NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection Exhibition, WaterFire Arts Center (2024) Bio:
Daniel Clayman has been working with glass as his primary medium for forty years. His work reveals his interests in engineering, the behavior of light, and how the memory of experience acts as an impetus to his studio explorations. Working large and small, he employs technology from the simplest hand tool to the latest three-dimensional modeling and production tools. An artist/educator, Daniel was the Effron Family Endowed Chair at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia from 2018-2021. He has been a Visiting Critic at the Rhode Island School of Design and Artist in Residence at Tyler School of Art and Massachusetts College of Art and Design and has lectured worldwide. He is the recipient of numerous grants and is working on a permanent installation in Toledo for the Federal Arts in Architecture program. Currently, he works in his studio full time pursuing new ideas.
Original NetWorks Catalogue Bio:
Born in 1957 in Massachusetts, Daniel Clayman trained as a theater and modern dance lighting designer. He received a BFA in glass from the Rhode Island School of Design and has a studio in East Providence, Rhode Island.
Source: NetWorks 2009-2010 Catalogue
Glass frit (particles) cast into investment molds, hand ground and finished, acid washed, assembled, 3 x 129½ x 14 in
Credits:
Video: Richard Goulis
Music: Myles
Producer: Joseph A. Chazan M.D.
Additional Information:
Artist’s Website: danielclayman.com
Highlighting the work of selected artists who have played vital roles in shaping the contemporary visual arts community in Rhode Island. This collection of brief video portraits provides a window into the lives, practices, and cultural contributions of professional artists.
