Daniel Diaz Biography

Artist, Painter

Daniel Diaz  View Works

Born: San Juan, Argentina, 1956

In the paintings of Daniel Diaz, the proximity between the conceptual discourse and the artistic structuring acquires a unique value in interpretative terms. Without becoming descriptive or anecdotal, his work reveals a metaphysical drama in which the light and the human body are the protagonists. The image of man in Diaz’s work conjugates the mythical and the material in strategic symbols of different characters; at times the anatomical precision of a figure is contrasted by diffused images in a metaphoric game that seems to reflect the eternal conflict between one and the social masses, between the individual self and the collective identity; in other words, the symbolism of the body is assumed through expressionistic codes in which the image is deformed by the gestural strokes and articulate with light full areas that reinforce the dramatization of the element and the emotional subject.

AWARDS

1988
4th Franklin Rawson Art Competition, Museum of Fine Arts,
2nd place award, San Juan, Argentina
San Juan Social Club, 100th Anniversary Art Competition
Purchase Award, San Juan, Argentina
1986
3rd Franklin Rawson Art Competition, Museum of Fine Art,
Purchase Award, San Juan, Argentina
1st San Juan Bank, Argencard Art Competition,
1st place award, San Juan, Argentina
1985
2nd Franklin Rawson Art Competition, Museum of Fine Art,
Purchase Award, San Juan, Argentina

EDUCATION

University of Rome, Italy, Degree in 1980
Drawing Painting
Mural Painting Sculpture
Restoration Techniques, 1979, with Professor Enzo Manzinni

EXHIBITIONS

2003
New York Art Expo, New York
Barber Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
Gallery 133, Toronto, Ontario
Artera Fine Art, Woodbridge, Ontario

2002
New York Art Expo, New York
Décor Expo, Atlanta, Georgia
Artera Fine Art, Woodbridge, Ontario
Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario
Canadian Heritage Gallery, Kleinburg, Ontario
Lane Gallery, Maple, Ontario
DH Mattix, Chicago, Illinois

2001
New York Art Expo, New York
Décor Expo, Atlanta, Georgia
Left Bank Gallery, Dove Canyon, California
Art Design Resources, Carson, California
Artworld of Sherway, Etobicoke, Ontario

2000
New York Art Expo, New York
Décor Expo, Atlanta, Georgia
Studio 84 West, Ojai, California
Echo Thompsen, Beverly Hills, California

1999
New York Art Expo, New York
Décor Expo, Atlanta, Georgia
Warehouse Gallery, Concord, Ontario
Art Holdings, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Art Design Resources, Carson, California

1998
Meg Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
LA Art Expo, Los Angeles, California
Sonoma Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario
Art World of Sherway, Etobicoke, Ontario
Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
Joseph D. Carrier Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario
Strictly Originals Inc., Woodbridge, Ontario
University of Mexico,
South Florida Artist Perspective, Miami, Florida
Bird Road Artist Colony, Miami, Florida

1997
Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario
Bird Road Artist Colony, Miami, Florida
Mexican Consulate, Miami, Florida
Art Museum of Miami, Miami, Florida
1813 Gallery, Tampa, Florida
Jewish Women Foundation for Children, Florida
South Florida Artist Perspective, Miami, Florida
Sisley Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1996
New York Art Expo, New York, New York
Atre Ba, Centro Cultuarl Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bird Road Artist Colony, Miami, Florida
Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario
Sisley Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1995
Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida
Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario
Free & Free Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
Sisley Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fenix Fine Arts, Miami Florida

1994
Art Visual – 94, Harbourfront Community Gallery, Toronto, Ont.
Arafi – Ball Hardour, Florida
Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario
Lerner Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
Free & Free Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
Fenix Fine Arts, Miami, Florida
Opera Gallery, Singapore
Dyan/Coquant Gallery, Paris, France
Galeria Arte Moderno, Cali, Colombia
Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida
Consulate of Argentina, Toronto, Ontario
Sergio Fonseca Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1993
Javier Lumbreras Fine Art, Miami, Florida
Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Fine Arts Warehouse Gallery, Concord, Ontario
Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario
M & W Art Ltd., Hong Kong

1992
Arte 92, New York, New York
York University, North York, Ontario
Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario
Art Probe International Inc., North Rocfern International Galleries, Woodbridge, Ontario
Art Probe International Inc., North York, Ontario
Fine Arts Warehouse Gallery, Concord, Ontario

1991
Fine Arts Publishing Gallery, Nobleton, Ontario
Fine Arts Warehouse Gallery, Concord, Ontario

1990
Corbett & Wayne Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Henri Tannas Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Maria Sur Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Arnold Gottlieb Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
‘Atelier’ Art Gallery, San Juan, Argentina

1988
Dryen Imports Co. Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Juried exhibition in Arts Centre, Mendoza, Argentina
Las Chacaritas, International Airport, San Juan, Argentina

1987
Dryen Imports Co. Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

1986
Official Department of Marital Status, San Juan, Argentina
Juried Exhibition for the 3rd Franklin Rawson Art Competition, Museum of Fine Art, San Juan, Argentina
Juried Exhibition for the 1st San Juan Bank, Argentina Direction of Tourism, San Juan, Argentina
Juried Exhibition for the 1st Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat Art Competition, Buenos Aries, Argentina
National Mortgage Bank of San Juan, Argentina

1985
ODECOOP Bank Art Foundation, San Juan, Argentina
Juried Exhibition for the 2nd Franklin Rawson Art Competition, Museum of Fine Art, San Juan, Argentina
Santa Fe Arts Council, Santa Fe, New Mexico

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Museum of Contemporary Fine Art, Argentina
Forum Artis Museum of Contemporary Art, Modena, Italy
Museum of Latin American Art, Miami, Florida
Osmus Art Foundation, New York, New York
Magnotta Winery, Vaughn, Ontario
Santaguida, Toronto, Ontario
Delsan Demolition, Toronto, Ontario
Phillips Environmental, Toronto, Ontario
Deutsche Bank, Mississauga, Ontario
Fifthshire Homes, Concord, Ontario
Speranza Banquet Hall, Brampton, Ontario
Fotiou Frames Ltd., Concord, Ontario
D. Dorval, Photographer, Toronto, Ontario
Artifex Design Group, Woodbridge, Ontario
Art Impressions Magazine, Markham, Ontario
Wellness, MD, Medical Journal, Markham, Ontario
Mr. Ken Smith, District Attorney, San Bernardino, California
Bellair Development Corp., Mississauga, Ontario
Bianchi, Presta, Barristors & Solicitors, Concord, Ontario
Genova, Cooper, Barristers & Solicitors, Woodbridge, Ontario
Key Direct Market Labels, Markham, Ontario
Colour Innovations, North York, Ontario
Borgo, Office Furniture, Mississauga, Ontario
Dr. Greenspan, Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Cohen, Toronto, Ontario
Dr. David, Order of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Adams Collection, Nassau, Bahamas
Free & Free, Boca Raton, Florida
M & W Art Ltd. Hong Kong
Can-do Transport Systems Inc., Etobicoke, Ontario
Borg Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Diplock Flooring, Etobicoke, Ontario
Ciff Rajkumar, Richman Hill, Ontario
Zanchi Collection, Switzerland
Uriel Financial Corp. Concord, Ontario
Magic Maintenance, Concord, Ontario