DANIEL GERHARD KANIESS
(1955 – 2012)
EDUCATION
1978 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, BFA
AWARDS
1984 First Place Award, Art Center of Minnesota, Juried Exhibition
1989-90 McKnight Foundation Fellowship
1991 Walker Art Center Open Studio Day Participant
Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship
First Place Award, Artifex Alternative Arts Museum, Juried Exhibition
1994 Bush Fellowship
1996 McKnight Foundation Fellowship
2004 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1974-78 Various Student Shows, Milwaukee, WI
1978 Union Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1979 Bergstrom Art Center, Neenah, WI
1980 Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
Minneapolis Institute of Art, “Foot In the Door”, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota State Fair Art Center, Group Exhibition
1981 Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
Art on Location, Town Square, St. Paul, MN
Perihelion Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1982 Northrop Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota State Fair Art Center, Group Exhibition
1983 Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN
Walker-Winfield Gallery, Group Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
1984 Art Center of Minnesota, Minnetonka, MN
Lakewood Community College, White Bear Lake, MN
Minnesota State Fair Art Center, Group Exhibition
Pig Iron Mail Art Show, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1985 Art Center of Minnesota, Minnetonka, MN
Lakewood Community College, White Bear Lake, MN
1986 Wisconsin Lutheran College, Group Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
Minnesota State Fair Art Center, Group Exhibition
1987 Leo Feldman Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1988 Speedboat Gallery, St. Paul, MN
1989 Speedboat Gallery, St. Paul, MN
1990 Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
8 McKnight Artists, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
Minneapolis Institute of Art, “Foot in the Door,” Minneapolis, MN
1991 Forum Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Speedboat Gallery/Lollapalooza, St. Paul, MN
Owatonna Arts Center, Owatonna, MN
Artifex Alternative Arts Museum, Minneapolis, MN
St. Paul Companies, Group Exhibit, St. Paul, MN
Speedboat Gallery, St. Paul, MN
1992 Thomson Gallery, Lower Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Artifex Alternative Arts Museum, “Unity in Diversity,”Minneapolis, MN
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, “Painting at the Nash”, Minneapolis, MN
pARTS Alternative Art Space, “Views by Artists of the Columbus Quincentennial,” Minneapolis, MN
Speedboat Gallery, “PDGK”, St. Paul, MN
1993 Speedboat Gallery, St. Paul, MN
No-Bar Cafe and Gallery, New York, NY
Rossmor Gallery, “New Works”, St. Paul, MN
Red Eye, “Where The Art Is”, Minneapolis, MN
1994 Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, “Associates”, Minneapolis, MN
Hamline University, Group Show of Drawing, St. Paul, MN
Thomson Gallery “Selected Works” Minneapolis, MN
1995 “Experimental Book Art Show,” Group Show, St. Paul, MN
Thomson Gallery, “Summer Group Show,” Minneapolis MN
Benedicta Arts Center, College of Stain Benedict, “Progress,”St. Joseph, MN
Haystack-Transformative Print Show, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
1996 Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Rochester Art Center, “50th Anniversary Celebration”, Group Show, Rochester, MN
Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College L.R.C. Gallery, Rhinelander, WI
New Work ‘96, ARTSPACE, New Haven, CT
Hermetic Gallery, “Nerve,” Group Show, Milwaukee, WI
Midwest Drawing Show, Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN
Thomson Gallery, “Winter Group Show,” Minneapolis, MN
Studio 125 Focus Group, Group Show, St. Paul, MN
Minnesota Museum of American Art, “Where Do You Draw The Line”, Group Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
1997 Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menominee, Wisconsin
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio
6 McKnight Artists, Minneapolis of College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Soap Factory, “Material/Immaterial”, Group Show, Minneapolis, MN
Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, “Young Painters,” Group Show, Minneapolis, MN
