Born         1957, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA                                   

 

Education

1986            B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

                    University of Massachusetts, Amherst

                    Connecticut College, New London, CT

 

Awards and Grants

2017            Exhibition Grant, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ          

2016            Artist in Residence, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

2014            Project Funding, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University, Providence, RI

2013-14       Laurie Wagman Artist in Residence Research Funding, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2001            Urban Glass Award; “Innovative Use of Glass in Sculpture”, Brooklyn, NY

1997            Artist's Grant, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.

1995            Artist’s Fellowship, New England Foundation for the Arts

                    Artist’s Grant, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts

1990            Nominee, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation

1989            Artist’s Grant, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts

1987            Artist in Residence, ARTPARK, Lewistown, NY

1985            St. Louis Cristalleries, France

 

 

Selected Public Collections

The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA

First National Bank of Siam, Chicago, IL

Flint Institute of Art, Flint MI

Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA

The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

The Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI

The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN

Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables FL

Le Musée-Atelier du Verre de Sars-Poterie, France

The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

The Museum of Art, Fukui, Japan

Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, NJ

Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

The Museums of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

The Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

National Geographic Society, Washington, DC

The Palm Springs Museum of Art, Palm Springs, CA

The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME

Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI

Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL

St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Little Compton, RI

Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

The Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, MA

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Solo Exhibitions

2017            Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton NJ

2017            Rainfield, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2013            Shifting Scale, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010            Tonal Shifts, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA

2008            White Light: Glass Compositions by Daniel Clayman, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

                    Matters of Interest, Habatat Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007            White Light: Glass Compositions by Daniel Clayman, Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC            

2006            Line, Form, Shadow, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA           

2005            Daniel Clayman, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI

                    Solo Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Chicago, IL

                    Daniel Clayman, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, ON

                    Limits, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA

2003            A Measure of Capacity, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                    New Sculptural Objects, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL

2002            Volumes, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

2001            Stealing Light, Habatat Studio Complex, Royal Oak, MI

                    Daniel Clayman, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL

2000            Channels, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA.

1999            Shadows, Heller Gallery, New York.

                    Reaches, Habatat Galleries, Detroit MI.

1998            Gradations, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA

                    Recent Work, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL

                    Selected Work, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

1996            Echoes and Resonance, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

                    Daniel Clayman, Habatat Gallery, Pontiac, MI

1995            Autumn’s Work, Heller Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

1994            Harps and Daggers, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

1993            Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL

1992            Heller Gallery, New York, NY

1991            Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL

1990            Holsten Gallery, Stockbridge, MA

                    Heller Gallery, New York, NY

1989            New Work, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

                    Recent Work, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016            Glass for the New Millenium, Masterworks from the Kaplan-Ostergaard Collection, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

2015            New Space, New Light, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

                    Art Today: 2000-Present, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

                    Works From the Permanent Collection, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

                    33rd International Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI

                    Summer Group Exhibition, Schantz Gallery, Stockbridge, MA

2014            Facets of Modern and Contemporary Glass, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

                    Glass Today: 21st Century Innovations, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

                    Gallery Artists, Echt Gallery, Chicago,IL

                    32nd International Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI

                    SOFA Chicago with Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI

                    Dayton Celebrates Glass, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH

2013            Through the Ages: 100 Years of RAM, Rockford Art Museum,Rockford, IL

                    Contemporary Glass Sculpture, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL

                    SOFA Chicago with Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI

                    Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL with Habatat Galleries, MI

2012            Rodin to Now: Modern Sculpture, Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert, Palm Desert, CA

                    New Art For The New Century, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon,MI

                    Evolution/Revolution, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL

                    Spark and Flame; 50 Years of Art Glass and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI                                   

                    40th International Invitational Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI

2011            Gallery Artists, Echt Gallery, Chicago, IL

                    Meg and Meredyth’s Choices, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA

                    SOFA Chicago with Habatat Galleries. Royal Oak, MI

2010            Networks RI, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI (catalogue)

                    SOFA Chicago with Habatat Galleries. Royal Oak, MI

2009            Trends in Contemporary Glass, Litvak Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

                    Blown Away, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan

                    Award Winners, Habatat Galleries Invitational, Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, U of Michigan, Dearborn

2005            Dual Visions, The Chazen Collection, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

2004            Small Works, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                    Selections from the Esterling/Wake Collection, Marx Hausen Gallery, Concordia University, Seward, NE

2003            The Inspired Vessel, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angels, CA

                    Material in the Service of Form, School of Art, Kent State University, Kent, OH

                    Am I Clear?, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA

                    SOFA New York with Heller Gallery, New York, NY

2000            Salon International de la Sculpture, Delle, France

                    27th International Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, MI (catalogue)

