Darren Siwes

Who is Darren Siwes?

Darren Siwes is an Australian artist. He is of Indigenous and Dutch descent.

He completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts, and a Graduate Diploma of Education at the University of South Australia.

He has a unique style, at once recognisable and haunting, of photographing familiar South Australian landmarks, and using Long exposure to reveal the ghostly figure of an Aboriginal man in a suit and tie onto the image. More recently he has used female figures in this same style. Siwes' work is political in this sense.

He says he is inspired by contemporary Indigenous Australian artists such as Tracey Moffatt and Gordon Bennett, and is interested in exploring the possibilities of Aboriginal art in new forms and new media.

Darren Siwes is represented by Greenaway Art Gallery,Adelaide,Australia & Nellie Castan Gallery in Melbourne, Australia.