Daniel Sinsel
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2016
Oil on woven linen support, hazelnutshells, lime wood stretcher
150 × 130 × 12 cm (59 1/16 × 51 3/16 × 4 3/4 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2016
Cow parchment, lead crystal glass, carved antique whale tooth, 9ct gold wire, bistre ink
64 × 45 × 6 cm (25 9/16 × 17 3/4 × 2 3/8 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2016
Nutshells, oil on linen
40 × 25 × 5 cm (15 3/5 × 9 13/16 × 2 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2014
oil on handwoven linen support, hazelnut shells, lime, wooden stretcher
150 × 130 × 12 cm (59 1/16 × 51 3/16 × 4 3/4 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2014
oil on linen, antique ivory, gold, lime, wooden stretcher
150 × 130 × 12 cm (59 1/16 × 51 3/16 × 4 3/4 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
installation view, MIRRORCITY
Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Daniel Sinsel
installation view, MIRRORCITY
Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2013
oil on linen
130,3 × 130,5 cm
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2013
oil on linen
32 × 28.5 × 3.4 cm (12 5/8 × 11 1/4 × 1 5/16 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2013
oil on linen, nutshells
33.2 × 27.6 × 3.5 cm (13 1/16 × 10 7/8 × 1 3/8 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2011
casein, nutshell on linen
59.5 × 57.3 × 2.5 cm (23 7/16 × 22 9/16 × 1 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2011
oil on canvas
45.5 × 33.7 × 3.5 cm (17 15/16 × 13 1/4 × 1 3/8 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2011
casein on plaster
17.8 × 14.5 × 4 cm (7 × 5 11/16 × 1 9/16 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2011
unseamed raw silk, aluminum brackets
243 × 180 × 130 cm (95 11/16 × 70 7/8 × 51 3/16 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2008
linen
125.5 × 100.3 × 2.5 cm (49 7/16 × 39 1/2 × 1 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2008
terracotta
25 × 24 cm (9 13/16 × 9 7/16 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2008
oil on canvas
32 × 25.5 × 3 cm (12 5/8 × 10 1/16 × 1 3/16 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2009
terracotta, copper, eggshell, plaster, wheat flour, pH neutral PVA glue
29 × 23 × 23 cm (11 7/16 × 9 1/16 × 9 1/16 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2009
bronze, sapele wood, bistre ink
overall: 98.5 × 52 × 50 cm
each cymbal: 14.5 cm x 42.5 cm, each block: 49.1 × 49.1 × 28.3 cm
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2010
silk
182 × 58.5 × 9 cm (71 5/8 × 23 × 3 9/16 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Taschentuchravioliunterhose, 2006
vintage handkerchiefs, cashmere, custom made tray frame
50.8 × 61 × 9 cm (20 × 24 × 3 9/16 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2008
linen
62.5 × 62.5 × 9 cm
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2008
oil on linen
30 × 30 × 3 cm (11 13/16 × 11 13/16 × 1 3/16 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2009
linen
175 × 135 × 5 cm (68 7/8 × 53 1/8 × 2 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2010
oil on canvas
38.2 × 34 × 2.8 cm (15 1/16 × 13 3/8 × 1 1/8)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2008
oil on linen
34 × 27.5 × 2.5 cm (13 3/8 × 10 13/16 × 1 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2009
oil on linen
47.5 × 41.5 × 3.5 cm (18 11/16 × 16 5/16 × 1 3/8 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2007
oil on canvas
31.5 × 24.5 cm (12 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2008
oil on linen
30 × 23.5 × 2.5 cm (11 13/16 × 9 1/4 × 1 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2010
oil on linen
65 × 65 × 3 cm (25 9/16 × 25 9/16 × 1 3/16 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2008
oil on canvas
25 × 37.5 × 3 cm (9 13/16 × 14 3/4 × 1 3/6 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2010
oil on linen
81 × 66 × 3.2 cm (31 7/8 × 26 × 1 1/4 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2010
aluminium
214 × 9 × 9 cm (84 1/4 × 3 9/16 × 3 9/16 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2009
crank stoneware
37.5 × 30 × 29 cm (14 3/4 × 11 13/16 × 11 7/16 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2009
oil on linen
28 × 28 × 2.5 cm (11 × 11 × 1 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2010
paper
86 × 64.5 × 87 cm (33 7/8 × 25 3/8 × 34 1/4 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2007
oil on linen
22 × 17 cm (8 11/16 × 6 11/16 inches)
Daniel Sinsel
Untitled, 2009
bistre ink on plaster
36 × 42.5 × 3.5 cm (14 3/16 × 16 3/4 × 1 3/8 inches)
Born 1976, Munich, Germany. Lives and works in London, UK.
