Daniel Brackenbury is a lens-based designer whose practice explores the transience and atmosphere of architectural environments. Much of his work engages with narratives about places in cities that are experiencing change. He holds a PhD in Architecture from the Royal College of Art, where his research explored how to communicate the character of urban markets undergoing various aspects of renewal.
Daniel’s work has been screened and exhibited widely, at venues such as the BFI Southbank, the Science Museum, the ICA and the Tate Modern. In 2015, his film ‘Hakka’ was nominated for Best Experimental Short at London Short Film Festival.
Daniel has been a design educator for over a decade, teaching on both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Winchester School of Art and the University of Leeds. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.
2019: RCA Show Architecture | The Workshop, Lambeth, London, UK
2019: Another Land | Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames, UK
2018: Recollection-Reconnection | Design Garage, Roeland Street, Cape Town, South Africa
2018: Kalahari Highway | Arktikum, Pohjoisranta, Rovaniemi, Finland
2018: Memorial | Colours May Vary Gallery, Duke Street, Leeds, UK
2017: Bizindalo! | Museu de Electricidade, Casa da Luz, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
2016: Contact Experimental Film Festival | Apiary Studios, Hackney Road, London, UK
2015: Turbine Festival Cinema | Tate Modern, Southbank, London, UK
2015: London Short Film Festival (Nominated for best experimental film) | ICA, The Mall, London, UK
2015: The Brink | Clothworkers Gallery, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK [Solo Show]
2013: The Mud and Dust | Tapetenwerk, Lützner Straße, Leipzig, Germany [Solo Show]
2012: London Calling | Forum Des Images, Rue du Cinéma, Paris, France
2012: Sunday Screenings | The Antelope, Tooting, London, UK
2011: East End Shorts | The Floating Cinema, Hackney, London, UK
2011: East End Film Festival | Genesis Cinema, Mile End, London, UK
2010: Screening with the Light-year Foundation | The Science Museum, South Kensington, London, UK
2010: Acoustic Images | BFI Southbank, London, UK
2010: Show 2 | Upper Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2010: Oberon Book Awards 2010 | Courtyard Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2010: Wrong Love | A Foundation / FACT, Greenland Street, Liverpool, UK
2009: Palimpsest | 29 Thurloe Place, South Kensington, London, UK
2009: Illustrative ‘09 | Schinkelbau-Ensemble, Villa Elisabeth, Berlin, UK
2009: Visual Editor | Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2008: Context Collected | Allen and Overy, Bishops Square, London, UK
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