                  SOFA New York with Heller Gallery, New York, NY

1999            Masters of Contemporary Glass, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, CA

                    Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection, MH de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA

                    Holding Light: Contemporary Glass Sculpture, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX (catalog)

                    Glass; Daniel Clayman, Flo Perkins, Laura de Santillana, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN1998                  

                    R.I.S.D. Works: Alumni from the Glass Department at Rhode Island School of Design,

                    Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle and S.O.F.A. New York at the Armory

                    Providence Art Club, Providence, RI

                    La Galerie International du Verre, Biot, Franc

                    26th International Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, MI (catalogue)

1997            Habatat Galleries, Chicago, IL

                    Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN

                    Glass Today: American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collections, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH (catalog)

                    Clayman, Robinson, Vizner, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA

1996            24th International Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Pontiac, MI (catalog)

                    Glass America 1996, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

                    Virtuosity in Glass, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR

                    Glass, The Cutting Edge, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

                    Six Major Figures, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA

                    Glass Rhode Island, Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI

                    Strasbourg Art Fair with La Galerie du Verrie d’Biot, Strasbourg, France

                    Triptychs by Gallery Artists, La Galerie International du Verre, Biot, France1995                                   

                    New Acquisitions, Museum of Art, RISD, Providence, RI

                    The Vessel Aesthetic, Kavesh Gallery, Ketchum, ID

                    Gallery Artists, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL

                    Summer Group Exhibition, Holsten Galleries, Stockbridge, MA

1994            Contemporary Art in Rhode Island, RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI

                    Gallery Artists, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL

                    Glass America 1994, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

                    Three Artists, Kristina Wasserman Gallery, Providence, RI

                    Group Exhibition, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

1993            Glass America 1993, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

                    Pilchuck Artists, Helander Gallery, FL

                    Group Exhibition, Judy Youens Gallery, TX

                    Thirteen Artists, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI

                    New England Glass Artists, Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA

                    Group Exhibit, La Galerie International du Verre, Biot, France

1992            Glass Now ‘92, Yamaha Corporation, Japan (catalog)

                    Glass America 1992, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

                    Contemporary Kilnformed Glass, Contemporary Crafts Center, Portland, OR (catalog)Kurland Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                    Glass Now ‘91, Yamaha Corporation, Japan (catalog)

                   19th Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, MI

                    La Galerie International du Verre, Biot, France

1990            Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations, Houston, TX

                    Glass America 1990, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

                    Glass Now ‘90, Yamaha Corporation, Japan (catalog)

1989            Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                    Scale Detail Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, MI

                    Clayman, Lewis, Schaffer, Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, TX

                    Summer Invitational, Holsten Galleries, Stockbridge, MA

                    Glass America 1989, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

                    International Invitational Glass, Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, TX

                    Glass Now ‘89, Yamaha Corporation, Japan (catalog)

                    Sculpture ‘89, Washington Square Partners, Washington, DC

                    Rhode Island Objects, AS 220, Providence, RI

1988            Glass America ‘88, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

                    Palm Beach Invitational, Holsten Galleries Palm Beach, FL

                    Scale Detail Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, MI

                    Small But Monumental, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI

                    International Exhibit of Glass Craft ‘88, Kanazawa Arts, Japan (catalog)

                    The Evolving Art Object, Signature Gallery, Boston, MA

                    RISD Alumni Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI

                    Fire and Ice, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA          

1987            Scale Detail Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, MI

                    Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                    CIC Artists, Salve Regina College, Newport, RI

                    Glass America 1987, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

                    15th Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, MI (catalog)

                    Glass ‘87 in Japan, Japan Artcrafts Association (catalog)

                    RISD Alumni, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                    Sculpture in Glass and Mixed Media, Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL

                    Summer Group Show, Sea Breeze Gallery, Block Island, RI

                    Summer Invitational, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA           

1986            Glass Art National, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA (catalog)                       

                    Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, The Aspen Museum of Art, Aspen, CO

                    BFA Thesis Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI

1985            Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA

                    Capitol Glass Invitational, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD

 

Professional Appointments

2017            Faculty, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2016            Page Hazelgrove Memorial Lecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

                    Assistant Professor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

                    Introduction to Investment Casting, Material Science Department, MIT, Cambridge, MA

                    Master Class in Glass Casting, Pittsburgh Glass Center

2011-2015   Board of Trustees, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2015            Panel Discussion Moderator, Hush, Philadelphia Art Alliance

2015            Faculty, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2015            Faculty, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

2015            Artist in Residence, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MA

2015            Visiting Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2015            Master Class in Glass Casting, The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass

