Dan Auluk (British/South Asian, b. 1970)

Dan is a West Midlands based artist with 25 years of experience of working with and for people around emotional health and wellbeing, within the NHS, LGBTQ+ charities, and educational settings. His art works are rooted in conceptual approaches to drawing, live art performance, text, photography, video and creating situations within gallery and off-site and online projects that allow for multiple viewpoints, by inviting artists as performers to collaborate and take part.

“Whether I am making an art project or art work, I am invested in active research and learning around self-compassion - how self-kindness, shared human experience, and mindfulness play a role in our emotional health and wellbeing. Creativity has always been a way for me to take care of myself by connecting to self, others, my lived experiences of trauma and anxiety; and a way to be kinder to myself, to unpack and process.”