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| width="100" align="right" valign="top"|'''Born'''
| width="120" align="left" valign="top" style="color:blue;" | February 4, 1947
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| width="100" align="right" valign="top"|'''Nationality'''
| width="120" align="left" valign="top" style="color:blue;" | American
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| width="100" align="right" valign="top"|'''Field'''
| width="120" align="left" valign="top" style="color:blue;" | Sculpture, Site Specific, Installation, Drawing
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| width="100" align="right" valign="top"|'''Movement'''
| width="120" align="left" valign="top" style="color:blue;" | Modernism, Materialism
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| width="100" align="right" valign="top"|'''Training'''
| width="110" align="left" valign="top" style="color:blue;" | 'Philadelphia College of Art. Rhode Island School of Design
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| width="100" align="right" valign="top"|'''Awards'''
| width="120" align="left" valign="top" style="color:blue;" | Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship, Venice, Italy, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship - Glass, Libensky Award, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pilchuck Silver Star Alumni Award, UArts
|}'''Dan Dailey''' (born 1947 in [[Philadelphia]]) is an artist who, with the support of a team of artists and crafts people, creates sculptures and functional objects in glass and metal.


{{Infobox person
==Biography==
| name = Dan Owen Dailey
Dan Dailey's career in glass has spanned more than 40 years. Emerging from the Studio Glass movement initiated by [[Harvey Littleton]], Dailey's work has branched out from the mainstream by the incorporation of metal into many of the sculptures. Additionally, he has worked with several glass companies, in particular as an independent artist/ designer for Crisallerie Daum, France for more than twenty years. He has taught at many glass programs and is professor emeritus at the [[Massachusetts College of Art]] where he founded the glass program. Since 1971, Dailey's work has been featured in more than 100 exhibitions and included in over 350 juried or invitational group shows.
| image = Dan Dailey.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|02|04}}
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[University of the Arts (Philadelphia)|University of the Arts]],<br/> [[Rhode Island School of Design]]
| known_for = Glass sculpture
| movement = Modernism,<br/> Materialism
| spouse = [[Linda MacNeil]]
| children = 2
| website = {{URL|https://www.dandailey.com/}}
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'''Dan Owen Dailey''' (born February 4, 1947)<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Chambers|first1=Karen S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GADg6Q5-ipYC|title=Clearly Inspired: Contemporary Glass and Its Origins|last2=Oldknow|first2=Tina|publisher=Pomegranate|others=[[Tampa Museum of Art]], [[Fort Wayne Museum of Art]]|year=1999|isbn=9780764909320|pages=58|type=art exhibition}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dan Dailey - Biography|url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Dan_Owen_Dailey/102490/Dan_Owen_Dailey.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-15|website=Askart.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215003354/https://www.askart.com/artist/Dan_Owen_Dailey/102490/Dan_Owen_Dailey.aspx |archive-date=2021-12-15 }}</ref> is an American artist and educator, known for his sculpture. With the support of a team of artists and crafts people, he creates sculptures and functional objects in glass and metal. He has taught at many glass programs and is [[Emeritus|professor emeritus]] at the [[Massachusetts College of Art]], where he founded the glass program.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Hampson|first=Ferdinand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M11QAAAAMAAJ|title=Glass, State of the Art 1984|date=1984|publisher=E. Johnston Publishers|isbn=978-99992-22-86-0 |language=en}}</ref>
He is married to [[Linda MacNeil]], an artist also working with glass and metal, primarily in the studio or art jewelry field.


Emerging from the [[studio glass]] movement initiated by [[Harvey Littleton]], Dailey's work has branched out from the mainstream by the incorporation of metal into many of the sculptures. Additionally, he has worked with several glass companies, for more than twenty years. Since 1971, Dailey's work has been featured in more than 150 exhibitions and included in over 350 juried or invitational group shows.
===1960s===
Dailey encountered glass as an artists' medium when helping construct a small glass blowing studio at the [[University of the Arts (Philadelphia)|Philadelphia College of Art]] with Roland Jahn, a glass blower, ceramics teacher at the college, and former student Harvey Littleton. From building basic equipment and observing processes, Dailey soon began working with glass.


==Early life and education==
===1970s===
Dan Dailey was born on February 4, 1947, in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4A5QAAAAMAAJ|title=Sculptural Glass: Tucson Museum of Art, February 13-April 3, 1983 : Traveling to Owens-Illinois, World Headquarters Building, One Seagate, Toledo, Ohio, May 15-June 30, 1983|publisher=Tucson Museum of Art|others=[[Tucson Museum of Art]]|year=1983|isbn=978-0-911611-04-5|language=en}}</ref>
In 1970 Dailey received a teaching fellowship at [[Rhode Island School of Design]], (RISD) in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], where the well-known glass artist, [[Dale Chihuly]], was teaching at the time. Dailey became Chihuly’s first graduate student. Along with other students, Dailey assisted in building the RISD glass studio and began to develop concepts for illuminated sculpture.


