My work is a revelation of the inner self. My own thoughts as catalysts for success and failure, and how they are perceived. The constant struggle between the true self and the one instilled to us by popular culture, media, and family ties. The tension born out of a sense of duality imposed by the constraints of duty and yearning for freedom and the fear of what that freedom would actually mean.

Daniela Oliver de Portillo is an artist living and working in San Antonio, Texas. Originally from Mexico City, Oliver and her family moved to the United States in 2002. She recently returned to a studio practice after a decade-long hiatus, in her work she reflects on the domestic, child rearing, and self-imposed standards of female perfection influenced by society, culture and other women.

From 2001 to 2002 Oliver worked as a studio apprentice with artist Mario Pacchioli in Florence Italy, she then studied studio art and communications at Trinity University. She has participated in exhibitions at Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City and the Festa della Primavera in Florence, Italy. In Texas she has exhibited her work at Joan Grona Gallery, Clamp Light Artist Studios and Gallery, and Bihl Haus Arts.

In addition to her work as an artist, Oliver is a public relations and marketing consultant with a focus on non-profit cultural institutions.