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To download my resumé only (pdf), click here, for resumé with examples of my work, click here.
Bio, statement and other bits-n-bobsIn Junior High, Dan was traumatised by his art teacher. It took 10 years and 3 mortgages for him to find his happy place. Afterwards, he went to art school and never looked back. Well, except when he had to.
Born just outside London, I've studied art on both sides of the Atlantic. Having lived and shown in London, New York and now the San Francisco bay area, I'm very excited to see where this journey will go. Everyone’s motivation for creating art is different. The same is true for those viewing it. I don't believe there is any wrong interpretation of a piece of art, as everyone comes with their own experience which effects how they absorb the work. Admittedly, some work requires an Art History degree in order to absorb exactly what the artist wished to be seen, but each to their own, hey. Here’s my modus operandi:
When starting a painting, drawing, photograph or etching a plate, I don’t have a concrete goal in mind. I enjoy seeing forms relate in an organic way and I work up the piece by different amounts. Untouched paper; bare, primed canvas; items in frame, out of focus, without definition or cropped severely. I feel it mirrors us, where some parts of our lives are honed to perfection whilst other areas are never touched, double-bagged, and stuffed in back of a closet. For me, drawing is about mark making, and not just the length of the mark, but it’s width, splay and how it was applied to the surface. Similarly, laying muslin on soft ground, selecting areas for aquatints and intermixing them with firm scratches brings a plate to life. Spontaneity and a refusal to forget that the most important part of art is it's creation, keeps me happy.
Exhibitions
group shows
Education
sep 92 - may 95
jan 94 - jun 94
sep 90 - jul 91
jun - sep 01
feb - mar 98
apr - may 97
feb - mar 97
nov 96 - jan 97
feb - mar 95
dec 05 - jan 06
dec 05
nov 05
oct 05
sep 05
aug - dec 05
jun - jul 05
nov 04
jun - aug 04
jul 00
sep - oct 99
jan 99
jan 98
sep 96
jun 96
mar - apr 95
jun - jul 91
BFA
Visual Arts
Artist
Assistantships
BTEC
Foundation
New Work
Union
Union
Union
Union
Jack
New Work
9th Postcard Show
New Work
New Work
I.S.A.W.
121
New Work
8th Postcard Show
Uncollective Conscience
53rd Juried Annual
New Work
Gala Benefit Auction
1 World / 8 P.O.V.s
Gee Force
Gee Force
BFA Show
Foundation Show
Mary Beth Edelson
Michele Oka Doner
The Blythe Road Restaurant, London
Pleiades Gallery, New York
Dojo’s Restaurant, New York
The Art Bar, New York
The Chameleon Lounge, New York
The Zone, Dearborn, Michigan
CityArt Gallery, San Francisco
The LAB Gallery, San Francisco
Oddstad Gallery, Redwood City
Artist-Xchange Gallery, San Francisco
Alaya, San Francisco
Box Lunch, San Francisco
CityArt Gallery, San Francisco
The LAB Gallery, San Francisco
Coffee Adventures, San Francisco
Chelsea Art Society, London
Artistic License, London
Pleiades Gallery, New York
Pleiades Gallery, New York
The Chameleon Lounge, New York
The Chameleon Lounge, New York
Albion College, Albion, Michigan
Farnham Art College, Surrey
Albion College, Albion, Michigan
graduated Summa Cum Laude (First)
Mixed-media Artist, New York
Public Sculptor, New York
West Surrey College of Art and Design
Farnham, Surrey
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