Sid Daniels

I was born in Toronto, Canada, and upon graduating in 1974 from the Ontario College of Art, where I studied fashion drawing, I then relocated to New York City in 1978. And during the height of the Disco Era, I immersed myself into the euphoria New York City nightlife and music. The fashion bug already inside me was about to unleash the beginning of a series of fashion art illustrations that would continue through 1992. Also during this period, I took my paintings to a whole new level. Large scale paintings with a retro flair, combining music, fashion and theatrical elements which also worked with my restaurant and hotel lobby mural assignments.

I have spent a lifetime paying homage to the world of Burlesque, MGM Hollywood movie musicals, haute couture fashion, Latin and Brazilian music, Vintage cafe society, The Big Band Era, Art Deco design and architecture, all of which have been catalysts that have inspired the recurring theme of the"Showgirl" in my works on paper and canvas. It's a subject that I continue to reinvent and explore. I refer to my painting style, (a combination of rich saturated color, geometric design elements, sharp hard-edge lines, and highly stylized figurative forms) as Latin Deco. In front of the canv...

1970-1974 Ontario College of Art 1970-1974.

Art Basel Miami Beach
Spectrum Art Fair 2017
Aqua Art Miami 2018

2010-2011
Cando Arts Co-op
Flavors, Fantasies, Phobias
The Sex Exhibit
Death

2008
Williams Island Art Show,Miami Fl
'Latin Deco Dreams' Miami Beach Botanical Gardens

2007
'The Grape Escape 4' Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl
The Rod and Reel Club, Hibiscus Island, Miami, Fl
Art Basel 'South Florida Art Show,' Continental Hotel, Miami Beach, Fl
'Miami Home and Remodeling Show,' Miami Convention Center, Fl
Avanti, Miami Beach, Fl

2006
Art Miami Botanical Gardens, Miami Beach, Fl
MiArte Gallery, Coral Gables, Fl

2005
The Bergman Collection, Miami Beach, Fl

2004
Fortune Realty, Miami Beach, Fl
Michael Graves Building, Miami Beach, Fl

2003
Kennedy Gallery, Miami Beach, Fl
Miami Beach Festival of the Arts, Miami Beach, Fl
The Wavery, Miami Beach, Fl
The Mirador, Miami Beach, Fl

2002
Art Deco Weekend, Miami Beach, Fl
Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, Miami Beach, Fl
'New Artists at Madison Square Gardens' New York City, NY
'New Yorkers in Barcelona,' Barcelona, Spain
The Dyansen Gallery, New York City, NY

1999
Carolines, Miami Beach, Fl

1997
The Farber Shop, Miami Beach, Fl

1990
Zorah Gallery, New York City, NY ...