Dailey attended the [[University of the Arts (Philadelphia)|Philadelphia College of Art]] (now called the University of the Arts, BFA 1969) and [[Rhode Island School of Design]] (MFA 1972).<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Fike|first=Bonita|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ImhQAAAAMAAJ|title=A Passion for Glass: The Aviva and Jack A. Robinson Studio Glass Collection|date=1998|publisher=Detroit Institute of Arts|others=Detroit Institute of Arts|isbn=978-0-89558-150-1|language=en}}</ref> Dailey studied with [[Dale Chihuly]] at RISD,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b4KhNlxnyOEC&dq=Dan+Dailey+Rhode+Island+School+of+Design&pg=PA60|title=American Studio Glass, 1960-1990|date=2004|publisher=Hudson Hills|isbn=978-1-55595-239-6|pages=60|language=en}}</ref> and was Chihuly’s first graduate student.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} In 1972 to 1973, he was awarded the [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Fellowship]] to study glass at the Venini Factory in [[Murano]], Italy.
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|+ Series from the 1970s<ref name="Dailey book">[''Dan Dailey'' by William Warmus, Milton Glaser, Tina Oldknow Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (March 1, 2007) ISBN 978-0-8109-9319-8]</ref>
He is married to [[Linda MacNeil]], an artist also working with glass and metal, primarily in the studio or art jewelry field.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Solondz|first=Simone|date=2017-05-31|title=News and Events: Body Language|url=https://www.risd.edu/news/stories/body-language|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-15|website=Rhode Island School of Design|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215014902/https://www.risd.edu/news/stories/body-language |archive-date=2021-12-15 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Klein|first=Dan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_lpQAAAAMAAJ|title=Glass: A Contemporary Art|date=1989|publisher=Random House Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8478-1081-9|pages=71|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
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=== 1970s ===
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*1972-73 Venini Factory, [[Murano]], Italy; [[Fulbright Fellowship|Fulbright Hays Fellowship]]
:In 1972 Dailey received a [[U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission|Fulbright]] Felowship and was invited by Ludovico Diaz di Santillana, the director and owner of the Venini Factory in Murano, to work as an independent artist/designer. Dailey created a series of blown glass and brass sculptural lamps while in residence at the factory. This industrial experience became a model for Dailey’s future work in several glass factories later in his career.


Dailey worked at [[Massachusetts College of Art and Design]], [[Boston]] from 1973 until 1985; where he was the founder of the glass department. Additionally he taught in 1975 at [[Pilchuck Glass School]]<ref name="Pilchuck">Oldknow, Tina. ''Pilchuck: A Glass School'' (1996) {{ISBN|978-0-295-97559-7}}</ref> in [[Stanwood, Washington]]. In the 1970s, Dailey continued to create illuminated sculpture and vase forms, and began to develop [[Vitrolite]] wall reliefs.
*1973-85 [[Massachusetts College of Art and Design]], [[Boston]]; Founder and Head of the Glass Program
:In 1973 Dailey began teaching glass and ceramics at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. The school was without facilities for glass and with the experience that marked the beginning of his career with glass, Dailey built the studio and equipment with the assistance of several students. Dailey also taught from 1985 to 2007, he often taught the introductory glassblowing class to beginner students who were unaware of his success as an artist. He is notably humble and very generous with students.


In 1975, Dailey received a fellowship at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]'s Center for Advanced Visual Studies in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] where he co-taught the class ''Glass, Gas and Electricity'' with German artist [[Otto Piene]]. This experimental sculpture class emphasized and explored the phenomenon of illumination. In conjunction with the MIT Research Lab for Electronics, Dailey further studied the qualities of light and glass.
:Dailey continued to create illuminated sculpture, vase forms and began to develop [[Vitrolite]] wall reliefs.


From in 1978 to 2003, Dailey created 7 editions of [[pâte de verre]] works with [[Daum (studio)|Cristallerie Daum]], a French decorative glass studio. Dailey's editions of work with studio Daum include, ''Les Danseurs'', ''Le Vent'', ''Le Joyeau'', ''L’Eau'', ''Le Vin'', ''Le Soleil'', and ''La Dame''.<ref>Kohler, Lucartha. ''Glass: An Artist's Medium'' (1998) {{ISBN|978-0-87341-604-7}}</ref>
:In 1975 Dailey taught at [[Pilchuck Glass School]]<ref name="Pilchuck">''Pilchuck: A Glass School'' by Tina Oldknow 1996 ISBN 978-0-295-97559-7</ref> in [[Stanwood, Washington]], for the first time.


In 1979, he received a [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Fellowship–Glass award.
*1976 [[Daum (studio)|Cristallerie Daum]], [[Paris]] and [[Nancy, France|Nancy]], France; Independent Artist/Designer, 7 editioned works, 1978–2003
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:In 1976 Dailey was invited by Jacques Daum, nephew of August Daum, to work as an independent artist at Cristallerie Daum in Nancy, France. Between 1978 and 2003 he produced seven editioned [[pâte de verre]] sculptures. This experience created a working relationship that continues today.

:The numerous works created at Cristallerie Daum were produced as limited edition, pâte de verre works. Dailey is one of three Americans to have worked with Daum and holds the longest standing relationship of any artist after 32 years of work with the company. Other artists who have worked with Daum include [[Salvador Dalí]], [[Fernand Léger]], [[Jean-Michel Folon]], [[César Baldaccini|César]], Christian Poincignon, and many others.

:Dailey’s editioned works include ''Le Vent'', ''Le Joyeau'', ''L’Eau'', ''Le Vin'', ''Le Soleil'', and ''La Dame''.<ref>''Glass: An Artist's Medium'' by Lucartha Kohler 1998 ISBN 978-0-87341-604-7</ref>

:Along with the limited editions, Daum melted selected colors of crystal for Dailey’s personal use. From 1987 to 1990, with the assistance of Mark Weiner, three Daum crystal vase series were produced.

*1979 [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Fellowship–Glass


===1980s===
===1980s===
During 1980, Dailey was awarded the Massachusetts Council on the Arts Fellowship–Glass.
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*1980 Massachusetts Council on the Arts Fellowship–Glass
*1980-85 MIT
:In 1980 Dailey received a fellowship at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] where he co-taught the class ''Glass, Gas and Electricity'' with German artist [[Otto Piene]]. This experimental sculpture class emphasized and explored the phenomenon of illumination.


From 1984 until 1985, he worked as an independent designer and artist with [[Steuben Glass Works]] in Corning, New York. At the request of Steuben, Dailey produced sports-themed designs to be produced on vases, with one design, ''Ice Dancers'', being produced.
:In conjunction with the MIT Research Lab for Electronics, Dailey further studied the qualities of light and glass.


