Daryl Waller
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Daryl Waller is an artist
based in London
, England. He was born in Cornwall
, England in 1978. Waller studied at the Royal College of Art
, London, 2001-2003. He won the Sheila Robinson Drawing Prize in 2003. Before the Royal College he studied to be an illustrator at Hereford College of Arts and Design 1997-2000.
He has shown his work frequently in London and Cornwall and has also exhibited internationally including with the WestGermany Gallery in Berlin
with artist David Sherry
and the Tart Gallery in San Francisco. Nomadic with his choice of medium Waller predominately makes paintings and drawings, but also makes video based work, artists’ books and performance art. He also works under the pseudonym
Swiftie, who makes public intervention art.
In 2005 Waller's work was purchased by the Wellcome Collection
.
In 2007 Waller contributed the artwork for the album Tuned to Love by the British band The Loose Salute
He also directed the video for the song The Mutineer, a song taken from the same album.
In 2008 he had a solo show at Goldfish Contemporary Arts entitled 'Two Crosses' and also exhibited "The New Landscape" exhibition at the The Royal Cornwall Museum.
In July 2009 Waller was selected to exhibit at the Northern Print Biennale in Newcastle.
2009 also saw Waller create the artwork for the album Goodnight Unknown
by Lou Barlow
released through Merge and Domino Records. To accompany this he also directed a promo, 'sharing', the first song on the record.
In September of 2011 Waller set up Flawedcore Records, an independent label created to release his own sound and music material.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
based in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England. He was born in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, England in 1978. Waller studied at the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
, London, 2001-2003. He won the Sheila Robinson Drawing Prize in 2003. Before the Royal College he studied to be an illustrator at Hereford College of Arts and Design 1997-2000.
He has shown his work frequently in London and Cornwall and has also exhibited internationally including with the WestGermany Gallery in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
with artist David Sherry
David Sherry
David Sherry is an artist.Sherry was born in Northern Ireland before studying at the Glasgow School of Art. He is best known for his performance art. Stitching is a video of him stitching pieces of wood to his feet while he offers verbal instructions on how to do this...
and the Tart Gallery in San Francisco. Nomadic with his choice of medium Waller predominately makes paintings and drawings, but also makes video based work, artists’ books and performance art. He also works under the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
Swiftie, who makes public intervention art.
In 2005 Waller's work was purchased by the Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection
The Wellcome Collection is a museum at 183 Euston Road, London, displaying an unusual mixture of medical artifacts and original artworks exploring 'ideas about the connections between medicine, life and art'. The Collection comprises three public exhibition spaces, an auditorium, events space, cafe...
.
In 2007 Waller contributed the artwork for the album Tuned to Love by the British band The Loose Salute
The Loose Salute
The Loose Salute are a British band founded by drummer Ian McCutcheon of Slowdive and Mojave 3 who also sings and plays guitar. The band consists of Lisa Billson , Charlotte King , Alan Forrester...
He also directed the video for the song The Mutineer, a song taken from the same album.
In 2008 he had a solo show at Goldfish Contemporary Arts entitled 'Two Crosses' and also exhibited "The New Landscape" exhibition at the The Royal Cornwall Museum.
In July 2009 Waller was selected to exhibit at the Northern Print Biennale in Newcastle.
2009 also saw Waller create the artwork for the album Goodnight Unknown
Goodnight Unknown
Goodnight Unknown is the second album from Lou Barlow, Sebadoh and Folk Implosion frontman. The album was released on October 6, 2009 and was recorded at Ear Knife by Lou Barlow and the Hobby Shop by Andrew Murdock-Track listing:#"Sharing"...
by Lou Barlow
Lou Barlow
Louis Knox Barlow is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Deep Wound, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion. Barlow is credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
released through Merge and Domino Records. To accompany this he also directed a promo, 'sharing', the first song on the record.
In September of 2011 Waller set up Flawedcore Records, an independent label created to release his own sound and music material.