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Dan Monceaux lies on a tarpaulin among boxes of safety products used to create his sculpture, "Is it safe?"
Dan Monceaux assembles the sculpture “Is it safe?” 2026

Dan Monceaux

International Multidisciplinary Artist

Dan is a versatile, multi-disciplinary Australian artist with over twenty years experience making, touring and exhibiting art. His work includes photography, animation, video, sculpture, illustration and audio-visual performance and is born at the nexus of art and science. His work is fearlessly guided by a deep and profound love for the ocean and living planet.

A toast to nature and a challenge to humanity

Dan Monceaux’s art celebrates the beauty of the natural world, while challenging humanity’s relationship with it.

At the nexus of art and science

Dan Monceaux is an artist, educator and advocate, imbuing his work with an ethos of social and environmental responsibility.

The sculpture "Is it safe?" is installed on Henley Beach, South Australia
An animated LED backpack hangs on a gallery wall

An animated life

Dan Monceaux weaves animation into his art practise in surprising ways- from LED signs and screens to wearable badges, bags, backpacks and even a computer game for children called Cuttle Scuttle.

Grounded in looking and understanding

Dan has a keen eye for nature photography, and his rawest works are simple captures of beauty above and below the water.

A colony of Waratah anemone grow on a jetty pile at Port Noarlunga, jus below the water's surface