Hi, my name is Daniel (Wesseik, b. 1985)
and I do what I do. The doing result in visual art, films, loops. In my work I combine disciplines and melt mediums together - Handdrawn, 2D, 3D. I emphasize invention and try to challenge myself and the audience, with a kiss on the chick on the side. My works have repeating themes of spirituality, nonsense and psychological exploration and have been presented in museums and galleries around the world. Originally from Jerusalem, Israel, I’m nowadays based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Alongside my practice I teach at the
St.Joost school of art and design . I’m currently part of the Playgrounds-Next talent program for 2022-2023. Reach out at:Vimeo - Instagram - Linkedin
Selected Exhibitions and Publications
2022 | Mest Magazine , interview, The Return of Mo by Dick
2022 | “Post-Digital Heritage” , Playgrounds BLEND , Breda, NL
2020 | “Data-West” , Dutch Design Week , Eindhoven, NL 2020 | “Reborn” Yosef Bau Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel 2018 | MOTMOT Gallery - Opening Exhibition, Breda, NL 2018 | Popper Publishing - "Hydra Head" magazine, Latvia 2018 | Jaffa Museum - “Contemplation”, Jaffa museum, Israel 2018 | Chasse Theater - "Blinde Muur", Breda, NL 2017 | Filmhuis Breda - Screening and Q&A, Breda, NL 2017 | Solyanka VPA - Animation Museum, Moscow, Russia 2017 | A5 Magazine & La -Culture , Tel-Aviv, Israel 2017 | "Generation 2017 " group exhibition, Amsterdam, NL 2017 | "Prosthetic Reality " - Augmented Reality book 2014—17 | La -Culture - Various exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel
Selected Film Festivals 2023 | Kaboom - “Pu Du Du”, Amsterdam, NL
2022 | Linoleum - “Het Regent”, Kiev (online), Ukraine 2022 | Fest Anča - “Het Regent”, Žilina, Slovakia 2022 | Animation Nights New York , “Artist and Friend”, NY 2022 | T-Short - “Het Regent” 2022 | Kaboom - “Het Regent”, Amsterdam, NL 2021 | Cartoon on the Bay - “The Driver”, Rome, IT 2021 | Warsaw AFF - “The Fourth Raven”, PL 2021 | PIAFF - Paris Animation Festival, “The Driver”, FR 2021 | T-Short - “The Driver” 2021 | Epos - Tel-Aviv museum, “Artist and Friend”, TLV, IL
2021 | Kaboom - “The Driver”, Amsterdam, NL 2020 | Utopia Festival - “The Driver”, Tel-Aviv, IL 2020 | Bang Awards - “The Driver”, Portugal 2020 | Ó Bhéal Poetry , “The Driver”, Cork, Ireland 2020 | Tofuzi - “The Driver”, Experimental program, Georgia 2019 | Athens Digital Arts - “Artist and Friend”, GR 2019 | MIAF - “Artist and Friend”,Installation, AUS 2019 | Fest Anča - “Artist and Friend”, Slovakia 2019 | RPM - ”Artist and Friend”, U.S 2017 | MIAF - “Low Sound of Fire”, AUS 2017 | Linoleum - Experimental Animation, Ukraine 2017 | ASIF Tel Aviv - “Low Sound of Fire”, TLV, IL 2017 | Yale Student FF - Winner - Best Soundtrack, U.S 2017 | HAFF - Best Dutch animation, Utrecht, NL
Selected Events and Talks 2022 | Oomph! Playgrounds Festival, Breda, NL 2021 | Q&A, PIAFF, Paris, France 2020 | Speeddate event, Schiedam museum, Schiedam, NL 2019 | Manifest Show&Tell, Rotterdam, NL 2019 | Speeddate event, But Film Festival, Breda, NL 2017 | Speeddate event, Pan op de Dak, Breda, NL
Education
2015—2016 | Master in Animation, St.Joost, Breda (NL)
2010—2014 | Interactive Communication, Avni Int, TLV (IL)
Selected Workshops and Labs
2022 | Playgrounds “Next” (NL)
2019 | European Short Pitch, Nisi-Masa, (BUL) (FR)
2017 | ASF Development Lab (DK, DE, HU, FR)
2021 | Kaboom Festival - VR workshop, Amsterdam (NL)
2021 | Graphic Matters, Kinetic typography, Breda (NL)
2020 | Cinematography for Directors, On-Course, TLV (IL)
2019 | Playground Festival, Sound workshop, Breda (NL)
2016 | Submarine Studio, Storytelling workshop, Haarlem (NL)