Additionally from 1984 to 1985, he worked as an independent designer and artist at [[Fenton Art Glass Company]], in [[Williamstown, West Virginia]]. Together with Fenton Art Glass Company, Dailey worked on producing cast glass components of a low-relief mural. Over a period of 20 years, Dailey made 26 large scale murals, one of which was {{convert|16|ft}} by {{convert|24|ft}}, weighing over {{convert|4000|lb}}. With numerous assistants, Dailey also blew glass to create various works, notably, the mural ''Science Fiction Series'' (created 1985 to 1986).
*1984-85 [[Steuben Glass Works|Steuben Glass]], [[Corning (city), New York|Corning, New York]]; Independent Artist/Designer
:In 1984 Dailey produced a suite of designs for Steuben Glass in Corning, New York. At the request of Steuben, Dailey produced sports-themed designs to be produced on vases, with one design ''Ice Dancers'' being produced.


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*1984-85 [[Fenton Art Glass Company]], [[Williamstown, West Virginia]]; Independent Artist/Designer
:In 1985 Dailey began working with Fenton Art Glass Company to produce cast glass components of a low relief mural. Over a period of 20 years, Dailey made 26 large scale murals, one of which was {{convert|16|ft}} by {{convert|24|ft}}, weighing over {{convert|4000|lb}}.

:With numerous assistants, Dailey also blew glass to create various works, notably, the ''Science Fiction Series'', 1985-86.


*1987 Commission: ''Orbit'', [[Rockefeller Center]], [[New York City]]
*1987 Commission: ''Orbit'', [[Rockefeller Center]], [[New York City]]
:In 1987 [[Henry Geldzahler]], [[Milton Glaser]], and [[Hugh Hardy]] selected Dailey to make a cast glass relief mural titled ''Orbit'', for the [[Rainbow Room]] at the Rockefeller Center. The mural is a {{convert|15|ft|adj=on}} by {{convert|8|ft|adj=on}} abstract representation of orbiting planets and artistic debris, illuminated from behind with changing colors coordinated with the mood lighting of the dining/dancing space.
:In 1987 [[Henry Geldzahler]], [[Milton Glaser]], and [[Hugh Hardy]] selected Dailey to make a cast glass relief mural titled ''Orbit'', for the [[Rainbow Room]] at the Rockefeller Center. The mural is a {{convert|15|ft|adj=on}} by {{convert|8|ft|adj=on}} abstract representation of orbiting planets and artistic debris, illuminated from behind with changing colors coordinated with the mood lighting of the dining/dancing space. In 2018 ''Orbit'' was removed and donated to the [[Toledo Museum of Art]]. Dailey also created wall sconces for various locations around the Rainbow Room complex. These works were later removed and their location is unknown.

:Dailey also created wall sconces for various locations around the Rainbow Room complex.


*1987 Solo exhibition: [[Renwick Gallery]], [[Smithsonian Institution]], [[Washington, D.C.]]
*1987 Solo exhibition: [[Renwick Gallery]], [[Smithsonian Institution]], [[Washington, D.C.]]
:Henry Geldzahler wrote an essay for the catalog, in which he noted, "Dan Dailey’s achievement is in the seamless marriage he effects in his work in every medium between the idiosyncratic convolutions of his inner landscape and the classic harmony and lucidity of the great tradition in glass, of whom Daum, Nancy and Lalique are giants. Dailey’s work joins in that tradition, but with a contemporary spin that causes the viewer to smile in complicity."<ref>1987 exhibition catalogue titled: ''Dan Dailey: Simple Complexities in Drawings and Glass 1972-1987 Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.</ref>
:Henry Geldzahler wrote an essay for the catalog, in which he noted, "Dan Dailey's achievement is in the seamless marriage he effects in his work in every medium between the idiosyncratic convolutions of his inner landscape and the classic harmony and lucidity of the great tradition in glass, of whom Daum, Nancy and Lalique are giants. Dailey's work joins in that tradition, but with a contemporary spin that causes the viewer to smile in complicity."<ref>1987 exhibition catalogue titled ''Dan Dailey: Simple Complexities in Drawings and Glass 1972-1987''. Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.</ref>


*1987 Retrospective Exhibition of Dan Dailey’s work at the [[University of the Arts (Philadelphia)|University of the Arts]], Philadelphia, Rosenwald Wolf Gallery
*1987 Retrospective exhibition of Dan Dailey’s work at the [[University of the Arts (Philadelphia)]], Rosenwald Wolf Gallery
:The exhibition, curated by Eleni Cocordas, consisted of fifty works, including illuminated sculpture, [[Vitrolite]] wall reliefs, vases, and pastel drawings.
:The exhibition, curated by Eleni Cocordas, consisted of fifty works, including illuminated sculpture, [[Vitrolite]] wall reliefs, vases, and pastel drawings.


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===1990s===
===1990s===
*1993 collections: [[Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris|Musée des Arts Décoratifs]], [[Louvre]], Paris
:Dailey work titled ''The Doctor'' from 1988 is accepted into their permanent collection.

*1994 commission: Boca Palms
:26 special edition vases commissioned by the [[Boca Raton Museum of Art]], [[Florida]].

*1998 Invited Artist: [[Waterford Crystal]] in Ireland
:Dailey was invited to work as an independent artist by Waterford Crystal, [[Kilbarry]], Ireland, in 1998. Dailey visited three times between 1998-1999 to create [[chandelier]]s, wall [[sconce (light fixture)|sconces]], and seven engraved vases, using particular processes unique to the history and specialty of Waterford Crystal.

