!}} Art Exhibit by Daniel Connell: Sikh-Aussie Portraits of Strength & Diversity |url=http://sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?id=2119&cat=1 |website=sikhchic.com |accessdate=8 November 2018}} He participated in the Kochi-Muziris Biennale{{cite web |title=Meet the artist who presented Australian Indigenous personalities at Kochi Biennale through his paintings |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/malayalam/en/audiotrack/meet-artist-who-presented-australian-indigenous-personalities-kochi-biennale-through-his |website=SBS Your Language |accessdate=8 November 2018 |language=en}} and one of his works was vandalised during the first Biennale.{{cite news |title=Connell repairs vandalised work |work=The Hindu |date=21 December 2012}} Connell exhibited his portraits of Sikhs in London.{{cite web |title=Sikhs in UK to serve langar during Olympic Torch Relay - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sikhs-in-UK-to-serve-langar-during-Olympic-Torch-Relay/articleshow/13886688.cms |website=The Times of India |accessdate=8 November 2018}}
Connell lectures at Adelaide Central School of Art.{{cite web |title=Daniel Connell |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-school/staff/academic-staff/daniel-connell/ |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=8 November 2018 |language=en |date=13 September 2018}}
Artistic style and subject
Connell is known for his large-scale, drawn portraits of migrants, particularly of the Indian community in South Australia.{{cite web |last1=Richards |first1=Stephanie |title=Taxi drivers star in art festival exhibition - The Lead SA |url=http://theleadsouthaustralia.com.au/industries/arts/taxi-drivers-star-art-festival-exhibition/ |website=The Lead SA |accessdate=8 November 2018 |date=24 August 2017}}{{cite web |title=Daniel Connell: Xenosceptica 3 - InDaily |url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2015/03/04/daniel-connell-xenosceptica-3-2/ |website=InDaily |accessdate=8 November 2018 |date=4 March 2015}} He created portraits of fishermen{{cite news |title=Australian artist's determination shines through at art fest |work=Press Trust of India |date=22 December 2012}} and cancer patients in India.{{cite news |title=When art becomes more than lines on paper |work=The Hindu |date=1 January 2016}}
Awards and prizes
- Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize (2008){{cite news |last1=Fortescue |first1=Elizabeth |title=Potpourri of portraits |work=Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |date=7 March 2008}}
- Finalist, 7th Prospect Portrait Prize (2011){{cite web |title=7th Prospect Portrait Prize Finalists |url=http://www.prospect.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=1818 |website=Prospect Gallery |publisher=The City of Prospect |accessdate=8 November 2018 |language=en}}
- Finalist, 9th Prospect Portrait Prize (2107){{cite web |title=9th Prospect Portrait Prize Finalists |url=http://www.prospect.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=3087 |website=Prospect Gallery |publisher=The City of Prospect |accessdate=8 November 2018 |language=en |date=28 November 2017}}
Major exhibitions
- Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2012){{cite news |title=Artist wields the brush for a cause |work=The Hindu |date=9 February 2014}}
- Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2014){{cite web |last1=Ali |first1=Afrah |title=A people's artist celebrating dignity of labour - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/a-peoples-artist-celebrating-dignity-of-labour/articleshow/57011480.cms |website=The Times of India |accessdate=8 November 2018}}
- Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2016){{cite web |last1=Ali |first1=Afrah |title=A people's artist celebrating dignity of labour - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/a-peoples-artist-celebrating-dignity-of-labour/articleshow/57011480.cms |website=The Times of India |accessdate=8 November 2018}}
References
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External links
- Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4vg95es8qM Daniel Connell Draws Two Portraits at the South Australian Museum]
- TedxUbud: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGLUkHJrgek How art teaches you to approach the unfamiliar]
- Entry in [https://www.daao.org.au/bio/daniel-connell/ Design & Art Australia Online]
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Category:Artists from South Australia
Category:Australian contemporary artists
Category:Artists from Adelaide
Category:20th-century Australian artists