Daniel Blignaut

Daniel is a South African architect who started to pursuing his first love – ART soon after obtaining his masters degree in Architecture by studying fine art at the University of Unisa. He has had several solo shows at prominent Art Galleries in South Africa. and the USA. His work is widely collected by many prominent Private and Corporate collectors.

In his latest work he returns to the subject of trees, which has been a fascination me since childhood and occurred in his work since the early eighties. Instead of a representational depiction, He employs something similar to an Iconographic template to portray their presence, complexity, and majesty. He uses trees as a metaphor for the human condition -- for instance, the visual measure of the passage of time, the seasonal cycle of death and rebirth, and the diversity of personalities. His work is interested in the physicality of trees, and in the way that time, environment and climate impacts the body to produce an enormous visual variety.

In “A Conversation with Trees,” the vibrant colors that have been a hallmark of his work are slightly de-saturated and toned down. He explores the visual nature of hissubject matter by expressing it in a variety of textures. The chess bo...

Education 1983–1984 University of South Africa (UNISA)
 Enrolled in Bachelors of Fine Arts degree program
1976–1980 University of Pretoria Pretoria, South, Africa
 Masters degree in Architecture

Solo Exhibitions

2013 – The Studio @ 620 – St Petersburg FL
1995- Karen Mc Kerron Gallery – Johannesburg, South Africa.
1993 – Karen Mc Kerron Gallery – Johannesburg, South Africa
1989 – Volkskas Gallery – Pretoria, South Africa
1987 – Volkskas Gallery – Pretoria, South Africa

Group Exhibitions
2006- Gala Corina Art Exhibition – Tampa FL
2005- Gala Corina Art Exhibition – Tampa FL
2004- Gala Corina Art Exhibition – Tampa FL
2003- Gala Corina Art Exhibition – Tampa FL
1995 – Arcadia Gallery – Pretoria South Africa
1986– SA Art Society New Signatures –Volkskas Gallery Pretoria South Africa