About

Daniela Szeőke is a multidisciplinary artist who merges ancestral sculpting practices with digital media to explore themes of resilience and humanity rooted in her Venezuelan Afro-Indigenous heritage. As a first-generation Canadian living and working in Treaty 7 Territory (Calgary), her practice focuses on creating both replicas and reinterpretations of pre-Columbian material culture, with the intention of sharing the stories of her ancestors in contemporary art contexts.

Szeőke obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Alberta University of the Arts, where she has received numerous awards, including the Harley Brown Artistic Endowment, the Board of Governors Award, and the Illingworth Kerr Scholarship selected by renowned Canadian sculptor Katie Ohe. At 18, she became one of the youngest artists to exhibit at Arts Commons, Western Canada’s largest art center, with her Latin American-themed exhibition Nuestras Caras (Our Faces). Since then, her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in Canada and Mexico.

Through her art, Szeőke explores the topics of identity, Indigenous resilience, colonialism, and environmentalism, all while playfully exploring her cultural roots.