Artist profile
Daniella
D’Cruz
Daniella D’Cruz is an Australian contemporary artist exploring nostalgia, memory and domestic ritual.
Daniella D’Cruz is an Australian contemporary artist whose nostalgic still-life paintings explore memory, ritual, and the poetry of everyday life. Working at the intersection of abstraction and realism, her practice balances painterly detail with a bold, contemporary graphic sensibility. She repeatedly returns to familiar domestic motifs — “forever objects” that quietly outlive their maker — using them to reflect on permanence, presence, and the emotional weight held within ordinary things.
Artist Quote
- Finalist in Independent Visions Art Prize - Studio on Brunswick - 2026
- Finalist in Aspire Gallery Foot Square competition- 2025
- Studio on Brunswick Group show - ‘Stillness’ July 2025
Artist Interview
What medium do you work with, and why have you chosen them?
While at university I studied several mediums but spent the majority of my time studying printmaking, etching and collagraph especially. For the past 7 years however, I’ve been practicing acrylic painting. I love acrylics for the fast drying time along with opacity and fluidity of the paints.
How does your artwork get from initial concept to exhibition stage?
I honestly paint what I love and what I have around me in my house. I always come back to my favourite gin bottles, glassware and fruit which I arrange on pretty fabrics, then sketching out a composition before committing to canvas.
Can you tell us a little more about your creative working environment/studio?
I work from my home studio, custom built with bench space and lots of light. I have a big tabletop with a small printing press and lots of shelving space to display my op-shop finds and glassware. It’s convenient to work in my back garden but also separates work and home life.
