Daniel McKewen
Education
2013
Doctor of Philosophy (Visual Arts), Queensland University of Technology
2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) Honours, QUT
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Paper Empire, Bus Projects, Melbourne
2016
Strange Loops, Firstdraft, Sydney
2014
Spectral Value, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2012
Faces of Vanity Fair, QUT Public Art Billboard, Brisbane
Distance, IMA@Ksubi, Brisbane
The Art of Being a Fan, The Block, QUT, Brisbane
2011
Portraits, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2010
Top Ten Box Office Blockbusters of All Time in Dollars, Metro Arts, Brisbane 2007 – BETA, Boxcopy ARI, Brisbane
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016-18
Creative Accounting, Touring exhibition, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW; Manningham Art Gallery, VIC; Albury Library Museum, NSW; UQ Art Museum, QLD; Western Plains Cultural Centre, NSW; Museum of the Riverina, NSW; Moree Plains Gallery, NSW
2017
Less than: Art and Reductionism, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
2016
Big Cheese (presented as part of Dark Mofo), Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown
The R&M McGivern Prize, ArtSpace at REALM, Ringwood
Neo-Normal (John Fries Award), University of New South Wales Galleries, Sydney
2015
Resistance, Screengrab International Media Arts Award, Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville
Text, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Two Party State, Channels Video art festival, Melbourne
The Churchie national emerging art prize, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
2014
The List, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown
John Fries Memorial Prize, UNSW Galleries, Sydney
The Substation Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation, Newport
The Churchie national emerging art prize, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
You Imagine What You Desire, 19th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
NEW14, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2013
Talk Show (after the break), Kudos gallery, Melbourne
With Open Arms, Blindside ARI, Melbourne
Bazinga!, Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland
Peripheral Visions: Contemporary art from Australia, Garis & Hahn Gallery, New York
The Social, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown
2012
Gold Coast Art Prize 2012, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Gold Coast
Greatest Hits Volume Three, IMA, Brisbane
SafARI Art Festival, The Rocks Popup, Sydney
2011
Peeping Toms, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Grid North, The Block, QUT Precincts, Brisbane, (with Boxcopy)
The Knowledge, Post Museum, Singapore, (with Boxcopy)
2010
Semiotics @ Play, Downtown Cool Media Festival, Tokyo
Structural Integrity, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, (with Boxcopy)
Some absolute beauties, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, (with Boxcopy) 2008 – Perfection, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2008
The Light in Winter, Federation Square, Melbourne
Great Expectations, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
The Vernacular Terrain, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing
2007
Greatest Hits/Previously Unreleased Tracks, IMA, Brisbane
Fresh Cut, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2007 – 06
International Digital Art, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing
Awards & Prizes
2015
Arts Project Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Recipient
Screengrab International Media Arts Award, Finalist
Sunshine Coast New Media Art Award, Finalist
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Finalist
The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Finalist
2014
John Fries Memorial Prize, Finalist
The Substation Contemporary Art Prize, Finalist
The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Finalist
2013
New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Recipient
2012
Recipient: QANTAS Encouragement of Contemporary Art award Recipient – QUT Postgraduate Research Award Scholarship
Finalist: SOYA QANTAS Award - Visual Arts
Kick Off commission, Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
QUT Public Art Billboard, QUT Kelvin Grove
Collections
QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton
Artbank Collection
Private Collections