Danilo Deluxo McCallum
(@danilodeluxo) is a Toronto multidisciplinary artist, graphic designer, and cultural curator. His creative practice explores the multiplicities of Black identity through a lens of Afrofuturism. His futuristic portraiture investigates the relationships of dreams, magic, technology, ancestral wisdom, ethnicity, culture patterns and symbols.
Most recently in 2020 he was chosen by the City of Toronto to create the artwork and design for the Toronto Sign at Nathan Phillips Square. The design titled Patterns of the People celebrates the diversity and brilliance of Black communities in Canada.
Danilo Deluxo is the creator / curator of Black Future Month (BFM) – Toronto’s 1st Afrofuturism Group Art Exhibition – which ran annually from 2013 – 2017 receiving strong support and recognition. In 2016 as an extension of BFM he was awarded a grant from Myseum of Toronto to curate Black Toronto 2116, accompanied by @Blackcanvas101- an Instagram Database of Black artists and designers across Toronto.
His work has been exhibited at: the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), The Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM), Daniels Spectrum/ Artscape, Harbourfront Centre, OCAD University, Project Gallery, Hashtag Gallery and other galleries in Canada and internationally.
McCallum is a graduate of OCAD University (Communication and Design), and working as a Community Arts Educator, Muralist and Mentor is an integral part of his practice.
Deluxo has worked in the Public Art realm for over 15 years, producing murals across the GTA as well as internationally in France, London, Colombia, Jamaica and in the USA. He is a member of the Black Curators Forum, and collaborates on initiatives with BSAM – Black Speculative Art Movement. He works on large-scale collaborative projects as a member of the XYZ Collective and executes design projects through his independent company The Deluxo.