Daryl Waller (MA RCA)

Daryl Waller is an artist from Cornwall who is currently based in Bristol. He graduated from the Royal Collage of Art in 2003 with an MA in visual communication and has an illustration degree from Hereford College of Art & Design.

His work encompasses painting, drawing, printmaking, site-specific installation plus video, animation and music. He has exhibited his work in London, Cornwall, Berlin, San Francisco and Shanghai. He was represented by the Millennium Gallery (renamed Anima-Mundi) in St Ives, Cornwall from 2010-15.

He creates artworks of isolated moments that hint at an extended narrative, often borrowing images / text from old books, the Internet or songs which are used as starting points. He is interested in combining unconscious / freeform work with existing imagery or text.

He has worked on music promos and album covers for Lou Barlow (Sebadoh & Dinosaur Jr fame) The Loose Salute, Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) and Darren Hayman (Hefner). He held a position an associate artist at Kneehigh Theatre from 2010 - 2021 and was their illustrator / designer / animator from 1999 - 2021.

In 2011 he founded the label Flawedcore Records and released his debut album 'The Baby Blues' in 2015. The label continues to release the sound / music work of visual artists’ such of David Sherry and Alex Fletcher, as well as an improv collaboration project with his young daughter called Tummy Dirt.

Daryl currently returning to his art practice with renewed focus after a long hiatus being the main caregiver for his daughter.



Shed studio, Fishponds, Bristol 2021
Photo by Coco Darling

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Artists Statement, 1985