Ingrid Daniell
Artist's Statement
Exploring themes of time, deep time, awe, spirituality, and our instinctive need to connect with nature, Daniell’s work serves as both a meditation and a response to the environmental crisis. The landscape is her constant muse, a symbol of resilience and fragility, and a lens through which she processes climate anxiety. Her paintings hold space for reflection on the tension between the vulnerability of the earth and the human longing for belonging and transcendence. Her distinctive style fuses atmospheric layering with abstracted forms and is inspired by the works of German expressionists, Tove Jannson, Hilma af Klint, and Grace Cossington Smith.
Biography
Ingrid Daniell (b.1971) is a painter and visual artist, based on Wadawurrung Country, Jan Juc, Victoria, and Pyemmairrener Country, Foulmouth, Tasmania. In her paintings, Daniell uses the structure of landscape to convey her respect and reverence for the natural and spiritual worlds. After she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Textile and Fashion from RMIT, Melbourne, in 1993, she spent years designing fabrics and soft furnishings before turning her creative focus back to the arts. Daniell’s work was selected and displayed in the Biennale of Australian Art in Ballarat, and in 2022 her artworks became prints for a collection in the Geelong Gallery. Daniell has exhibited in several solo and group shows across Australia and internationally. In addition to her works being held in global private collections, her work is part of the public collection at St Vincent’s Private Hospital. Her works have been published in the Uprise Art New York Journal and GT Journal.
