Daniel Handal

Discipline: Photography

Based In: New York, NY

Year at Millay: 2017

Awards/Honors: Finalist, Communication Arts Photography Competition, Communication Arts, Belmont, CA (2023, 2017); Artist-in-Residence, Moulin à Nef Studio Center, VCCA, Auvillar, France (2022); Participant, Ten by Ten, International Meeting Place Portfolio Review, FotoFest, Houston, TX (2020); Artist-in-Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA (2019); Artist-in-Residence/Fellow, Steven Petrow and Julie Petrow-Cohen LGBTQ+ Fellowship, VCCA Residency, Amherst, VA (2019); Artist-in-Residence, KHN Residency, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE (2017); Editor’s Choice, Photography Competition, "The Photo Review," Langhorne, PA (2017); Second Prize Winner, Le Prix de la Photographie de Paris (PX3), Paris, France (2017); First Edition Award, Hey, Hot Shot! International Photography Competition, Jen Bekman Projects, New York, NY (2012); Artist-in-Residence, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY (2010); Artist-in-Residence, Woodstock AIR, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY (2009).

Website: https://danielhandal.com/

Daniel Handal is a Honduran-born artist who lives and works in New York, New York. His work explores issues of gender, sexuality, identity, and representation and has been exhibited nationally and internationally at the New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas; The powerHouse Arena, New York, New York; the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia; MKII, London, United Kingdom; and many others. Handal’s work has been written about in publications including The Huffington Post, Slate, and Hyperallergic. He has participated in residencies at the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, New York; and the Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York. Handal currently serves on the board of directors of Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York and is represented by CLAMP in New York.