Daniel Innes (artist)

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Daniel Innes is a Canadian artist, most noted for the 2023 book Denison Avenue . [1] The book, a collaboration with writer Christina Wong, blends Wong's novella about an elderly Chinese Canadian widow navigating the rapidly changing Chinatown-Kensington district of Toronto, Ontario, with Innes's inked illustrations of scenes from the neighbourhoods. [2]

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The book was a shortlisted finalist for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, [3] and was defended by Naheed Nenshi in the 2024 edition of Canada Reads . [4]

He has also worked in painting, installation art, graphic and textile design, sign painting, and tattooing and lives in both Kamikawa, Hyogo Japan, and Toronto, Ontario Canada. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Karon Liu, "A tale of two neighbourhoods: what downtown Chinatown and Kensington Market’s recent past tells us about a changing Toronto". Toronto Star , May 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ Susan Blumberg-Kason, "'Denison Avenue' by Christina Wong and Daniel Innes". Asian Review of Books, May 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ "ALA Unveils 2024 Carnegie Medals Shortlist". American Libraries , November 14, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Meet the Canada Reads 2024 contenders", CBC Books, January 11, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Bio". danielinnes.com. Artist. Retrieved 25 July 2025.


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