SHIELDS, Daisy
Daisy is the youngest of five siblings and was born in Islington in 1977. Her first job as a Soho cigarette girl funded a degree in Art History, for which she received a First from Sussex University for her essays on Modern and Post Modern art.
She later became Head of Events at the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park, where she worked under legendary Director Julia-Peyton Jones, alongside leading artists such as Gilbert & George, Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst.
Subsequently Daisy played a key role in the first three years of the Frieze Art Fair, which quickly became known as one of the world’s leading art events….
There she led an international event programme for artists and collectors, working with galleries from the Tate Modern in London to the Whitney in New York, and travelling to Miami, Venice and Switzerland.
Daisy’s years at the heart of the modern art scene inspired her first novel. She has recently published a number of travel articles, from Renaissance art tours in Florence to visiting the historic locations filmed for James Bond: Quantum of Solace.
During this time Daisy also edited her father’s book, Margarita’s Olive Press, based on the remote olive farm in Greece where she spent much of her childhood. She returns there as often as possible and loves the fact that there is still no road.
She is currently working on her second novel.