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ABOUT

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Dan Willig is a multi-disciplinary artist working and living in New England and a graduate student and instructor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Dan’s art practice aims to understand the complex conditions of trauma, attachment, and the pace of contemporary life and their impact on the psyche. Rooted in representation, Dan’s compositions emphasize the estranged yet interwoven relationship between the individual and the environment. Working across multiple mediums, Dan constantly explores how to express the loneliness, estrangement, and melancholia of contemporary existence. 
   
​Coinciding with his art practice, Dan is a seasoned instructor who practices trauma-informed, mindful, and contemplative pedagogical approaches. Additionally, he is an experienced fabricator and builder and maintains a music and emergent writing practice. 

 

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Daniel Willig

danielwillig.com

danwill481@gmail.com

(516 )993-2727

Education

​2024                MFA, Studio Art, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

2017                BFA, Sculpture, Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Old Lyme, CT  

2013                Long Island Academy of Fine Art, Glen Cove, NY 

2013                Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY

2013                SUNY Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, NY

 

​Exhibitions

2024                Revision, LookyHere, Greenfield, MA 

2024                Withdrawn, Thesis Exhibition, Herter Art Gallery, Amherst, MA

2023                Compistional inventions, Manhasset public library, Manhasset, NY

2022                Is seeing knowing,? MFA student exhibition, Herter Art Galley, Amherst, MA

​ 2019               Allied Artists of America 106th Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY 

2017                BFA Studio Exhibition, Chauncey Stillman Gallery, Lyme Academy, Old Lyme, CT

2017                Juried Exhibition, Chauncey Stillman Gallery, Lyme Academy, Old Lyme, CT

2016                Group Exhibition, Transformation, Essex Art Association, Essex, CT

2016                Juried Exhibition, Chauncey Stillman Gallery, Lyme Academy, Old Lyme, CT

2015                Juried Exhibition, Chauncey Stillman Gallery, Lyme Academy, Old Lyme, CT

2013                Fall Student Art Exhibition, State University Plaza Gallery, Albany, NY

Residencies 

2019               Sculptor in Residence, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH 

2018               Sculptor in Residence, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH 

 

Awards

2019                Dexter Jones Award, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY

2017                Wardlaw Prize for Excellence in Art, Lyme Academy, Old Lyme, CT 

Employment

                        UMass Amherst, instructor, shop monitor, Amherst, MA 

​                        Willig Art and Fabrication, Sculptor builder, Fabricator, Hadley, MA

                        US Art Company, Crater/ Art Handler, Randolph, MA 

                        CRLG Holdings, sculptor/ fabricator, Quechee, VT 

                        Figurative Art Studios, Sculptor, foundry worker, Woodstock, IL 

 

Lectures 

2019               Clay to bronze: How bronze sculptures are made, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA

 

Professional Services

2017-18          Studio Assistant to Brian Booth Craig, PA

2017                Studio Assistant to Robert Taplin, CT

2016                Internship, Studio Assistant to Erik Blome, IL

Press

https://www.umass.edu/herterartgallery/event/withdrawn

https://www.nps.gov/saga/learn/news/national-park-announces-2019-sculptor-in-residence-daniel-willig.htm

https://nationalsculpture.org/news-events/daniel-willig/

https://www.eagletimes.com/news/his-sculptures-bring-their-weather-with-them/article_bd5c2630-9529-11e8-84df-fbc32f18e7df.html

https://www.courant.com/community/hebron/hc-ugc-article-hebron-model-gil-salk-poses-at-lyme-academy-c-2016-02-12-story.html

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