Connor Daniels

Cape Town-based artist creating large-scale, hyper-detailed ballpoint pen portraits exploring post-human identity and the fusion of human and machine.

Daniels’ work centres on surreal portraiture using only ballpoint pen. His disciplined approach transforms an everyday tool into a powerful medium for philosophical reflection. Drawing on themes of post-humanism, cybernetic evolution, and psychological endurance, Connor’s large-scale portraits feature figures that embody transition, resilience, and speculative identity. His work forms a cohesive mythos of a world where technology reshapes memory, body, and belief. Each line is intentional. Each portrait is a monument to inner transformation.