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$10,000 Acquisitive Prize
Danish Quapoor
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Portrait of Noah Guthrie
Archival digital photographic pigment print on Hahnemühle photo rag
56 x 80 cm
About the Artwork
This work captures a moment of intuitive inspiration, extending an ongoing series of photographs of the artist’s partner and muse. It furtively examines concepts of otherness, co-habitation and the body in relation to liminal space. The shirtless subject waits patiently, and perhaps ominously, amidst tropical vegetation at the back entrance to a suburban home. Will he be allowed inside before the afternoon light fades?
About the Artist
Danish Quapoor is a multidisciplinary artist and curator based in Gurambilbarra/Townsville, Queensland. His practice typically centres on ceramics, illustrative painting and textiles; however, photography is also of recurring interest. The artist favours sparse compositions and subdued colour palettes, which unify his ostensibly diverse oeuvre.
Danish has led significant art projects in Queensland and Victoria, including solo, group and collaborative exhibitions, commissions, studio residencies, workshops and murals. His most significant solo exhibition to date, good grief, was held at Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville City Galleries in 2024. Danish holds a Master of Arts and Cultural Management (University of Melbourne), along with a Bachelor of Visual Arts and a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Creative Arts), Honours (University of Southern Queensland, [UniSQ]). Danish was also the inaugural 2023 UniSQ School of Creative Arts Alumni Fellow. He has works held in the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba City Collection, and private collections internationally.