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Daniel Boyd (b. 1982) is an Aborigi nal Australian artist who has been exhibiting his work nationally and inter nationally since 2005. Boyd’s ancestry can be traced throughout Queensland and Northern New South Wales to the peoples of Kudjla\, Eastern Kuku Yalanj i\, Kangulu\, Jagara\, Bandjalung\, Kuku Djungan and to North Pentecost Isl and (Vanuatu). In drawing from his indigenous ancestry\, Boyd revisits forg otten histories by examining archives that document interactions between cu ltures. His work often integrates Eurocentric perspectives on Australian hi story while considering the ethics of colonization.
Boyd has held sol o exhibitions at Artspace in Sydney (2013) and at the Natural History Museu m in London (2012). His work was recently exhibited in the 56th Internation al Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia\, Venice\; the 2014 Kochi-Muziris B iennale in India\; the 2014 TarraWarra Biennale\; the 4th Moscow Internatio nal Biennale for Young Art\; and Post-Picasso: Contemporary Reactions\, at the Museu Picasso\, Barcelona.
Boyd’s paintings are held by major col lections including the Natural History Museum\, London\; the National Galle ry of Australia\; the Art Gallery of New South Wales\; the Museum of Contem porary Art\, Sydney\; the National Gallery of Victoria\; the Tasmanian Muse um and Art Gallery\; the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art\; a nd the University of Queensland Art Museum.
In 2014 Boyd completed tw o major commissions\, one at the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Sydney\, and the other at the Macquarie Bank\, Sydney. Boyd was also recently awarded th e 2014 Bulgari Art Award presented by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. H e is represented by Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery\, Sydney\, and Station Gallery\, Melbourne.
Presented by the University of British Columbia Department of Art History\, Visual Art & Theory.
The talk is free and open to t he public. The Distinguished Visiting Artist program is made possible by th e support of the Rennie Collection.
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