Image Credit: Jack Cassidy
Art
No Order Magazine talks with the artist.
Hello, I am Daniel Vincent. I grew up in Brisbane, very local in the city and West End. Always been into art and practiced that, and then when I was 14, I got into skateboarding and then that kind of just took over. Obviously I kept doing the art because it's all kind of entangled with it and yeah, now I'm almost 32 in June. I'm still doing the same thing.
How did your career begin?
I guess it's a multifaceted question. I guess it’s just an accumulation of experimenting with lots of different mediums. I always try things and I guess my gemini brain gets bored of things quickly and then I want to try something else. I’ve done that for 15 years, but the common denominator was skating. Which was the main route but then all the other art practices kind of crossed over in and out between them, which was really cool because it I guess skateboarding kind of enables all of that stuff to go with it. I always wanted to start a skate shop and kind of incorporate music and art into it - this was almost almost 10 years ago - one thing led to another and three years ago I just felt it was the time was right. I bit the bullet and started diving into it instead of just talking about it and knew that all my friends who were super creative would help me bring this idea to life. Special mention to Mark and Harry who I could not have done this without their funky brains. It's 2023, I saw King Ahiram, this iconic kebab shop up for lease. I just jumped straight onto it. I actually got rejected for the first application. I went to Japan as I thought I would just get lots of inspiration then chip away at it and look for a new spot like later that year. But when I got back from Japan my real estate agent rang me and he's like “it's available if you want it, we think you're actually the better fit for it for your shop,” and with my half finished business plan I jumped straight in.
Can you tell me a bit more about your curatorial practice in Middle?
I guess throughout my life I've always been doing different types of art and have done solo group exhibitions here and there, but never really took it super seriously. When I started Middle, I knew that
I needed a space where I could facilitate art shows and music gigs as well. The real estate agent told me that we weren't allowed to have any events at night and I was like “oh I don't know about that.” I was like “I want to be doing art shows” and he basically said like “look, that's just like the shopping center lease, you're in West End, the owners lives in Melbourne, so just do it until you get in trouble.” So just started doing that and it became part of Middle’s ethos - supporting local.
Image Credit: Jack Cassidy
What advice do you have for emerging artists?
Do not think about money because it will make you hate it. I’ve seen people go straight in because they want to become a career artist and they are constantly thinking of ways to monetize it. That might come later but if you’re not doing something you love, you’ll end up hating it. I think that’s the core of it - if you’re loving it so much that you’re not doing it for money, the money will come. Doing it for the love is key.
Read the full interview in Issue 04
Published: 18th July 2025