Daniel “Dansoy” Coquilla (born 1970, Panabo City, Davao del Norte) majored in painting at the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Fine Arts, where he also received the UP Gawad Chanselor para sa Sining Biswal in 1998. He garnered two Juror’s Choice awards in the 1997 Philip Morris Philippine and ASEAN Art Awards, and has also been Grand Prize and Juror’s Choice winner in AAP Competitions, as well as a finalist in the Metrobank and Shell National Painting Competitions. He was likewise a Philippine Finalist to the Windsor & Newton World-Wide Millenium Painting Competition. In 2006, he was made a Thirteen Artists Awardee by the Cultural Centre of the Philippines. Top Shot is his eighteenth solo exhibition and second in Singapore.
Daniel Coquilla, aka Cox at NISMED and Dansoy in the art world, is a Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Thirteen Artists Awardee 2006. A triennial event, the award recognizes the potentials of progressive artists who “draw public attention to the need for art and its critical sensibilities in our national quest for social transformation.
Known for his "from the top" view of scenes from everyday life, Cox represents faces looking at the viewer as one looks at, and into, the painting's details. His works, as well as his titles, are whimsical and at times satirical, reflecting Cox's very nature.
Multi-awarded at age 36, Cox is the video editor at the Audiovisual Group. His other major awards include: Award of Excellence-24th Shell National Student Art Competition 1991; Grand Prize-AAP Annual Painting Competition 1996; Juror's Choice-Philip Morris 4th ASEAN Art Awards 1997; UP Gawad Chanselor para sa Sining Biswal 1998; Philippine Winner-Winsor and Newton Worldwide Millennium Painting Competition 1999.