1998 Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, “Recent Paintings” Minneapolis, MN
Gus Lucky Gallery, Group Show, Minneapolis, MN
College of Visual Arts, “Consider the Twig”, St. Paul, MN
General Mills, “Image/Text”, Group Show, Minneapolis, MN
Art-A-Whirl, Group Show/Event, Minneapolis, MN
College of Visual Arts, Faculty Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
1999 Gus Lucky Gallery, “Salon 500”, Group Show, Minneapolis, MN
Speedboat Gallery, “One Hit Wonder”, St. Paul, MN
2000 KM Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Rochester Art Center, “Big Bang”, “Fish Tales” Group Shows, Rochester, MN
Gus Lucky Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Institute of Art, ”Foot in the Door”, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Montgomery Fine Art / Betz Design, Minneapolis, MN
2002 Plains Art Museum, “Art on the Plains”, Juried Exhibition, Fargo, North Dakota
Rochester Art Center, 9-11, Invitational Group Show, Rochester, MN
2003 Frank Stone Gallery, “Holiday Exhibition” Minneapolis, MN
Image Dump Gallery “What About Aesthetics?” Minneapolis, MN
Frank Stone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Plains Art Museum, “Identity & Vision” Juried Exhibition, Fargo,North Dakota
Minnesota State Arts Board, Invitational Group Show, St Paul, MN
Speedboat Gallery, “Art Conspiracy”, St. Paul, MN
Jon Oulman Gallery, Group Show, Minneapolis, MN
Rochester Art Center, “MOVE” Invitational Group Show, Rochester, MN
2005 Minnesota Museum of American Art, “Arts Advocacy ”
Invitational Group Show, St. Paul, MN
Image Dump Gallery “We See Differently” Minneapolis, MN
2006 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, “Energy Palimpsest”,
Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, Minneapolis, MN
Electrolift Artworks, “Recent Paintings”, Minneapolis, MN
Peck Institute of Visual Arts, “Continuum”, Milwaukee, WI
2007 Obsidian Gallery/Shoebox Gallery, “Segrelicious” Invitational Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Plains Art Museum, “Art on the Plains”, Juried Exhibition, Fargo, North Dakota
West End Arts, “Seen and be Seen”, Juried Exhibition, Saint Paul, MN
Dale Studio Gallery, “Art-A-Whirl”, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Blown Derivatives project, McMurdo Base, Antarctica
Barbette Restaurant Minneapolis, MN
Shoebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Priska Juschka Fine Art, “Benefit For Nicole”, NY
Broad Cast Exhibitions, “Open Sky”, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Blown Derivatives project, SeLa Mountain, Tibet.
Blown Derivatives project, Jiuduansha Island, China,
Blown Derivatives project, Skagaströnd, Iceland.
Martin Luther College, “Solus Christus”, New Ulm, MN
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Group Show, St. Paul, MN
2011 Blown Derivatives project, Karbala, Iraq
St John’s Lutheran Church Gallery, “Art-A-Whirl”, Minneapolis, MN
2012 OZ’Art Galerie, Tours, France (Blown Derivatives Project, intended for Pakistan)
“Daniel Kaniess: Smiles and Rage, A Retrospective”, Minneapolis, MN
2013 St John’s Lutheran Church Gallery, “Art-A-Whirl”, Minneapolis, MN
COLLECTIONS
Walker Art Center
Travelers Insurance
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP
RBC Wealth Management
Hazelden Foundation
Dayton’s Corporation
Dain Bosworth Incorporated
Honeywell Incorporated
St. Paul Companies
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Stoddard, Leah, “Daniel Kaniess, Springfield Museum of Art”, New Art Examiner, September 1997, pp. 65
Silberman, Rob, “Daniel Kaniess at Thomson,” Art in America, July 1995, pp. 91-92
PUBLISHED WORKS
“Circus of Stab,” Book of words and drawings, published by Sub-Genre Ink, 1996
PUBLISHED DRAWINGS
Jack Mackeral Magazine
Taddy Wampus Magazine
Inner/Urban Magazine
Graphica Magazine
OP Magazine
Modern Design Magazine
Lowertown Crier
Lowertown Business News
“Be Prepared to Answer”, Book Cover, NWPH
ILLUSTRATION / DESIGN
Logo Catacombs Records, 1991
Record Album Cover “House of Nerves”, 2i, 1985
7 inch Single Cover “Mercy, Tsunami / Cindy Shrman, Deuteronomy”, Frances Gumm, 1988
CD Covers “2i”, 2i, 2000
“Now<<and>>Then”, GST, 2010
“Screech Owl Conflab”, Greg Schaefer, 2010
Cassette Covers “Who Hears?”, 2i, 1982
“Boo!”, 2i, 1983
“Never Pet a Burning Dog”, 2i, 1984