Jill Daniels

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Artworks

Exhibits

Network

Awards

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Birthplace

Fairbanks Alaska

Lives in

Pasadena

Representing galleries

AndrewShire Gallery William Merrill gallery George Billis Gallery LA Mc Nabb Martin Gallery 903 Gallery Portland Soohoh Gallery Seoul Korea

Tags

surrealism painting, minimalism

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Statement

Artistic Statement

The Domestic Collection – The Object As An Utopian Proposal.

“Jill Daniels speaks through solitary pieces of furniture

to communicate ideas about her past life and future aspirations.

Her acrylic paintings of chairs, ottomans, beds and lounging sofas hint

At the kind of symbolism found in a world where the unexplained is

governed by supernatural rules.” AndrewShire Gallery – Soohoh Gallery West into East exhibition, Korea

There is a moment we create just by inhabiting the space we are in. What happens to that space after we have departed? Do the memories linger long after the time has ended? These are the questions proposed by my paintings. Can we savor the moments that make up our lives? These paintings are designed to give the viewer that space. In a time when most of our lives are spent living at a frantic pace the Domestic Collection gives the observer an opportunity to reflect upon the moment that is documented in front of them. It is one crystal moment in time when all that is in front of them, is all that there is.

Can home and the objects that make up the place where we dwell take us beyond our daily existence? I pose the question that they may guide us in our earth bound life, while being a framework to transport us into a higher plane. You, the viewer, will find the answer.

History + Education

Born in Fairbanks, Alaska, Jill has been drawing and painting from an early age. At age eighteen Daniels moved to Southern California to attend art college and begin her formal artistic disciplines. She received a BFA in Fine Art from Pepperdine University. To gain an international perspective on the art scene, Jill lived and studied art history in Heidelberg, Germany and painting in Florence, Italy for a two year stint while traveling extensively throughout many other countries. While studying in Italy, Jill was profoundly influenced by the work of the minimalist painter Giorgio Morandi. After returning to California, she studied illustration at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

Along with exhibiting and selling paintings to collectors in Asia, Australia, Europe and throughout the United States, Daniels’ talent as a painter has also translated into a highly successful career in illustration with entertainment companies. Her art direction and painting skills have been behind numerous productions for Disney, Warner Bros., Dreamworks, Nickelodeon, and MGM. While at Universal Studios, she was instrumental in developing and executing the Emmy winning PBS show, “Curious George”. She has since returned to Disney where she art directs the animated show “Phineas and Ferb” and has won two Primetime Emmy awards for outstanding individual achievement in color and painting.

Exhibitions + Publications

2012

Art Slant, showcase winner for Painting

Gallery 903, Portland, OR, group exhibitions

Chapman University, Permanent art collection, Orange, CA

AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA private invitation show for selected gallery investors

George Billis Gallery, Culver City, CA, group exhibit

William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, group exhibit

McNabb Martin Gallery, San Diego, CA, group exhibitions

2011

Soohoh Gallery, Seoul, Korea group show West into East

AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA group exhibition East into West

George Billis Gallery, Culver City, CA, Art Walk exhibition