EDUCATION
2002-04 | MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK |
1999-02 | BA Painting, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK |
1998-99 | Foundation Studies, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 | Daniel Sinsel, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, Galpão, São Paulo, Brasil |
2019 | Daniel Sinsel, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium |
2018 | Condo New York: Simone Subal hosting Sadie Coles HQ with Daniel Sinsel, Simone Subal, New York, USA |
2016 | Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium |
2015 | Chicharron, Casa Maaud, Mexico City, Mexico |
2013 | Peles Empire, London, UK DINGDONG, Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin, Germany |
2012 | Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK |
2011 | Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium Daniel Sinsel, The Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK |
2010 | Art Basel Booth: Daniel Sinsel and Alexandre da Cunha, Galeria Luisa Strina |
2009 | Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin, Germany Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK |
2008 | The Breeder, Athens, Greece Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy |
2007 | Grete, erregt, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK |
2006 | Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil |
2005 | Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 | Flora & Fauna, Sadie Coles HQ, London |
2018 | Between the lines, Peles Empire, Berlin, Germany ISelf Collection: The Upset Bucket, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK |
2017 | Lisa Alvarado, Alex Olson, Daniel Sinsel, Mary Mary, Glasgow, Scotland Fleming Faloon, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium Home is not a Place (curated by Marlene von Carnap and Coraly von Bismarck), German Embassy, London, UK Disobedient Bodies: J.W. Anderson at the Hepworth Wakefield, The Hepworth, Wakefield, UK CAVES Off-site, The Substation, Newport, Australia A Terceira Mão (curated by Erika Verzutti), Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil |
2016 | Hallstatt (curated by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes and Kiki Mazzucchelli), Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil Anthea Hamilton Reimagines Kettle’s Yard, The Hepworth, Wakefield, UK Making & Unmaking (curated by Duro Olowu), Camden Arts Center, London, UK British Art Show 8, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, travelling to; Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Norwich, UK; John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK Un certain regard, Dürst Britt & Mayhew, The Hague, The Netherlands |
2015 | British Art Show 8, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK |
2014 | hands on, Peles Empire, Istanbul, Turkey MIRRORCITY, Hayward Gallery, London, UK Somewhat Abstract: Selections from The Arts Council Collection, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK Somos Libres II: Works from the Mario Testino Collection (curated by Neville Wakefield), Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy |
2013 | Notes on Neo-Camp (curated by Chris Sharp), Studio Voltaire, London, UK Notes on Neo-Camp (curated by Chris Sharp), Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium |
2012 | Glaze (curated by George Henry Longly), Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris, France Ruby (curated by Eddie Peake), Gallery Vela, London, UK Construct, Mary Mary, Glasgow, UK PHASES (co-curated by Wallspace and Kelly Taxter), Wallspace, New York, USA |
2011 | The Horizon Behind Us, (curated by Michele D’Aurizio), The Kaleidoscope Project Space, Milan, Italy Repeat to Fade, Mendes Wood, São Paulo, Brazil CLOUD, Foxy Production, New York, USA |
2010 | SCREENING, 203-205 Brompton Road, London, UK The Concrete Show, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space, London, UK woodman, woodman, spare that tree, Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin, Germany Matthew Brannon / Mathew Cerletty / David Diao / Daniel Sinsel, Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium |
2009 | We’re Moving, Royal College of Art, London, UK AUTO-FELLATIO: BOY IN DA CORNER, Take Courage Gallery, London, UK Nus, Nudes, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA |
2008 | …same as it ever was: Painting at Chelsea 1990 – 2007, The Arts Gallery, London, UK |
2007 | All Tomorrow’s Pictures, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK |
2006 | Beck’s Futures 06, Painting Codes: I Codici della Pittura, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, Monfalcone, Italy |
