Infected By Art Book - Volume 5

Daniele Gabriel is an artist who focuses on both traditional and digital mediums with an interest in costumes, as a reference to her childhood experiences. Her work portrays an unsettling atmosphere through carefully composed figurative narratives, depicting costumed figures from both historical and contemporary pop culture, in a style resembling magic realism. Gabriel uses her costumed characters as a stand in for particular disquieting memories. Gabriel then activates these memories by constructing uncanny narratives with her costumed characters. Understood in this way Gabriel’s images are unflinching invitations to share in the quirkiness and playfulness of her multifaceted persona.

Born in Miami Florida, Gabriel earned her Associate degree from Miami Dade College, and her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Miami in Coral Gables. She studied art history, painting, printmaking, and graphic design as well as other mediums, all of which influence her style.