Daniel Sul (Rio de Janeiro, 1986) grounds his practice in Brazilian mystical syncretism, exploring the
estrangement of the familiar, absences, and the unknowable, creating intangible images that suspend the viewer in reverence. Through photography, installation, and video, he transforms twilight and night into ritual fields, using digital manipulation, long exposures, and elusive lights to evoke the unknown and suggest undecipherable presences. His research traverses spiritual cosmologies, mysticism, and ufology, articulating personal experiences of contact with non-human intelligences and perceptual displacement. These intersections reveal a diffuse sacred, leading the viewer to the edge of the enigma. Invoking new realities, Daniel creates a spiritually charged space that he inhabits and shares. His work functions as a beacon and a guide for navigating an enigmatic universe that constantly escapes beyond an already exhausted reason.
estrangement of the familiar, absences, and the unknowable, creating intangible images that suspend the viewer in reverence. Through photography, installation, and video, he transforms twilight and night into ritual fields, using digital manipulation, long exposures, and elusive lights to evoke the unknown and suggest undecipherable presences. His research traverses spiritual cosmologies, mysticism, and ufology, articulating personal experiences of contact with non-human intelligences and perceptual displacement. These intersections reveal a diffuse sacred, leading the viewer to the edge of the enigma. Invoking new realities, Daniel creates a spiritually charged space that he inhabits and shares. His work functions as a beacon and a guide for navigating an enigmatic universe that constantly escapes beyond an already exhausted reason.
With a degree in Cinema from UNA Belo Horizonte's university (2011), followed by a second degree in Photography, from the Istituto Europeo di Design, IED Milan (2016), a master's degree in Documentary and Artistic Photography from the IDEP faculty of Barcelona (2017), and a specialization in Archiving and Cataloging of Photography at the CFP Bauer School in Milan (2018). I have been working with Photography and Video since 2011 for clients such as Google, Bulgari, Adidas, Motorola, Alfa Romeo, and others.
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His work has been exhibited internationally at venues and festivals, including Mia Photo Fair, Milan (2016); FIF, Belo Horizonte (2020); Sociedade Fluminense de Fotografia, Niterói (2023); Foto em Pauta Festival, Tiradentes (2023, 2025); Gallery Eixo Reserva, Niterói (2023, 2025); and Gallery Lanchonete Lanchonete, Rio de Janeiro (2025). It has also been published by La Repubblica (Italy, 2017). Recent and upcoming exhibitions include The Universe of Ariano Suassuna at Praça das Artes de Barueri, São Paulo (2025); Amarathi Gallery, Rio de Janeiro (2026); Viva a Amazônia at Centre Cívic Pati Llimona, Barcelona (2026); my first solo exhibition, Yvy Maraēy, at MAC Niterói (2024); and the group exhibition "A Chama de Uma Centelha", São Paulo (2026), curated by Marina Bortoluzzi.
Daniel currently lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, between the sea and the tropical forest.
https://d.repubblica.it/attualita/2017/05/12/foto/giovani_fotografi_nuovi_talenti_fotografia_daniel_sul-3526459/1/
http://www.2020.fif.art.br/portfolio/daniel-sul/
https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/tags/exposicao-yvy-maraey-terra-sem-males
https://niteroi.rj.gov.br/2024/06/03/yvy-maraey-a-terra-sem-males-exposicao-aborda-jornada-pela-busca-ancestral-dos-guarani-no-mac-niteroi/
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5XTs9hR0HkTLZiUDaAAa8i - Radio Interview (Portuguese only)
https://www.tempotemalma.com.br/_files/ugd/52433b_e4bda7d8e7934927bd3a719302207ab7.pdf