2005 | Think & Wonder, Wonder & Think at the Museum of Childhood, London, UK London in Zürich, Hauser & Wirth, Zürich, Switzerland |
2004 | Now Is a Good Time, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA Year Zero, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK |
2003 | Exploring Landscape: Eight Views from Britain, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA Dirty Pictures, The Approach, London, UK Strange Messengers, The Breeder Projects, Athens, Greece |
2002 | Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Barbican Art Centre, London, UK and Static, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK Aprilfools, Erika Verzutti, Sao Paulo, Brazil Showcase 2, London Institute Gallery, London, UK BA Show, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK On the way there, Century Gallery, London, UK |
2001 | Kiss My Art, M Gallery, London, UK Revamp, Wandsworth, London, UK |
1998 | Intern, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany |
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2015 | Casa Maauad, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico Abbey Fellow in Painting, British School at Rome, Rome |
2001 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, Prague Arthur Anderson Chelsea College Fine Art Award |
PUBLIC COLLECTONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Arts Council Collection, London, UK

Daniel Sinsel individual show at Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, Galpão, São Paulo, Brasil
19 October – 20 December 2019
Alexandre Da Cunha and Daniel Sinsel in Between The Lines at Peles Empire, Berlin, Germany
28 June – 1 August 2018
Daniel Sinsel in Condo New York: Simone Subal Gallery hosting Sadie Coles HQ, New York, USA
29 June – 27 July 2018
Daniel Sinsel in ISelf Collection: The Upset Bucket at Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
5 December 2017 – 1 April 2018
Daniel Sinsel in Lisa Alvarado, Alex Olson, Daniel Sinsel at Mary Mary, Glasgow, Scotland
14 November 2017 – 20 January 2018
Daniel Sinsel in Home is not a Place (curated by Marlene von Carnap and Coraly von Bismarck) at the German Embassy, London, UK
30 May – 30 September 2017
Daniel Sinsel in CAVES Off-site at The Substation, Newport, Australia
24 March – 29 April 2017
Daniel Sinsel in Anthea Hamilton Reimagines Kettle’s Yard at The Hepworth, Wakefield, UK
15 September 2016 – 1 May 2017
Daniel Sinel in A Terceira Mão (curated by Erika Verzutti) at Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil
6 February – 25 March 2017
Daniel Sinel in Hallstatt (curated by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes and Kiki Mazzucchelli) at Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil
10 December 2016 – 10 February 2017
Daniel Sinsel in British Art Show 8 at Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK
9 October 2016 – 15 January 2017
Daniel Sinsel in Making & Unmaking (curated by Duro Olowu) at Camden Arts Center, London, UK
19 June – 18 September 2016
Daniel Sinsel at Sadie Coles, London, UK
14 July – 27 August 2016
Daniel Sinsel in British Art Show 8, Edinburgh, UK
13 February – 8 May 2016
Michael Rey in Expanded Fields at Nymphius Projekte, Berlin, Germany
16 January – 16 April 2016
Leigh Ledare and Daniel Sinsel in Un certain regard at Dürst Britt & Mayhew, The Hague, The Netherlands
6 February – 19 March 2016
Chicharron, Daniel Sinsel at Casa Maaud, Mexico City, Mexico
18 September – 18 October 2015
Daniel Sinsel in MIRRORCITY at Hayward Gallery, London, UK
14 October 2014 – 4 January 2015
Daniel Sinsel in Somewhat Abstract: Selections from The Arts Council Collection at Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
12 April – 29 June 2014
Matthew Brannon, Mathew Cerletty and Daniel Sinsel in Notes on Neo-Camp (curated by Chris Sharp) at Studio Voltaire, London, UK
7 June – 20 July 2013
Daniel Sinsel at Galeria Il Capricorno, Venice
1 December 2012 – 28 February 2013
Rosanna McLaughlin, ‘Interview with Daniel Sinsel’, The White Review, August 2016
Cassie Davies, ‘Daniel Sinsel’, Studio International, August 2016
Alexander Mayhew, ‘Hoe Actueel is Neo-Camp?’, Metropolis, August-September 2013
Chris Sharp, ‘Camp + Dandyism = Neo-Camp’, Kaleidoscope, Spring 2012
Sam Thorne, ‘Hide & Seek’, Frieze, March 2011
Antonio Scoccimarro, ‘Daniel Sinsel at Chisenhale Gallery, London’, Mousse, February 2011
Laura McLean-Ferris, ‘Daniel Sinsel’, Artreview, January 2011
Sam Thorne, ‘Daniel Sinsel’, Frieze, October 2009
Max Andrews, ‘Daniel Sinsel’, Frieze, September 2005