
Daniel was born and raised Sydney, Australia. He began his career in film and television, where he gradually found himself drawn to his interest in light and photography. He went on to graduate from Photo media at Sydney College of the Arts and was awarded the prestigious Phototechnica Award for New Australian Photo-Artist of the Year – 2001 with his honours project.
He was exhibited in groups shows at ACP Sydney, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, UTS Gallery, First Draft Gallery and most recently at Neubacher Shor (Toronto) during Contact Photo Festival 2014. His first solo show “Botanical Inquiry” was recently exhibited at Saint Cloche Gallery in Sydney.
Daniel has initiated and collaborated on projects with Future Classic Music, Rosemount Australian Fashion Week, and Oxfam/Cirque du Soleil (World Youth Day).
He was an exhibited finalist in the 2005 Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography award and whilst living in Canada was awarded the LUX Prize for an Editorial Portrait Series.
He is currently based in Sydney
For more information on Daniel visit: www.danielshipp.com
Awards
2015 | Highly Commended – Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art |
2015 | International Photography Awards, Winner – Fine Art : Still Life |
2007 | Luxe prize (Quebec, Canada) for an Editorial portrait series |
2005 | Josephine Ulrick Award (exhibited finalist) |
2001 | Photo Technica New Australian Photo Artist of the Year |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 | Daniel Shipp, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney |
2015 | Botanical Inquiry – The Other Art Fair, Sydney |
2015 | Botanical Inquiry – Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney |
2011 | Future Classic x Daniel Shipp, Somedays Gallery, Sydney |
2010 | The Fashion Week Project – Belinda, Paddington |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 | Antipodean Inquiry, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore |
2014 | Carbon – Neubacher Shor Contemporary, Toronto |
2005 | Making Silence – UTS Gallery |
2001 | Triggered – First Draft Gallery |
2000 | Hatched – Perth Institute of Contemporary Art |