*1998 awards
**Fellow of the [[American Craft Council]], ACC College of Fellows
**Outstanding Achievement in Glass, UrbanGlass
**Honorary Lifetime Membership Award, Glass Arts Society

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*1993 collections: [[Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris|Musée des Arts Décoratifs]], [[Musée du Louvre|Louvre]], Paris
:Dailey work titled ''The Doctor'' from 1988 is accepted into their permanent collection.


=== 2000s ===
*1994 commission: Boca Palms
:26 special edition vases commissioned by the [[Boca Raton Museum of Art]], [[Boca Raton, Florida]].

*1998 Invited Artist: [[Waterford Crystal]], [[Kilbarry]], Ireland
:Dailey was invited to work as an independent artist by Waterford Crystal, Kilbarry, Ireland, in 1998. Dailey visited three times between 1998-1999 to create [[chandelier]]s, wall [[sconce (light fixture)|sconces]], and seven engraved vases, using particular processes unique to the history and specialty of Waterford Crystal.

*1998 awards
**Fellow of the [[American Craft Council]], ACC College of Fellows
**Outstanding Achievement in Glass, UrbanGlass
**Honorary Lifetime Membership Award, Glass Arts Society

===2000 on===
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*2000 Libensky Award, [[Chateau Ste. Michelle]] Vineyards & Winery
*2000 Libensky Award, [[Chateau Ste. Michelle]] Vineyards & Winery
*2001 awards
*2001 awards
**President’s Distinguished Artist Award, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
**President's Distinguished Artist Award, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
**Masters of the Medium Award, [http://www.jra.org/ James Renwick Alliance]
**Masters of the Medium Award, [http://www.jra.org/ James Renwick Alliance]
*Art of Liberty Award, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia
*Art of Liberty Award, [[National Liberty Museum]], Philadelphia
*2004 commission: Tribute Chandelier, [[Providence Performing Arts Center]], [[Providence, Rhode Island]]
*2004 commission: Tribute Chandelier, [[Providence Performing Arts Center]], [[Rhode Island]]
*2007 publication: ''Glassigator'', written and illustrated by Dan Dailey and Allison MacNeil Dailey in conjunction with the [[Toledo Museum of Art]]
*2007 publication: ''Glassigator'', written and illustrated by Dan Dailey and Allison MacNeil Dailey in conjunction with the [[Toledo Museum of Art]]


:The Toledo Museum of Art, a museum whose major focus is on glass, asked Dailey to create a children's book explaining and illustrating the process of glassblowing. Dailey collaborated with Allison Dailey, who developed the characters and executed all of the final watercolor drawings for the book. The book is based on the making of a particular vase titled ''Alligator'', from Dailey's ''Animal Vase'' series begun in 1992.
:The Toledo Museum of Art, a museum whose major focus is on glass, asked Dailey to create a [[children's book]] explaining and illustrating the process of glassblowing. Dailey collaborated with Allison Dailey, who developed the characters and executed all of the final watercolor drawings for the book. The book is based on the making of a particular vase titled ''Alligator'', from Dailey's ''Animal Vase'' series begun in 1992.


*2007 publication: ''Dan Dailey'',<ref name="Dailey book" /> a 384-page volume on Dailey's work, published by Harry N. Abrams.
*2007 publication: ''Dan Dailey'',<ref name="Dailey book" /> a 384-page volume on Dailey's work, published by Harry N. Abrams.


:The book, a comprehensive view of Dailey's work from 1968 to 2007, includes 460 illustrations, 400 full-color images, and was designed and edited by Joe Rapone. Writing and essays are by [[Milton Glaser]], Tina Oldknow, and William Warmus.
:The book, a comprehensive view of Dailey's work from 1968 to 2007, includes 460 illustrations and 400 full-color images, and was designed and edited by Joe Rapone. Writing and essays are by [[Milton Glaser]], Tina Oldknow, and William Warmus.


*2007 Silver Star Alumni Award, College of Art and Design at the [[University of the Arts (Philadelphia)|University of the Arts]], Philadelphia
*2007 Silver Star Alumni Award, College of Art and Design at the [[University of the Arts (Philadelphia)]]
*2008-09 Residency: G.A.P.P Glass Residency (Guest Artist Pavilion Project) [[Toledo Museum of Art]], Toledo, Ohio
*2008-09 Residency: G.A.P.P Glass Residency (Guest Artist Pavilion Project) [[Toledo Museum of Art]], Toledo, Ohio


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:Dailey conducted a series of artist interviews, in collaboration with Joe Rapone, which explore the notion of "Materialism", a term that includes a rethinking of movements of the 1970s, specifically the Studio Craft Movement.
:Dailey conducted a series of artist interviews, in collaboration with Joe Rapone, which explore the notion of "Materialism", a term that includes a rethinking of movements of the 1970s, specifically the Studio Craft Movement.


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*2012 Exhibition ''Dan Dailey: Working Method'', [[Fuller Craft Museum]], Brockton, Massachusetts.
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==Public collections==
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===USA===
|Fabricated Music||2001- ongoing||
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* California
** [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]
** [[de Young Museum]], San Francisco
* Colorado
** [[Vail, Colorado|Town of Vail]]
* Connecticut
** Connecticut Appellate Court, [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]
** Johnson-Horsfall Laboratory, [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]]
* District of Columbia
** [[Renwick Gallery]], Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=71418 Link to items in Renwick Gallery collection]
* Florida
** [[Boca Raton Museum of Art]]
** [[Lowe Art Museum]] University of Miami, FL
* Georgia
** [[High Museum of Art]], Atlanta
* Illinois
** [[Illinois State University]] Galleries, Normal


