Awards
1978
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, BFA
1984
First Place Award, Art Center of Minnesota, Juried Exhibition
1989-1990
McKnight Foundation Fellowship
Walker Art Center Open Studio Day Participant
1991
Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship
First Place Award, Artifex Alternative Arts Museum, Juried Exhibition
Bush Fellowship
1994
2004
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant
Selected Exhibitions
1974-78
Student Shows, Milwaukee, WI
1978
Union Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1979
Bergstrom Art Center, Neenah, WI
1980
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI
Minnesota State Fair Art Center, Group Exhibition
Minneapolis Institute of Art, “Foot In the Door”, Minneapolis, MN
West ’80 Art and the Law, St Paul, MN
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
West ’81 Art and the Law, St Paul, MN
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
Art Center of Minnesota, Minnetonka, MN
1984
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
Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
1990
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
8 McKnight Artists, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Speedboat Gallery/Lollapalooza, St. Paul, MN
Minneapolis Institute of Art, “Foot in the Door,” Minneapolis, MN
Owatonna Arts Center, Owatonna, MN
1991
Artifex Alternative Arts Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Forum Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Speedboat Gallery, St. Paul, MN
St. Paul Companies, Group Exhibit, St. Paul, MN
Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Artifex Alternative Arts Museum, “Unity in Diversity,” Minneapolis, MN
1992
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
Speedboat Gallery, St. Paul, MN
1993
No-Bar Cafe and Gallery, New York, NY
Rossmor Gallery, “New Works”, St. Paul, MN
Red Eye, “Where The Art Is”, Minneapolis, MN
Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1994
Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, “Associates”, Minneapolis, MN
Thomson Gallery “Selected Works” Minneapolis, MN
Hamline University, Group Show of Drawing, St. Paul, MN
1995
“Experimental Book Art Show,” Group Show, St. Paul, MN
Thomson Gallery, “Summer Group Show,” Minneapolis, MN
Benedicta Arts Center, College of Saint 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
Minnesota Museum of American Art, “Where Do You Draw The Line”, Group Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
Thomson Gallery, “Winter Group Show,” Minneapolis, MN
Studio 125 Focus Group, Group Show, St. Paul, MN
Midwest Drawing Show, Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN
1997
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menominee, Wisconsin
6 McKnight Artists, Minneapolis of College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Soap Factory, “Material/Immaterial”, Group Show, Minneapolis, MN
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio
Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, “Young Painters,” Group Show, Minneapolis, MN
Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, “Recent Paintings” Minneapolis, MN
Gus Lucky Gallery, Group Show, Minneapolis, MN
1998
College of Visual Arts, “Consider the Twig”, St. Paul, MN
Art-A-Whirl, Group Show/Event, Minneapolis, MN
College of Visual Arts, Faculty Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
General Mills, “Image/Text”, Group Show, Minneapolis, MN
1999
Gus Lucky Gallery, “Salon 500”, Group Show, Minneapolis, MN
Speedboat Gallery, “One Hit Wonder”, St. Paul, MN
2000
Minneapolis Institute of Art, ”Foot in the Door”, Minneapolis, MN
Gus Lucky Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Rochester Art Center, “Big Bang”, “Fish Tales” Group Shows, Rochester, MN
KM Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001
Montgomery Fine Art / Betz Design, Minneapolis, MN
Plains Art Museum, “Art on the Plains”, Juried Exhibition, Fargo, North Dakota
2002
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
Minnesota Museum of American Art, “Arts Advocacy” Invitational Group Show, St. Paul, MN
2005
Image Dump Gallery “U C 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
Obsidian Gallery/Shoebox Gallery, “Segrelicious” Invitational Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
2007
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
“A Punker’s Revenge: A Celebration of Speedboat Gallery”, COExhibitions, Minneapolis, MN
2013
“Daniel Kaniess: Smiles and Rage, A Retrospective”, Minneapolis, MN
St John’s Lutheran Church Gallery, “Art-A-Whirl”, Minneapolis, MN
2014
St John’s Lutheran Church Gallery, “Art-A-Whirl”, Minneapolis, MN
“The Automatic Message”, Instinct Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Shoebox Gallery Final Show, Minneapolis, MN
2015
Winter the Winter Suite, Fallout Artist Initiative, Minneapolis, MN
St John’s Lutheran Church Gallery, “Art-A-Whirl”, Minneapolis, MN
2016
“WORK HARD, Daniel Kaniess 1955-2012 – Mixed Media”, Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN
St John’s Lutheran Church Gallery, “Art-A-Whirl”, Minneapolis, MN
Solidarity Street Gallery, “Faces of Our Community”, St. Paul, MN
“SLAM DANCE”, Q.arma Building, Minneapolis, MN
2019
2023
EXISTENCE, Daniel Kaniess 1955-2012 – madebyhuman, Art@967 Payne, St Paul, MN