daniela maría
cv
2024
EXPERIENCE
Ceramicist — The Conran Shop, London — September 2024
Created eight ceramic pieces for “New Perspective,” an exploration of form, material, and process on the ontology of craft. Part of London Design Festival, curated by Stella Smith, showcased at The Conran Shop in Sloane Square.
Installation Artist — Three Wheel Drive, Andover — August 2024
Created an interactive installation for music and arts festival: A post office where people could write letters to their dance floor crushes, friends and enemies, and post them into an mailbox where they would then appear up on the noticeboard.
Curator — Greatorex Street, London — February - August 2024
Created a conceptual anthropological museum called finetoothcomb with Flow Bracey. Invited fifty artists to contribute “artefacts” to the collection, where they would be displayed like excavated relics. Hosted and funded by Greatorex Street as part of their Tellus Triennial award. Led a core team of 10, overseeing artist selection, production, press releases, and managing exhibition installation. Published an accompanying collection of essays on atavism, craft, and de-colonisation practices in museum collections.
Collections Group Member — Crafts Council, London — June 2024
Participated in a series of sessions around gallery collections and how to engage and work with young people as a member of the Young Craft Citizens network.
Photographer for Viviene Sansour — Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, London — June 2024
Photographed artist Vivienne Sansour’s performance/ritual/dinner. Sansour works with farmers from her native Palestine and around the world to find and reintroduce threatened crop varieties, and using this produce hosted a mournful and celebratory dinner of Palestinian dishes.
Arts Facilitator — RUSS Community Land Trust, London — September 2023 - June 2024
Volunteered leading art workshops to facilitate resident integration in a community-led affordable housing project. Worked with board member Joel Simpson in series of meetings about land rights.
Photographer — Feeo — February 2024
Created press material with stylist Kit Rimmer for Feeo’s EP and single launches, featured in publications such as CRACK magazine and The Quietus.
Private Tutor — September 2022 - September 2023
Tutor in English Language, English Literature, Creative Writing, and Spanish, primarily at GCSE and A Level. Specialised in working with students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Researcher — Polaroid Foundation — March 2023
Researching the history of Polaroid camaras for exhibition proposal by the Polaroid Foundation.
Artist Assistant — Perla Krauze, Mexico City — January - May 2022
Assisted in art making and handling, translation, gallery communications, and archival work in a studio setting. Responsibilities included sewing, cyanotype printing and other print-making, photographing work, and helping Krauze prepare her large scale exhibition at UNAM.
Photography Assistant — Cuauhtemocxin Garcia, Mexico City — May 2022
Internship position assisting on production, lighting, post- production, general administration, as well as film developing, printing, and scanning.
Arts Facilitator — JUMEX Museum, Mexico City — January - April 2022
Member of the volunteer program at Museo JUMEX, CDMX. Museum guide and educational workshop organiser, specialising in activities for children and families.
Greeter — Frieze Art Fair, London — October 2021
Front of house position at Frieze Art Fair, working cloakroom, ticket booth and showing guests around.
Photography Assistant — Joshua Gordon / Bottega Veneta, London — October 2022
Assistant on the campaign from pre-production research and model scouting to assisting with set design, styling and lighting on set.
Model Scout — Sarah Small / Goodcatch, London — March - December 2021
Assistant to Sarah Small at GoodCatch, London. Undertook both digital and streetcasting roles, alongside additional visual and brand research responsibilities. Clients included Issey Miyake, Alexander McQueen, Palace, Acne Studios, Cavempt, Hannah Moon, Axel Arigato, Tyrone Lebon, Sainsbury´s Beauty.
Studio Assistant — Xavier Mañosa at Apparatu, Barcelona — October - December 2019
Working at a ceramics design studio testing and archiving the company´s glazes to create an inventory. Other responsibilities included assisting slip casting, extruding, moulding, and assisting various sculpting processes.