=== 2010 and onward ===
{| style="float:right; border:1px solid #BBB;margin:.46em 0 0 .2em"
*2010 Guest Artist Pavilion Project - Artist Residency, [[Toledo Museum of Art]], Toledo, OH
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*2012 Exhibition ''Dan Dailey: Working Method'', [[Fuller Craft Museum]], Brockton, Massachusetts
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:Dailey named ''Professor Emeritus'' at [[Massachusetts College of Art and Design]], Boston, MA
--><br />Nude Walking in Tall Grass <span style="color:blue;"><BR>1993, Museum of Fine Art <!--
*2013 Visiting Artist Fellowship, [[Museum of Glass]], Tacoma, WA
--><br />Boston, MA</span>
*2014 Exhibition ''Dan Dailey: Illuminated Works'' 7, [[World Trade Center (2001–present)|World Trade Center]], New York
|}
*2014 Exhibition ''Dan Dailey: Working Method'', [[Fuller Craft Museum]], Brockton, MA, 19 works
* Indiana
*2014 Publication ''Dan Dailey: Visions Realized'', [[Fuller Craft Museum]], Brockton, MA, 56 pp
** [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]]
:Distinguished Educator Award, [[Renwick Gallery]] of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
* Kentucky
:Lifetime Achievement Award, Glass Art Society
** [[Speed Art Museum]], Louisville
*2019 Exhibition ''Dan Dailey: Character Sketch'', [[Chrysler Museum of Art]], Norfolk, VA 39 works
* Massachusetts
*2019 Publication ''Dan Dailey: Character Sketch'', [[Chrysler Museum of Art]], Norfolk, VA 50 pp
** Fuller Museum of Art, [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]]
** [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]
** Northern Essex County Courthouse, [[Newburyport, Massachusetts|Newburyport]]
* Michigan
** [[Detroit Institute of Arts]]
* Minnesota
** [[Mayo Clinic]], Rocheseter
* New Hampshire
** [[Currier Museum of Art]], Manchester
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--><br />Dailey Archive</span>
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==Public museum collections==
* New Jersey
===United States===
** [[Morris Museum]], Morristown
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** Museum of American Glass, [[Millville, New Jersey|Millville]]
* [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]], Los Angeles, California<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dan Dailey|url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/164853|access-date=2021-12-15|website=LACMA Collections}}</ref>
* New York
* [[de Young Museum]] and the [[Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco]], San Francisco, California<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-21|title=Dan Dailey|url=https://art.famsf.org/dan-dailey|access-date=2021-12-15|website=FAMSF Search the Collections|language=en}}</ref>
** [[92nd Street Y]], New York City
* [[Renwick Gallery]], Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC<ref>{{Cite web|title=Birds in Pursuit of Food|url=https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/birds-pursuit-food-71418|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-15|website=Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814225304/https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/birds-pursuit-food-71418 |archive-date=2020-08-14 }}</ref>
** [[Corning Museum of Glass]]
* [[Boca Raton Museum of Art]], Boca Raton, Florida
** Greatest Bar on Earth, [[Windows on the World]] Corp, [[One World Trade Center]] Towers, New York City (destroyed on [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001]])
* Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida<ref>{{Cite web|title=Collection|url=https://www.imaginemuseum.com/collection/|url-status=live|website=Imagine Museum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022201558/https://www.imaginemuseum.com/collection/ |archive-date=2020-10-22 }}</ref>
** [[Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art]], Cornell University, Ithaca
* [[Lowe Art Museum]], University of Miami
** [[JPMorgan Chase]] Collection, New York City
** [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York City
* [[High Museum of Art]], Atlanta, Georgia
* [[Illinois State University]] Galleries, Normal
** [[Museum of Arts & Design]], New York City
* [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]], Indiana
** [[Rockefeller Center]] Corp., New York City
* [[Speed Art Museum]], Louisville, Kentucky
** Visions, New York City
* [[Fuller Craft Museum]], [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]], Massachusetts
* North Carolina
** [[Mint Museum]], Charlotte
* [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], Massachusetts
* [[Detroit Institute of Arts]], Detroit, Michigan
* Ohio
* [[Flint Institute of Arts]], Flint, Michigan
** [[Cincinnati Art Museum]]
* [[Henry Ford Museum]], Detroit, Michigan
** [[Dayton Art Institute]]
** [[Toledo Museum of Art]]
* [[Currier Museum of Art]], Manchester, New Hampshire
* [[Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum]], Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
* Pennsylvania
** [[Carnegie Museum of Art]], Pittsburgh
* [[Morris Museum]], Morristown, New Jersey
* [[Museum of American Glass]], [[Millville, New Jersey|Millville]], New Jersey
** [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]]
* [[92nd Street Y]], New York City, New York
* Rhode Island
* [[Corning Museum of Glass]], Corning, New York
** [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] Performing Arts Center
* [[Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art]], Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
* Tennessee
** [[Hunter Museum of American Art]], Chattanooga
* [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York City, New York
* [[Museum of Arts & Design]], New York City, New York
* Texas
** [[Museum of Fine Arts, Houston]]
* [[Mint Museum]], Charlotte, North Carolina
* [[Cincinnati Art Museum]], Cincinnati, Ohio
* Washington
* [[Dayton Art Institute]], Dayton, Ohio
** Pilchuck Glass Collection at City Centre and US Bank Centre, [[Seattle]]
* [[Toledo Museum of Art]], Toledo, Ohio
* West Virginia
** [[Huntington Museum of Art]]
* [[Carnegie Museum of Art]], Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]], Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
* Wisconsin
* [[Providence Performing Arts Center]], Providence, Rhode Island
** [[Milwaukee Art Museum]]
** [[Racine Art Museum]]
* [[Hunter Museum of American Art]], Chattanooga, Tennessee
* [[Museum of Fine Arts, Houston]], Texas
* Barry Art Museum, Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia<ref>{{Cite web|title=Works – Glass Art – Collections – eMuseum|url=https://barryart.emuseum.com/groups/glass-art/results|access-date=2021-12-15|website=barryart.emuseum.com}}</ref>
* [[Chrysler Museum of Art]], Norfolk, Virginia
* Pilchuck Glass Collection at City Centre and US Bank Centre, [[Seattle]], Washington
* [[Huntington Museum of Art]], West Virginia
* [[Milwaukee Art Museum]], Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* [[Racine Art Museum]], Racine, Wisconsin
}}


