About the Artist

Daniel H Bell (b.1980) grew up in the West Midlands and currently lives in Edinburgh. He studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art and Digital Practices at Norwich School of Art and Design. After completing his BA in the painting department he moved into sculpture and model-making, and from there settled on stop-motion animation. Since his MA he has continued with a tactile approach to film-making, which in turn has developed into a return to painting.

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He was the winner of the Contemporary British Painting Prize in 2024, having also been shortlisted in 2022. His work was included in AIR Open 2024 at Rogue Artists' Studios, Manchester, The Horror at Project 78 Gallery, St Leonards-on-Sea (2024), the Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition (2023), the Derwent Art Prize (2022) and Living With the Past at Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield (2022).

 

Film screenings include Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, San Francisco, USA (2020), Antimatter Media Art, Victoria, Canada (2017), London Short Film Festival, ICA, London (2009) and Filmfest Dresden: International Short Film Festival, Germany (2008).

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Exhibitions 

2024 Contemporary British Painting Prize – BayArt, Cardiff

                                                                         – Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London 
                                                                         – Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield 

2024 AIR Open 2024 – Rogue Artists' Studios, Manchester
2024 The Horror! – Project 78 Gallery, St Leonards-on-Sea
2023 Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition – The Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr
2023 Bridge – Tjörnedala Konsthall, Skåne, Sweden
2022 Contemporary British Painting Prize – Huddersfield Art Gallery
                                                                         – Thames-Side Studios Gallery
2022 The Anxiety of Interdisciplinarity – The Island Venue, Bristol
2022 Living With the Past – Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield
2022 Derwent Art Prize 2022 – Gallery@Oxo, London
2022 Janus Revisited – Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield
2013 Vestlandsutstillingen 2013 – Tour of various venues in Western Norway
2012 The Stuff of Nightmares – V&A Museum of Childhood, London
2011 Sturiale Paper Projects 1 – Sturiale Project Space, Gorizia, Italy
2010 Drawings from the Collection by Brindle and Bell – V&A MoC, London
2009 Salthouse 09 – The Church of St Nicholas, Salthouse
2008 Harmlos: Endlich Menschlich – Montana, Berlin
          Kettle’s Yard Open – Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
          Salon 08 – Matt Roberts Arts / VINEspace, London

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Film screenings
The World 2020 Another Hole in the Head – San Francisco, USA
Toad Pinger Locator 2017 Antimatter Media Art – Victoria, Canada
Shelf 2009 London Short Film Festival – ICA, London
Leftfield and Luscious – Tenderpixel Gallery, London
Flatpack Festival – The Electric Cinema, Birmingham
Toenails 2008 Filmfest Dresden: International Short Film Festival
700IS Experimental Film and Video Festival – Iceland
London Short Film Festival – ICA, London
Cannes in a Van – Cannes Film Festival

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Education
Norwich School of Art and Design (2006-2007) MA Digital Practices – Distinction
Glasgow School of Art (1999-2003) BA (Hons) Fine Art – First Class with Distinction
Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology (1998-1999) BTEC Diploma Art & Design