Danny Bickmore

Danny was born in 1979, and has lived in Gympie, the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland in Australia for most of his adult life. He has been painting and drawing prolifically for over 25 years. He is represented by Cathy Condon Gallery.

Danny focuses most of his artistic practice on his love of the Central Australian landscape, the place he grew up in his formative years. Danny was born in Alice Springs and lived on a cattle station 20 kms from Alice Springs for the first few years of his life. Danny enjoyed travelling around the station in the stock camps fixing bores with his parents. Danny and his family visit the Northern Territory every few years to spend time in the place they all regard as special.

The impressions of the spectacular mountain ranges and countryside continue to be the subject of his paintings and drawings. Danny renders the unique rock formations such as Devils Marbles and Uluru with finesse and sensitivity, bringing the heart of Australia to life. He captures the essence of the outback in the drawings, using pastel and pencil on large scale watercolour paper or acrylic on canvas. Danny mostly paints with acrylic on canvas to capture his favourite subjects.

Danny derives immense joy from his art, his works feature gestural brushstrokes, a vibrant palette and a sensitive grasp of his subject matter - landscapes of Australian flora and fauna. Danny’s works evoke a sensory experience and can be found in private collections throughout Australia and in Washington D.C, Chicago, Miami Fl, New York City and London.

In 2024 and the early stages of 2025, Danny began working on a new body of work. His new series “Weatherboards” are created using Australian weatherboard timber offcuts as a surface to paint on. As these boards are actual boards cut during the process of the building of Cathy Condon Gallery’s new premises, these boards are iconic in Australian architecture and reflect a link to Danny’s personal history and the social context which surrounds him. Danny has additionally been painting Australian landscapes onto glass vases found at vintage shops. These new surfaces have lent new depth to Danny’s portfolio, and he is excited to exhibit them at the 2025 Outsider Art Fair in New York.

Danny Bickmore  CV

Exhibitions

2025 Cathy Condon Gallery, Outsider Art Fair, New York

2024 Cathy Condon Gallery, Outsider Art Fair, New York 

2023 Cathy Condon Gallery, Outsider Art Fair, New York 

2022 The Heart of Australia Exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie

2022 Cathy Condon Gallery, Outsider Art Fair, New York

2021 Darcy Doyle Awards Exhibition, Gold Coast

2021 Du Rietz Award Exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie

2021 Cathy Condon Gallery, Outsider Art Fair, New York

2019 REACH Exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie

2018 Community Futures Exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie

2017 Community Futures Exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie

2016 Community Futures Exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie

2015 Community Futures Exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie

2014 Community Futures Exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie

2013 Community Futures Exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie

2000 The Person Behind the Work Before, Noosa Regional Gallery, 

Sunshine Coast University Gallery, Gympie Regional Gallery