===Australia===
=== Europe ===
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*[[National Gallery of Victoria]], Melbourne
* Les Archives de la [[Daum (studio)|Cristallerie Daum]], Nancy and Paris
* [[Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris|Musée des Arts Décoratifs]], Louvre, Paris
* [[Museum August Kestner]], [[Hannover]]
* [[Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts]], [[Lausanne]]
}}


===Canada===
===Other locations===
{{Columns-list|
*[[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]], Quebec
*[[National Gallery of Victoria]], Melbourne, Australia
*[[Royal Ontario Museum]], Toronto, Ontario
*[[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]], Quebec, Canada

*[[Royal Ontario Museum]], Toronto, Ontario, Canada
===France===
*[[National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto]], Japan
*Les Archives de la [[Daum (studio)|Cristallerie Daum]], Nancy and Paris
*Toyama Institute of Glass, [[Toyama City]], Japan
*[[Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris|Musée des Arts Décoratifs]], Louvre, Paris
*[[Yokohama]] Museum, Yokohama, Japan

*State [[Hermitage Museum]], St. Petersburg, Russia
===Germany===
}}
*[[Museum August Kestner]], [[Hannover]]

===Japan===
*National Museum of Modern Art, [[Kyoto]]
*Toyama Institute of Glass, [[Toyama City]]
*[[Yokohama]] Museum

===Switzerland===
* [[Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts]], [[Lausanne]]


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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|<!--column1-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-1972 Pistachio Lamp.jpg|150px]]
|<!--column1--><!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Dan-Dailey-1972 Pistachio Lamp.jpg|150px]] -->
|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-SC 23-80 Stars and Skyline.jpg|150px]]
|<!--column2--><!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Dan-Dailey-SC 23-80 Stars and Skyline.jpg|150px]] -->
|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-1983 Anguish.jpg|150px]]
|<!--column2--><!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Dan-Dailey-1983 Anguish.jpg|150px]] -->
|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-1987 Romance.jpg|150px]]
|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-1987 Romance.jpg|150px]]
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|<!--column1-->Pistachio Lamp <span style="color:blue;">1972<br>Private Collection</span>
|<!--column1-->Pistachio Lamp <span style="color:blue;">1972<br>Private collection</span>


|<!--column2-->Stars and Skyline<span style="color:blue;"> 1980<br>Metropolitan Museum of Art<br>New York, NY</span>
|<!--column2-->Stars and Skyline<span style="color:blue;"> 1980<br>Metropolitan Museum of Art<br>New York, NY</span>
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|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-HV 04-88 The Doctor.jpg|150px]]
|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-HV 04-88 The Doctor.jpg|150px]]
|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-1988 Fantasy.jpg|150px]]
|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-1988 Fantasy.jpg|150px]]
|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-AH 43-91 Opaque.jpg|150px]]
|<!--column2--><!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Dan-Dailey-AH 43-91 Opaque.jpg|150px]] -->
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|<!--column1-->Hawk & Dove Man<span style="color:blue;"> 1995<br>Currier Museum of Art<br>Manchester, NH</span>
|<!--column1-->Hawk & Dove Man<span style="color:blue;"> 1995<br>Currier Museum of Art<br>Manchester, NH</span>
|<!--column2-->The Doctor<span style="color:blue;"> 1988<br>Louvre Museum<br>Paris, France</span>
|<!--column2-->The Doctor<span style="color:blue;"> 1988<br>Louvre Museum<br>Paris, France</span>


|<!--column1-->Fantasy<span style="color:blue;"> 1988<br>LA County Museum of Art<br> Los Angeles, CA</span>
|<!--column1-->Fantasy<span style="color:blue;"> 1988<br>LA County Museum of Art<br> Los Angeles, CA</span>


|<!--column1-->Opaque<span style="color:blue;"> 1991<br>Royal Ontario Museum<BR>Toronto, OB, Canada
|<!--column1-->Opaque<span style="color:blue;"> 1991<br>Royal Ontario Museum<BR>Toronto, OB, Canada</span>

