Imposition is a common theme across the works in Freetown. They are about the idea of freedom. A freedom that is complex, constructed and idealist.
—Daniel Boyd
Exhibition Dates: 12 November – 5 December 2009
Freetown; capital of Sierra Leone; ‘Province of Freedom’. The premise for its establishment: a location for emancipated slaves following the abolition of slavery.
The process of British liberation resulted in the relocation of Africans to an idealised and constructed freedom, often far from the life before. One that is imposed rather than chosen.
Imposition is a common theme across the works in Freetown. They are about the idea of freedom. A freedom that is complex, constructed and idealist.
A lion painting shows the return of the animal to its natural environment after captivity. The titles are love songs to illustrate a romantic idea of freedom.
—Daniel Boyd, 2009
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Daniel Boyd is a Kudjla/Gangalu man from Far North Queensland. He was born in Cairns in 1982, and has been exhibiting his work nationally and internationally since 2005. In 2007 Boyd was selected for the first National Indigenous Art Triennal, Culture Warriors, curated by Brenda L. Croft at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. This significant show has since toured to the Art Gallery of South Australia (2008), the Art Gallery of Western Australia (2008), the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (2009) and is currently on display at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC. Other group exhibitions include: Octopus 9: I forget to forget, curated by Stephen Gilchrist, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne (2009); Contemporary Australia: Optimism, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Queensland (2008); Lines in the Sand-Botany Bay Stories From 1770, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea (2008); If you see something say something, Gallery 4a, Sydney (2007); Right Here Right Now, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2006); and From the Edge, Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, and the Ivan Dougherty Gallery, UNSW, Sydney (2006). Boyd’s work is held by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, as well as numerous private collections nationally. Freetown is Daniel Boyd’s first exhibition with Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.
Daniel Boyd Doan
Pacific Place, Art Basel Hong Kong, 2024
Group Show, The First 40 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2024
Daniel Boyd RAINBOW SERPENT (VERSION)
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2023
Group Show, The National 4
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and Campbelltown Arts Centre, 2023
Daniel Boyd RAINBOW SERPENT (VERSION)
Gropius Bau, Berlin, 2023
Daniel Boyd Tacit Testudo
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2022
Daniel Boyd Treasure Island
Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2022-23
Group Show, This language that is every stone
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2022
Daniel Boyd AND THE HORIZON SWALLOWED THE TORTOISE
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2020
Daniel Boyd VIDEO WORKS
Carriageworks, Sydney, 2020
Group Show, Violent Salt
Artspace Mackay, QLD, 2019
Group Show, Caught Stealing
National Art School, Sydney, 2019
Daniel Boyd Kaldor Public Art Project 34: Asad Raza, Absorption
Carriageworks, Sydney, 2019
Daniel Boyd Rainbow Serpent
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2018
Divided Worlds
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, 2018
Daniel Boyd Floating Forest
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017
Daniel Boyd Hello Darkness
Dark Mofo, Hobart, 2017
Daniel Boyd Mondialité
Fondation Boghossian, Brussels, 2017
Group Show, Sixth Sense
National Art School Gallery, Sydney, 2016
Daniel Boyd What Remains
20th Biennale of Sydney, 2016
The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed
20th Biennale of Sydney, 2016
Daniel Boyd Far North
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016
Daniel Boyd
Green Room, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2016
Daniel Boyd Whorled Explorations
Kochi-Muziris Biennale, 2014-15
Daniel Boyd Circular Quay Foyer Wall Commission
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2014
Daniel Boyd Macquarie Bank Commission
Macquarie Bank, Sydney, 2014
Whisper in My Mask
TarraWarra Biennial, 2014
A Time for Dreams
Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, 2014
Daniel Boyd Bulgari Art Award
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2014
Daniel Boyd Pineapples in the Pacific
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2014
Daniel Boyd New Hebrides
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2013
Group Show, History is Made at Night
Artspace, Sydney, 2013
Group Show, Transit of Venus
Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney, 2012
Daniel Boyd A Darker Shade of Dark
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2012
Daniel Boyd Up in Smoke Tour
Natural History Museum, London, 2011
Group Show, True Story
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2010-11
Daniel Boyd Seven Versions of the Sun
Kangaroo Point Park, Brisbane, 2010