EDUCATION:
Doctorate of Philosophy at UNSW Art and Design, Paddington, NSW. February 2020 – March 2024.
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours Class 1) at UNSW Art and Design, Paddington, NSW. February 2014 – August 2018.

SOLO SHOWS:
2024 Send-Off: La Perouse, La Perouse Museum, La Perouse, NSW.
2023 Send-Off, co-curated with Pippa Mott, Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, Double Bay, NSW.

CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
2024 MASS, group show, Curl Curl Creative Space, Curl Curl, NSW.
2024 Floor Drawing, performance, with James Gardiner (fahn), DRAW Space, Newtown, NSW.
2024 Fabrication, group show, co-curated with Sarah Eddowes, DRAW Space, Newtown, NSW.
2024 Movement Study, performance, with Kristone Capistrano, DRAW Space, Newtown, NSW.
2024 MATTER, group show, Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, Double Bay, NSW.
2023 TEXTA, group show, DRAW Space, Newtown, NSW.
2023 MATERIALITY, group show, DRAW Space, Newtown, NSW.

DUO/GROUP SHOWS:
2024 Annual Graduate Exhibition (upcoming), UNSW Art and Design Gallery, Paddington, NSW.
2024 In Parallel, curated by Melinda Hunt, DRAW Space, Newtown, NSW.
2024 Exquisite Corpse, duo show with Sarah Eddowes, Puzzle Art Garage, Chippendale, NSW.
2023 FORM, curated by Elaine Kim, Saywell Gallery, Marrickville, NSW.
2023 DRAW, curated by Beata Geyer, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, NSW.
2023 HDR Art Lab, curated by Sarah Eddowes, AD Space, Paddington, NSW.
2022 Substratum, curated by Lewellyn Riley-Haynes, Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, Double Bay, NSW.
2021 UNFILED, UNSW, Paddington, NSW.
2020 Re-Representation, curated by Steve Starr, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
2019 EletroSocial, curated by ellen.gif, Patrick Diment, and Sally Lewis, Fringe HQ, Potts Point, NSW.
2019 Things I wanted to say but never did, Contact Sheet, St Leonards, NSW.
2019 soft, duo show with Rosalie Brooker, Down Under Space, Chippendale, NSW.
2019 Vision in Ink: Experimental Printmaking, curated by Rachael Kiang, Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Space, Lane Cove, NSW.
2018 Annual Graduate Exhibition, UNSW Art and Design Gallery, Paddington, NSW.

GRANTS AND AWARDS:
2024 Nominee, IMAGinE Award (Exhibition Projects - small organisation category) for MATERIALITY (2023), MGNSW, NSW.
2024 Northern Beaches Emerging Curator Award, Northern Beaches Council, NSW.
2023 HDR On-time Thesis Submission Award, $2000, UNSW, Kensington, NSW.
2023 Woollahra Council Community and Cultural Grant, $2723, Woollahra Municipal Council, Woollahra, NSW.
2023 Finalist, Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC.
2023 Essential Costs of Research Funding Grant, $960, UNSW, Kensington, NSW.
2022 Research Candidate Award for the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Postgraduate Council, UNSW, Kensington, NSW.
2022 Finalist, Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize, Manly Art Gallery, Manly, NSW.
2021 Essential Costs of Research Funding Grant, $2435, UNSW, Kensington, NSW.
2021 Essential Costs of Research Funding Grant, $1624.33, UNSW, Kensington, NSW.
2020 Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship, Australian Government, UNSW, Kensington, NSW.
2019 Finalist, Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Space, Lane Cove, NSW.
2017 Finalist, Jenny Birt Award in Painting, AD Space, Paddington, NSW.

WRITING:
2024 Press, Daniel. “Unruly Edges”. Exhibition review. Booker Magazine, Issue 3, pgs. 24 and 25.
2024 Press, Daniel. “Unstable Monuments: Materialising the Hauntings Embedded within Colonial Monuments to the British Monarchy in Australia using 3D Scanning and 3D Printing as Studio Practice”. PhD dissertation, UNSW, 2024.
2022 Press, Daniel. “Kristone Capistrano: Dormition”. Catalogue Essay. Wedge Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
2020 Press, Daniel. “WE SHOULD BE MORE AFRAID OF THE SUN THAN THE MOON”. Exhibition review. Running Dog.

PRESS:
2024 Praveen Sudevan, Praveen. “A ghost in wax”, The Hindu (Bengaluru), September 4, pg. 8.
2024 Matthews, Zali. “In Limbo”. Catalogue Essay. Puzzle Art Gallery, Chippendale, NSW.
2024 Umar, Saaro. “The mutable language of drawing”. Art Guide Australia, May/June, pg. 58.
2024 Yee, Belinda. “How is he going to fit all those dancers in that space?”. Dither_.
2024 Mullan, Kevin. “Guildhall Victoria art display in Oz”. Derry Journal, February 2, pg. 2.
2024 “Thursday Drive - Nina Drakalovic talks to Daniel Press and Belinda Yee”. Radio. Eastside.fm.
2023 Smith, Jeremy. “A love letter to the humble TEXTA”. Exhibition Reflection. Booker Magazine, December, pgs. 7 and 8.
2023 Smith, Jeremy. “A love letter to the humble Texta”. Catalogue Essay. DRAW Space, Newtown, NSW.
2023 “Episode 162 - Draw Space - a fabulous new experimental drawing space in Newtown, Sydney”. Podcast. Art Wank.
2023 “DRAW Space / Articulate Project Space - Daniel Press in conversation with Jeremy Smith”. Video Interview. DRAW Space.
2023 Lehmann, Chelsea. “Materiality”. Catalogue Essay. DRAW Space, Newtown, NSW.
2022 “Lewellyn Riley-Haynes & Daniel Press: In Conversation”. Video Interview, chaired by Sebastian Goldspink. Woollahra Council.
2022 Riley-Haynes, Lewellyn. “Substratum”. Catalogue Essay. Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, Double Bay, NSW
2019 Riley-Haynes, Lewellyn. “Rosalie Brooker & Daniel Press: soft”. Catalogue Essay. Down Under Space, Chippendale, NSW.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Co-founder, Curator, and Board Member. DRAW Space Gallery, Newtown, NSW. November 2022 – present.
Co-founder and Organiser of HDR Studio Crits. UNSW Art & Design, Paddington, NSW. June 2022 – present.
Guest Lecturer. UNSW Art & Design, Paddington. October 2022 – December 2022.
HDR Student Representative. UNSW Art & Design, Paddington, NSW. March 2021 – April 2022.
Casual Bronze Foundry Assistant. Australian Bronze, Manly, NSW. March 2021 – January 2022.
Art Tutor. If U Like Art Studio, Brookvale, NSW. February 2018 – January 2019.
President of the Life Drawing Society. UNSW Art & Design, Paddington, NSW. October 2016 – January 2018.
Arc Delegate and Secretary for the Life Drawing Society. UNSW Art & Design, Paddington, NSW. October 2015 – October 2016.