Daniel Boyd’s paintings re-interpret Aboriginal and Australian-European history. He has been exhibiting his work nationally and internationally since 2005. Recent solo exhibitions include 'History is Made at Night', Artspace, Sydney (2013); 'The Transit of Venus', Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney (2012); and 'Up in Smoke Tour', Natural History Museum, London (2012). This is his 4th solo exhibition at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.
For the 2014 Sydney Festival Boyd has collaborated with the electronic duo Canyons for '100 Million Nights'. Premiere at the Sydney Opera House on Jan 21.
Boyd has been selected for numerous group exhibitions including 'Future Primitive', Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne (2013); 'Under the sun: the Kate Challis RAKA Award', at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne (2013); 'Debil Debil', curated by Marcia Langton, at Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney (2013); the 7th Asia Pacific Triennial at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (2012); 'Crossing Cultures', Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, USA (2012); and 'One Caption Hides Another', at Bétonsalon, Paris (2011). In 2014 Boyd’s work will be included in 'Regarding Picasso: Contemporary Artists’ Responses to His Art', at the Museu Picasso, Barcelona.
Daniel Boyd paintings are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, as well as numerous private collections national
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