</span>
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|-
|<!--column1-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-AH 60-92 Jest.jpg|150px]]
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|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-AV 32-95 Alligator.jpg|150px]]
|<!--column2--><!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Dan-Dailey-AV 32-95 Alligator.jpg|150px]] -->
|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-AV 22-93 Gray Madrill.jpg|150px]]
|<!--column2--><!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Dan-Dailey-AV 22-93 Gray Madrill.jpg|150px]] -->
|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-2003 Le Soleil.jpg|150px]]
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|-
|-
|<!--column1-->Jest<span style="color:blue;"> 1992<br>Dailey Archive<br></span>
|<!--column1-->Jest<span style="color:blue;"> 1992<br>Dailey Archive<br></span>
|<!--column2-->Alligator<span style="color:blue;"> 1995<br>Corning Museum of Glass<br>Corning, NY</span>
|<!--column2-->Alligator<span style="color:blue;"> 1995<br>Corning Museum of Glass<br>Corning, NY</span>
|<!--column1-->Gray Mandril<span style="color:blue;"> 1993<br>Dayton Art Institute<br> Dayton, OH</span>
|<!--column1-->Gray Mandril<span style="color:blue;"> 1993<br>Dayton Art Institute<br> Dayton, OH</span>
|<!--column1-->Le Soleil<span style="color:blue;"> 2003<br>Cristallerie Daum<BR>Edition</span>
|<!--column1-->Le Soleil<span style="color:blue;"> 2003<br>Cristallerie Daum<BR>Edition</span>
|-
|-
|<!--column1-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-1999 Dance of Light.jpg|150px]]
|<!--column1--><!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Dan-Dailey-1999 Dance of Light.jpg|150px]] -->
|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-2004 Tribute.jpg|150px]]
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|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-2005 Splendid.jpg|150px]]
|<!--column2--><!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Dan-Dailey-2005 Splendid.jpg|150px]] -->
|<!--column2-->[[File:Dan-Dailey-2009 Swiveler 3.jpg|150px]]
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|-
|<!--column1-->Dance of Light<span style="color:blue;"> 1999<br>Private Collection
|<!--column1-->Dance of Light<span style="color:blue;"> 1999<br>Private Collection</span>
</span>
|<!--column2-->Tribute<span style="color:blue;"> 2003<br>Providence Performing Arts <br>Center Providence, RI</span>
|<!--column2-->Tribute<span style="color:blue;"> 2003<br>Providence Performing Arts <br>Center Providence, RI</span>
|<!--column1-->Splendid<span style="color:blue;"> 2006<br>Private Collection
|<!--column1-->Splendid<span style="color:blue;"> 2006<br>Private Collection</span>
|<!--column1-->Swiveler<span style="color:blue;"> 2009<br>Edition 3/7</span>
</span>
|<!--column1-->Swiveler<span style="color:blue;"> 2009<br>Edition 3/7
</span>


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Dan Owen Dailey
Born (1947-02-04) February 4, 1947 (age 77)
Alma materUniversity of the Arts,
Rhode Island School of Design
Known forGlass sculpture
MovementModernism,
Materialism
SpouseLinda MacNeil
Children2
Websitewww.dandailey.com

Dan Owen Dailey (born February 4, 1947)[1][2] is an American artist and educator, known for his sculpture. With the support of a team of artists and crafts people, he creates sculptures and functional objects in glass and metal. He has taught at many glass programs and is professor emeritus at the Massachusetts College of Art, where he founded the glass program.[3]

Emerging from the studio glass movement initiated by Harvey Littleton, Dailey's work has branched out from the mainstream by the incorporation of metal into many of the sculptures. Additionally, he has worked with several glass companies, for more than twenty years. Since 1971, Dailey's work has been featured in more than 150 exhibitions and included in over 350 juried or invitational group shows.

Early life and education

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Dan Dailey was born on February 4, 1947, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3][4]

Dailey attended the Philadelphia College of Art (now called the University of the Arts, BFA 1969) and Rhode Island School of Design (MFA 1972).[4][5] Dailey studied with Dale Chihuly at RISD,[6] and was Chihuly’s first graduate student.[citation needed] In 1972 to 1973, he was awarded the Fulbright Fellowship to study glass at the Venini Factory in Murano, Italy.

He is married to Linda MacNeil, an artist also working with glass and metal, primarily in the studio or art jewelry field.[7][8]

Career

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1970s

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Series from the 1970s[9]
Title Dates No. of pieces
Engraved 1972–75 24
“M” 1975–76 3
Nail Vases 1976 12
“Skagit” 1977 11
Wire Glass 1978 9
City Vases 1979 14
Oceanic Vases 1979 12
Scenic Vases 1979–80 22
Distorted Vessels 1979–82 19
Vitrolite Wall Reliefs 1979–90 30

Dailey worked at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston from 1973 until 1985; where he was the founder of the glass department. Additionally he taught in 1975 at Pilchuck Glass School[10] in Stanwood, Washington. In the 1970s, Dailey continued to create illuminated sculpture and vase forms, and began to develop Vitrolite wall reliefs.

In 1975, Dailey received a fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Advanced Visual Studies in Cambridge where he co-taught the class Glass, Gas and Electricity with German artist Otto Piene. This experimental sculpture class emphasized and explored the phenomenon of illumination. In conjunction with the MIT Research Lab for Electronics, Dailey further studied the qualities of light and glass.

From in 1978 to 2003, Dailey created 7 editions of pâte de verre works with Cristallerie Daum, a French decorative glass studio. Dailey's editions of work with studio Daum include, Les Danseurs, Le Vent, Le Joyeau, L’Eau, Le Vin, Le Soleil, and La Dame.[11]

In 1979, he received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship–Glass award.

1980s

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During 1980, Dailey was awarded the Massachusetts Council on the Arts Fellowship–Glass.

From 1984 until 1985, he worked as an independent designer and artist with Steuben Glass Works in Corning, New York. At the request of Steuben, Dailey produced sports-themed designs to be produced on vases, with one design, Ice Dancers, being produced.

Additionally from 1984 to 1985, he worked as an independent designer and artist at Fenton Art Glass Company, in Williamstown, West Virginia. Together with Fenton Art Glass Company, Dailey worked on producing cast glass components of a low-relief mural. Over a period of 20 years, Dailey made 26 large scale murals, one of which was 16 feet (4.9 m) by 24 feet (7.3 m), weighing over 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg). With numerous assistants, Dailey also blew glass to create various works, notably, the mural Science Fiction Series (created 1985 to 1986).

