DANIEL BILMES

American contemporary painter (b. 1989, Oregon), based in Los Angeles — known for tactile, textured oil paintings that merge realism with symbolism and abstraction.

DANIEL BILMES

BIOGRAPHY
Daniel Bilmes was born in 1989 in Oregon, USA, and works as a contemporary painter based in Los Angeles. His practice combines realism with symbolism and abstraction — long brushstrokes and scraped paint layers build tactile, hand-drawn-looking surfaces, balancing the magical and the mundane, the hopeful and the brooding.

He began formal art training at age 8 under his father, artist and educator Semyon Bilmes, studying and later teaching at the family’s art school in Southern Oregon, which relocated to Maui, Hawaii in 2010 as Atelier Maui. He completed roughly ten years of study before moving into professional exhibiting.

EXHIBITIONS
Solo shows: “Mythos” (Arcadia Contemporary, 2025), “Eternal Recurrence” (Arcadia Contemporary, Soho NYC, 2021), “Paradigm” (Arcadia Contemporary, 2019). Group exhibitions and fairs include “Five and Under” (Arcadia Contemporary, 2024-2025), Beinart Gallery, Modern Eden Gallery, Gallery 1261, LA Art Show, Texas Contemporary, Philadelphia Fine Art Fair, and Art Palm Springs.

EDUCATION
Private art education under Semyon Bilmes — family art school, Southern Oregon (later Atelier Maui, Hawaii); approx. 10 years of study.