2014            Artist Lecture, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

2014            Visiting Artist, Bezalel Art Academy, Jerusalem, Israel

2014            Master Class, Benyamini Ceramic Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

2014            Visiting Lecturer, Ohio State University. Columbus, OH

2013-14       Laurie Wagman Artist In Residence, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2013            Presenter and Organizer, Issues in Glass Pedagogy Symposium, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY

                    Faculty, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2012            Presenter, Idea/Impact/Innovation, Glass Art Society Annual Conference, Toledo, OH

2011            Speaker, Peripheral Vision, Ausglass Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia

                    Faculty, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2010            Faculty, The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

                    Visiting Artist, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT

2009            Presenter, BECON, Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, OR

                    Visiting Artist Program, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

2008            Glass Casting Master Class, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY

2006            Sculpture/Communication, Federal Judiciary Training Institute, Kansas City, MO

2006            Visiting Artist, Kent State University, Kent, OH

2003            Visiting Artist, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2001            Visiting Artist, Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2000            Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Brown University, Providence, RI.

1999            Faculty, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1998            Visiting Critic, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

1997            Visiting Artist, The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

                    Visiting Critic, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, IL

1996            Instructor, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

                    Workshop, Glass Art Society Annual Conference, Boston, MA

                    Workshop, International Sculpture Conference, Providence, RI

                    Faculty, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1994            New York Experimental Glass Workshop, Brooklyn, NY

                    Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN

1988            Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

                    Guest Artist, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

1987            Guest Speaker, Metropolitan Contemporary Glass Collectors Group, New York, NY

                    Guest Artist, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

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Selected commissions and Installations

2017            Rainfield, The Design and Media Center, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2012            KL Gates, LLP, Doha, Qatar

2011            Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN

2010            KL Gates, LLP, Dubai, UAE

2009            Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI           

2004            Temple Beth El, Providence, RI

2002            Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, MA

2000            Starwood Wasserman, Providence, RI

1999            Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

1998            St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Little Compton, RI

1996            McAndrews, Held and Malloy, Attorneys at Law, Chicago, IL

1989            Laurence S. Rockefeller, New York, NY

1988            Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA

1988            Cambridge Laboratories, Cambridge, MA

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Selected Bibliography

Chambers, Karen. Japan Glass, Reviews, Summer 1992, p.4

Freudenheim, Betty. Daniel Clayman, Heller Gallery, Glass Magazine, Number  43, Spring 1991,  p. 47 (review)

Goulis, Richard. Networks 2010, Video and catalogue, produced by Dr. Joe Chazan Newport Art Museum

 Graham, Jean. Holding Light: Contemporary Glass Sculpture, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX  (exhibition catalog).    

Hollister, Paul. “Delicate And Bold Glasswork Designs,” New York Times, January 5, 1989( review).

Jones, Lial A. Glass for the New Millenium, Masterworks from the Kaplan-Ostergaard Collection, Crocker ArSacramento, CA p.41

Koplos, Janet.  Essaying Whiteness. White Light: Glass Compositions by Daniel Clayman, (exhibition catalog), 2007, pp. 9-13

Koplos, Janet.”Daniel Clayman: Measured Manipulation of Light”, Neues Glas, Summer 2008, p.18 

Lindberg, Ted. “Daniel Clayman: Gradations.” Preview, October/November 1998, p. 51.

Luecking, Stephen. American Craft, “Focus, Daniel Clayman”, Vol. 54, No. 2, April/May 1994, p. 80

Kangas, Matthew. Daniel Clayman: The Object is the Image, Glass: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly,  Number 75, 1999, pp. 38-43 and cover.                        

McQuaid, Cate. “Glass art a sensuous surprise,” Boston Globe, June 13, 1996 (review).

Miro, Marsha. Daniel Clayman, Habatat Galleries, Glass Magazine, Number 66, Spring 1997, p. 52 (review).

New Glass Review 8, 10,  12, 15, 19, 20, 21,36 Corning Museum of Glass, Neues Glas, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2015

Nouvel Objet IV, Design House, 1999, pp. 50-53.

Oldknow, Tina. Collecting Contemporary Glass, The Corning Museum of Glass, 2014 p, 4

Reid, Jamie. "Transparent exhibit worth seeing," The Daily Texan, September 21, 1999 (review).

Rogulina, Anna. “Contemporary Glass: An Art on Fire” New Britain Museum of American Art (exhibition catalogue) p.7 2014

Rice, Robin. “Cast of Light”, Glass: The Urban Glass Quarterly, Number 132: Fall 2013, p. 133

Van Siclen, Bill. “Daniel Clayman Switches Materials”, ­The Providence Sunday Journal, July 23, 2006 (review)