Darren Siwes

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Darren Siwes (b 1968, Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian artist. He is of Indigenous and Dutch descent.

He completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons), (1996) and a Graduate Diploma of Education (1997) at the University of South Australia.

He has a unique style, at once recognisable and haunting, of photographing familiar South Australian landmarks, and using double exposure to superimpose the ghostly figure of an Aboriginal man in a suit and tie onto the image. More recently he has used female figures in this same style. Siwes' work is political in this sense.

He says he is inspired by artists such as Tracey Moffatt and Gordon Bennett (artist), and is interested in exploring the possibilities of Aboriginal art in new forms and new media.

1 Awards
2 Individual Exhibitions
3 Selected Group Exhibitions
4 Collections

[edit] Awards

2002, Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship

[edit] Individual Exhibitions

2001, Misperceptions, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Nellie Caston Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Fall, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1997 Horizon Scenes, University of California, Irvine Gallery, Los Angeles
1996, Castles in the Air, Metro Galleries, Brisbane
1996, Natural Alibis, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

[edit] Selected Group Exhibitions

2001, ARCO (ARte COntemporáneo) [[1]] World Art Fair, Madrid
2000, Across, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra
2000, State of My Country: a survey of Contemporary Aborginal Art, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
2000, Chemistry, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2000, Beyond the Pale: Adelaide Biennial of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
1999, Living Here & Now: Art & Politics, Australian Perspecta Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1998, 15th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, and touring
1998 Three Views of Kaurna Territory Now, Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide
1996 Guddhabungan, Jabal Centre, Australian National University, Canberra