Series from the 1980s[9]
Title Dates No. of pieces
Head Vases 1980 21
Tripod Vessels 1980–81 23
People & Animal Vases 1981–82 11
Fish Vases 1981 24
Bird Vases 1982 28
Travel Vases 1982 9
Constructed Heads & Busts 1982–87 20
Automobile Vases 1983 20
People Holding Animals 1983 3
Constructed Animals 1983–95 16
Science Fiction Vases 1984–85 24
Portrait Vases 1986 18
Character Heads 1988–89 20
Nature Vases 1988 10
Face Vases 1988–97 196
Dailey/Tagliapietra Vases 1989–90 54
Mythology Head Vases 1989–90 22
Male/Female Figurative Vases 1989–94 38
In 1987 Henry Geldzahler, Milton Glaser, and Hugh Hardy selected Dailey to make a cast glass relief mural titled Orbit, for the Rainbow Room at the Rockefeller Center. The mural is a 15-foot (4.6 m) by 8-foot (2.4 m) abstract representation of orbiting planets and artistic debris, illuminated from behind with changing colors coordinated with the mood lighting of the dining/dancing space. In 2018 Orbit was removed and donated to the Toledo Museum of Art. Dailey also created wall sconces for various locations around the Rainbow Room complex. These works were later removed and their location is unknown.
Henry Geldzahler wrote an essay for the catalog, in which he noted, "Dan Dailey's achievement is in the seamless marriage he effects in his work in every medium between the idiosyncratic convolutions of his inner landscape and the classic harmony and lucidity of the great tradition in glass, of whom Daum, Nancy and Lalique are giants. Dailey's work joins in that tradition, but with a contemporary spin that causes the viewer to smile in complicity."[12]
The exhibition, curated by Eleni Cocordas, consisted of fifty works, including illuminated sculpture, Vitrolite wall reliefs, vases, and pastel drawings.
  • 1989 Masters Fellowship, Creative Glass Center of America

1990s

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Dailey work titled The Doctor from 1988 is accepted into their permanent collection.
  • 1994 commission: Boca Palms
26 special edition vases commissioned by the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida.
Dailey was invited to work as an independent artist by Waterford Crystal, Kilbarry, Ireland, in 1998. Dailey visited three times between 1998-1999 to create chandeliers, wall sconces, and seven engraved vases, using particular processes unique to the history and specialty of Waterford Crystal.
  • 1998 awards
    • Fellow of the American Craft Council, ACC College of Fellows
    • Outstanding Achievement in Glass, UrbanGlass
    • Honorary Lifetime Membership Award, Glass Arts Society
Series from the 1990s[9]
Title Dates No. of pieces
Characters from Literature 1990 2
Mask Vases 1990 5
Abstract Head Vases 1990–94 80
Figurative Lamps 1990–ongoing 111
Dailey/Tagliapietra Vases 1992–93 53
Animal Vessels 1992–98 50
Boca Palm Vases 1993 26
Skyscraper New York Vases 1993–94 10
Art Deco Building Vases 1995 5
Circus Vases 1995–ongoing 162

2000s

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The Toledo Museum of Art, a museum whose major focus is on glass, asked Dailey to create a children's book explaining and illustrating the process of glassblowing. Dailey collaborated with Allison Dailey, who developed the characters and executed all of the final watercolor drawings for the book. The book is based on the making of a particular vase titled Alligator, from Dailey's Animal Vase series begun in 1992.
  • 2007 publication: Dan Dailey,[9] a 384-page volume on Dailey's work, published by Harry N. Abrams.
The book, a comprehensive view of Dailey's work from 1968 to 2007, includes 460 illustrations and 400 full-color images, and was designed and edited by Joe Rapone. Writing and essays are by Milton Glaser, Tina Oldknow, and William Warmus.
Dailey was asked to be a part of the G.A.P.P. The focus of the residency was to study and respond to the museum's collection, with a focus on landscape and paintings. Dailey's glass mural project for the museum was begun in 2008 and is now in progress.
Dailey conducted a series of artist interviews, in collaboration with Joe Rapone, which explore the notion of "Materialism", a term that includes a rethinking of movements of the 1970s, specifically the Studio Craft Movement.
Series from the 2000s[9]
Title Dates No. of pieces
Fabricated Music 2001- ongoing
Individuals 2004–ongoing 15
Scenes 2012–ongoing 15

2010 and onward

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Dailey named Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Distinguished Educator Award, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Lifetime Achievement Award, Glass Art Society

Public museum collections

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United States

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Europe

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Other locations

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Pistachio Lamp 1972
Private collection
Stars and Skyline 1980
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
Anguish 1983
Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee, WI
Romance1987
Huntington Museum of Art
Huntington, WV
Hawk & Dove Man 1995
Currier Museum of Art
Manchester, NH
The Doctor 1988
Louvre Museum
Paris, France
Fantasy 1988
LA County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, CA
Opaque 1991
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, OB, Canada
Jest 1992
Dailey Archive
Alligator 1995
Corning Museum of Glass
Corning, NY
Gray Mandril 1993
Dayton Art Institute
Dayton, OH
Le Soleil 2003
Cristallerie Daum
Edition
Dance of Light 1999
Private Collection
Tribute 2003
Providence Performing Arts
Center Providence, RI
Splendid 2006
Private Collection
Swiveler 2009
Edition 3/7

References

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  1. ^ Chambers, Karen S.; Oldknow, Tina (1999). Clearly Inspired: Contemporary Glass and Its Origins (art exhibition). Tampa Museum of Art, Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Pomegranate. p. 58. ISBN 9780764909320.
  2. ^ "Dan Dailey - Biography". Askart.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  3. ^ a b Hampson, Ferdinand (1984). Glass, State of the Art 1984. E. Johnston Publishers. ISBN 978-99992-22-86-0.
  4. ^ a b Sculptural Glass: Tucson Museum of Art, February 13-April 3, 1983 : Traveling to Owens-Illinois, World Headquarters Building, One Seagate, Toledo, Ohio, May 15-June 30, 1983. Tucson Museum of Art. Tucson Museum of Art. 1983. ISBN 978-0-911611-04-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ Fike, Bonita (1998). A Passion for Glass: The Aviva and Jack A. Robinson Studio Glass Collection. Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit Institute of Arts. ISBN 978-0-89558-150-1.
  6. ^ American Studio Glass, 1960-1990. Hudson Hills. 2004. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-55595-239-6.
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