Daniel Solomon

Daniel Solomon (born 1945) is an abstract painter who uses intense, vibrant colour in his work, combined with complex, pictorial space, inspired by artists such as Jack Bush

Critics such as Roald Nasgaard suggest that Solomon and David Bolduc formed a bridge between the second and third generations of Toronto modernists or even form part of the third generation of Toronto abstract painters which includes artists such as Alex Cameron and Paul Sloggett.

Biography Solomon was born in Topeka, Kansas but grew up in Salem, Oregon, through high school. In 1963, he went to the University of Oregon to study architecture and, as part of that program, took drawing, painting and sculpture. In 1967, he emigrated to Canada, to Toronto, where, in 1970, he began teaching at the Ontario College of Art. For the artists who participated at least, it was of primary importance.

Since then, Solomon has shown his work in numerous galleries, both in solo and group exhibitions, in Canada and internationally. From 2020 on, he has shown new work with Paul Sloggett at The 13th Street Gallery (now Mann Gallery) in St. Catharines, Ontario as well as Hatch Gallery.

Selected public collections Solomons's paintings and sculptures can be found in major public collections across Canada, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.

Commissions Solomon has had commissions, notably an outdoor painted mural on the Flatiron Building, Toronto (1971) and an outdoor painted metal sculpture, Martha's Vineyard, installed at the 13th Street Winery, Ste. Catharines, Ontario (2013).