Daniel Ballesteros
Daniel Ballesteros
Born: 1980, Springfield, IL
Biography and Information
Biography
Daniel Ballesteros (b. 1980) has been photographing trees for the majority of his career. In his series Gold Leaf Trees, Ballesteros attempts to spark conversations about trees as witnesses to gun violence and climate change. Ballesteros masks off all elements of nature and applies gold leaf
to the rest of the image. Buildings, concrete, and other manmade structures are obscured with gilding leaving only the vegetation visible. Each image is released in an edition of three, and because the gold leaf is applied by hand, each artwork is unique.
Originally from St. Louis, Ballesteros lived and worked in Santa Fe, Chicago, and New York before relocating to Oakland, where he currently resides. He taught photography at the University of Connecticut and St. Joseph’s College in Brooklyn, NY. Ballesteros has been artist-in-residence at
the Woodstock Center for Photography, the Camera Club of New York, Bose Pacia, The Luminary, and Kala Institute. He has received grants and fellowships from the Magenta Foundation, En Foco, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Education
2007
MFA, Photography, University of Connecticut, Mansfield, CT
2001
BA, Photography, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Gold Leaf Trees, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2018
St. Louis is Liquid Gold…, May Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
2014
Arthur Batut Museum, La Bruguierre, France
2012
Midwest Filipino, Chashama 266, New York, NY
Midwest Filipino, Mariboe Gallery, Hightstown, NJ
2010
Travelogues, College of Southern Nevada Fine Arts Gallery
Travelogues, University of Indian at South Bend
2004
SEE, Hejfina Art and Architecture, Chicago, IL, November
Group Exhibitions
2020
2020 Vision, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2019
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2017
DeCentered, WAS Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2015
Made In Woodstock VII, Center for Photography in Woodstock, NY
2014
Alternative Process Competition, SOHO Photo, New York, NY, November
2013
New Works Exhibition, En Foco, Bronx, New York
2012
6x6x2012, Rochester Center for Contemporary Art, Small Works Show
2011
Winter Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, January
2008
Magic Silver 2008, Eagle Art Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY
Official Juror’s Selection Prize, Juror: Joyce Tenneson
2007
A Collection of Similar Houses, Side Show Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Haunted, Artists Residency Chicago, Chicago, IL, November
Collections
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Awards
2018
Kala Institute (artist residency), Emeryville, CA
2014
Luminary Center for the Arts (artist residency), St. Louis, MO
Camera Club of New York (artist residency), Manhattan, NY
2013
Center for Photography at Woodstock (artist residency), NY
2012
Bose Pacia Transparent Studio Program, Brooklyn, New York
Press
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Press Release
2020
2020 Vision at Richard Levy Gallery