Daniel Wallis :: Allsopp Contemporary :: Artist
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Biography Daniel Wallis work combines found objects with subtle, intricate craftsmanship. His diverse forms contain an underlying poeticism often imbued with humorous interpretations of the world around us. Wallis explores and re-contextualises quotidian motifs and forms (see Ostrich Lamp and La-Z-boy chair, both 2007) transforming his source material (a lamp, a chair) from functional to contemplative objects. In so doing Walliss sculptures invite us to re-consider the humour, beauty and precariousness of our surroundings. Equally Wallis more formal investigations (see Beacons and Cock and Ball Story, both 2007) offer a more abstracted understanding of our relation to objects in space and how forms sit together. Side-stepping outspoken social comment or a rigorous, investigative ardour, his broad range of work nevertheless invites the viewer to re-engage with objects as well as the space - and world - within which they function.
Daniel Wallis lives and works in Reading.
Education 2004-2007 Royal Academy Schools 2001-2004 Chelsea College of Art 2000-2001 Brighton College of Art And Technology
Solo Exhibitions 2008 Allsopp Contemporary, London
2007 Beacons, Project Room, Allsopp Contemporary, London
Group Exhibitions 2007 Seven Hundred And Twenty Eight Days Later, Marksman, Reading Royal Academy Schools, Graduate show, London Royal West of England Academy Sculpture Exhibition, Bristol
2006 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London Premiums, Royal Academy of Art, London ASP-KRK-RAS-LDN, Wisnicz castle, Poland. Drawing Exhibition, Dover Street Arts club, London.
2005 Jerwood Drawing Prize, Touring show. Radar in association with Art Review, The Empire Gallery London. Noncomposmentis, Corsica studios, London.
2004 Future Map, University of the Arts, London. No, concrete basement, London Best of School, M-Art, London. Chelsea graduate show, London.
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