COMMISSIONING AN ARTWORK

 Commissions start with drawing up designs, which usually includes the construction of a maquette (a small scale model). Once the design has been accepted, large scale works are constructed as an armature and then in clay. Once clay modelling is complete all work is inspected by the client and then cast in bronze. In such a way the client is able to be involved creatively at every level. This is public sculpture at its best, a shared process. 

Commissions can include portraits, full figures, non-representational abstract work, oil paintings, drawings...whatever your imagination desires, just get in touch.

For a detailed overview of the typical process involved in a commissioned work, including the thought and research that is involved in the creative process, please see the links in bold included in the resume at the bottom of the page. Alternatively watch this clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuvIQC6zUVs.

RESUME 

2018 Survivors of Abuse Sculpture, St Ignatius College, Riverview, NSW 

2018 Illustrations for Fr Kevin Bates’ book “Glimmers of Grace”

2017 Mary MacKillop Relief panel. St Charles Catholic Primary School, Ryde NSW 

2016 Commemorative bust of Mr Les Kirkpatrick for St Ignatius College, Riverview NSW 

2015 Baptismal Font, Holy Name of Mary Parish, Hunters Hill NSW 

2014- present Ongoing private portrait sculpture commissions. 

2014 Commissioned by Sydney CEO to sculpt 1.3 scale figure of Pope Benedict XVI for BXVI Retreat Centre, Richmond NSW 

2014 Commissioned by the Broome Archdiocese to sculpt bronze relief of Fr Tom McNabb, the first Catholic missionary to the Kimberley WA 

2013 Private commission to sculpt silver miniature figures of Australian Prime Ministers, Rudd, Gillard and Abbott 

2013 Commissioned by Marist Fathers, Hunters Hill to sculpt two relief sculptures. 

2012 Commissioned by Holy Name of Mary Parish, Hunters Hill to sculpt Madonna and Child relief sculpture. 

2012 Commissioned to create Life size Mary MacKillop for Mary MacKillop College, Wakeley, NSW 

2010 Commissioned by Damien Minton Gallery for a collaborative work with renowned Sydney artist, Martin Sharp 

2007 Commissioned by Church of Mary Immaculate, Waverley, to sculpt a life-size figure of Mary McKillop. 

2006 Commissioned by St Brigid\'s Church, Marrickville, to sculpt a life-size bronze figure of the Virgin Mary, \"Mary, Mother of all nations\" 

2005 Commissioned by Multiplex as a sand sculpture consultant for "Castles in the Sand" sand sculpting competition, Palm Beach. Won first prize. 

2004 Commissioned by Maria Regina Catholic Church, Avalon, to sculpt a relief of the Virgin Mary for the external wall of the Church and to enhance the gardens 

2003 Life-size bust of Mr Eric Abraham, WWI war veteran (currently displayed at the Warwick RSL, Queensland) 

2001 Commissioned by Rose Bay Convent to sculpt a commemorative medallion for Rose Bay Chapel. 

1999 Commissioned by the Horbury Hunt Club to sculpt a medallion for the "Horbury Hunt Award for Enlightened Conservation" 

1998 Commissioned by the Howard Florey Institute of Scientific Research and by the Coombs family to sculpt the bust of Dr H.C. "Nugget" Coombs 

1998 Commissioned by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to sculpt a mosaic crest of the Order's insignia, now mounted at St Vincents Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney 

1998 25 ton bronze ship propeller (6m in diameter)Sydney Ports Authority for Wharf 8, Cockle Bay 1997-1998 Sculpture assistant to Tom Bass

1996 Life-size bronze Crucifix figure for the Sydney Korean Catholic Church, Auburn, NSW 

CORPORATE/ COMMUNITY PROJECTS 

2018 Faith and Art lecture, Witness Conference (for middle management teachers and CEO staff ), Catholic Education Office, Leichardt NSW 

2017 Corporate Drawing Workshop, Cockatoo Island for Equifax Australia (global information solutions company) 

2017 Creative workshop presentation for Collaborateur (Creative agency in Surry Hills) 

2015, VIP Address at the Ryde Council Remembrance Day Ceremony 

2015, Presenter at Grounding the Sacred through Literature and the Arts Conference ACU 

2014, Paper presented at 'The Artistic Process: Nurturing Creative and Artistic Giftedness’ Catholic Education Office 

2014 Art/ history research consultant, Spirit of Anzac Centenary Experience,
Imagination Australia (an independent, creative communications company), in association with the Australian War Memorial 

2013 Judge for the Hunters Hill Council Art Prize 2012 Opening speech, Hunters Hill Council Art Show 2011 Judge for Hunters Hill Council Art Prize 

EXHIBITIONS 

2018 “Inter Legere”: sculptures and works on paper. Clara St Gallery Erskineville NSW

2016 New Works Dan Dominguez and Kate Durack, Walcha Gallery of Art 

2016 Sculpture at Wombat Hollow, East Kangaloon NSW 

2015 SCULPTURE 2015 EXHIBITION, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington 

2010 Keith Looby, Bruce Petty and Martin Sharp Exhibition. Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern. Collaborative sculptural work with Martin Sharp. 

2008 The Coloured Digger Exhibition: April 2008. Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern. Exhibition displaying works by 30 Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists. Sculpture of “Eric”, WWI digger, exhibited. 

2005 A LIGHT EXHIBITION Eggs, rocks, shells and assorted personalities. Private Gallery, Annandale. Works on paper, pen / pencil and ink, including a series of academic exercises. 

2003 P I C T U R E S b y D a n i e l D o m i n g u e z. The Side-On Gallery, Annandale. A selection of works from the artist’s sketch books documenting the five year period between the journey across the Northern Hemisphere in 1999 to his most recent works. 

REFLECTIONS of a window cleaner: April 2003. The Side-On Gallery, Annandale. Body of work while working as a window cleaner. 20 sculptures in both plaster and bronze, 60 works on paper. 

2001 QUIVERING QUIRKS FROM THE LAST LITTLE WHILE. Private Gallery, Annandale. Selection of drawings and watercolours, many from recent trips to Papua New Guinea and Turkey. Small selection of figurative sculptures, in both plaster and bronze. 

2000 THE WHIMSICAL WANDERINGS OF DANIEL...SKETCHES FROM THE LAST GRANDE TOUR. Private Gallery, Darlinghurst. Selection of drawings and watercolours made from a recent grande tour across the Northern Hemisphere. Small selection of figurative sculptures in both plaster and bronze. 

1997 “Emerging Artists – Paintings and Sculpture”, Robert Dickerson Fine Art Exhibition, 3 sculptures exhibited 

1998 “Faith Works”, National Gallery of Victoria.

1998 The Blake Prize, State Library of NSW, armature from the commissioned Auburn crucifix

1997 The Blake Prize, State Library of NSW, Head of Christ 

DISTINCTIONS

2010 Winner, Regional Art Prize, Hunters Hill Council Art Exhibition. 

2005 First prize in "Castles in the Sand" Sand Sculpting Competition - commissioned by Multiplex

1998 Finalist in the Blake Prize
1997 Finalist in the Blake Prize 

1996 Bill Mitchell Art Award: The Australian 

EDUCATION 

2003- 2004 Masters of Teaching (Hons). University of Sydney
1994-1998. (full time student, teacher and apprentice). Tom Bass Sculpture School 1993 (full time student). Julian Ashton Art School
1990-1992. Bachelor of Arts. University of Sydney