Daniela Wood

Artist Statement:

I was born in London, England in 1965 and currently live on Vancouver Island in BC, Canada. A creative director by trade, I was schooled at York University where I received a BFA with Honours. Influenced by Turner, Rothko, Hitchens, Anselm Kiefer and Takao Tanabe, I am interested in investigating the human experience using landscape as a metaphor.

I have been pondering the 'Current Landscape'… perspectives of society at this moment in time. In trying to resolve my own isolation I find my paintings try to dialogue between place and being. I have a feeling that something greater lies beyond by the sureness of the horizon and the vastness of the sea and sky. A constance in nature that connects us all.

Education:

BFA with Honours, Fine Arts - York University, Toronto, Ontario.

Exhibitions:

2013 Even Cheaper Art Show Aug 3-4 | Artbarn International (group show)
2013 Pecha Kucha Salt Spring Sept 20-22 | Artbarn International (group show)
2013 Nuit Noire Nov 2 | Artbarn International (group show)
2013 Artbarn Boxing Day Show Dec 26-28 | Artbarn International (group show)
2014 New Works in Landscape April 18-20 | Artbarn International (solo show)
2014 Even Cheaper Art Show June 28-29 | Artbarn International (group show)
2014 Best of Saatchi Online http://www.saatchiart.com/shows/best-of-2014
2014/15 Artbarn BlowArt Dec 26-Jan 1 | 508 Herald St, Victoria (group show)
2015 PinkHaus Art Auction-aiding SSNAP May 15-17 | Mahon Hall, SSI (group show)
2017 SSNAP Art Auction May 19-22 | Mahon Hall, SSI (group show)

Professional/Teaching Experience:

09,1998 to 05,2000 - Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC - Sessional Instructor - Instructed various graphic design courses within the Visual Arts Department.
 

Artistic Influences:

Anselm Kiefer is a great influence on me. As well as Rothko and Pollock and the whole American Abstract Expressionist movement.

Tags:

abstract, landscape, kiefer, rothko, abstract expressionist, white