EDUCATION
Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London (UAL) — Bachelors of Fine Art, First-Class Honours, 2024
University of the Arts London (UAL) — Diploma in Professional Studies, 2022
Photofusion Brixton — Intensive darkroom training course, 2021
Ceramicist — The Conran Shop, London — September 2024
Created eight ceramic pieces for “New Perspective,” an exploration of form, material, and process on the ontology of craft. Part of London Design Festival, curated by Stella Smith, showcased at The Conran Shop in Sloane Square.
Installation Artist — Three Wheel Drive, Andover — August 2024
Created an interactive installation for music and arts festival: A post office where people could write letters to their dance floor crushes, friends and enemies, and post them into an mailbox where they would then appear up on the noticeboard.
Curator — Greatorex Street, London — February - August 2024
Created a conceptual anthropological museum called finetoothcomb with Flow Bracey. Invited fifty artists to contribute “artefacts” to the collection, where they would be displayed like excavated relics. Hosted and funded by Greatorex Street as part of their Tellus Triennial award. Led a core team of 10, overseeing artist selection, production, press releases, and managing exhibition installation. Published an accompanying collection of essays on atavism, craft, and de-colonisation practices in museum collections.
Collections Group Member — Crafts Council, London — June 2024
Participated in a series of sessions around gallery collections and how to engage and work with young people as a member of the Young Craft Citizens network.
Photographer for Viviene Sansour — Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, London — June 2024
Photographed artist Vivienne Sansour’s performance/ritual/dinner. Sansour works with farmers from her native Palestine and around the world to find and reintroduce threatened crop varieties, and using this produce hosted a mournful and celebratory dinner of Palestinian dishes.
Arts Facilitator — RUSS Community Land Trust, London — September 2023 - June 2024
Volunteered leading art workshops to facilitate resident integration in a community-led affordable housing project. Worked with board member Joel Simpson in series of meetings about land rights.
Photographer — Feeo — February 2024
Created press material with stylist Kit Rimmer for Feeo’s EP and single launches, featured in publications such as CRACK magazine and The Quietus.
Private Tutor — September 2022 - September 2023
Tutor in English Language, English Literature, Creative Writing, and Spanish, primarily at GCSE and A Level. Specialised in working with students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Researcher — Polaroid Foundation — March 2023
Researching the history of Polaroid camaras for exhibition proposal by the Polaroid Foundation.
Artist Assistant — Perla Krauze, Mexico City — January - May 2022
Assisted in art making and handling, translation, gallery communications, and archival work in a studio setting. Responsibilities included sewing, cyanotype printing and other print-making, photographing work, and helping Krauze prepare her large scale exhibition at UNAM.
Photography Assistant — Cuauhtemocxin Garcia, Mexico City — May 2022
Internship position assisting on production, lighting, post- production, general administration, as well as film developing, printing, and scanning.
Arts Facilitator — JUMEX Museum, Mexico City — January - April 2022
Member of the volunteer program at Museo JUMEX, CDMX. Museum guide and educational workshop organiser, specialising in activities for children and families.
Greeter — Frieze Art Fair, London — October 2021
Front of house position at Frieze Art Fair, working cloakroom, ticket booth and showing guests around.
Photography Assistant — Joshua Gordon / Bottega Veneta, London — October 2022
Assistant on the campaign from pre-production research and model scouting to assisting with set design, styling and lighting on set.
Model Scout — Sarah Small / Goodcatch, London — March - December 2021
Assistant to Sarah Small at GoodCatch, London. Undertook both digital and streetcasting roles, alongside additional visual and brand research responsibilities. Clients included Issey Miyake, Alexander McQueen, Palace, Acne Studios, Cavempt, Hannah Moon, Axel Arigato, Tyrone Lebon, Sainsbury´s Beauty.
Studio Assistant — Xavier Mañosa at Apparatu, Barcelona — October - December 2019
Working at a ceramics design studio testing and archiving the company´s glazes to create an inventory. Other responsibilities included assisting slip casting, extruding, moulding, and assisting various sculpting processes.
EDUCATION
Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London (UAL) — Bachelors of Fine Art, First-Class Honours, 2024
University of the Arts London (UAL) — Diploma in Professional Studies, 2022
Photofusion Brixton — Intensive darkroom training course, 2021
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