Dan Gheno
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Dan Gheno is an American
artist
, teacher
, and author
living and working in New York City
. Often metaphorical and autobiographical in content, his drawing
s and painting
s use traditional figuration
while also incorporating elements of a modern and expressive approach.
Gheno studied at the Santa Barbara Art Institute, the Art Students League of New York
with Harvey Dinnerstein
, and at the National Academy of Design
School with Mary Beth McKenzie
.
He has exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art
, Westmont College
, the University of Hartford
Art Gallery, the Museum of the City of New York
, the National Academy Museum, the Arnot Art Museum, and Union County College
in Cranford, New Jersey
. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of the City of New York, the New Britain Museum of American Art
, and the Florence Griswold Museum.
Gheno currently teaches at the Art Students League and at the National Academy School, where he has instructed since 1989. He holds the position of Professor Emeritus at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
, where he taught from 1987 to 2005. He has written frequently for a number of art magazines, and is a contributing editor for Drawing Magazine. In the 1970s he was the art critic for the Santa Barbara News and Review.
United States
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artist
Artist
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, teacher
Teacher
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, and author
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living and working in New York City
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. Often metaphorical and autobiographical in content, his drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
s and painting
Painting
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s use traditional figuration
Figurative art
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while also incorporating elements of a modern and expressive approach.
Gheno studied at the Santa Barbara Art Institute, the Art Students League of New York
Art Students League of New York
The Art Students League of New York is an art school located on West 57th Street in New York City. The League has historically been known for its broad appeal to both amateurs and professional artists, and has maintained for over 130 years a tradition of offering reasonably priced classes on a...
with Harvey Dinnerstein
Harvey Dinnerstein
Harvey Dinnerstein , is a figurative artist and educator. A draftsman and painter in the realistic tradition, his work has included genre paintings, contemporary narratives, complex figurative compositions, portraits, and intimate images of his family and friends.Dinnerstein was born in Brooklyn,...
, and at the National Academy of Design
National Academy of Design
The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, founded in New York City as the National Academy of Design – known simply as the "National Academy" – is an honorary association of American artists founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E...
School with Mary Beth McKenzie
Mary Beth McKenzie
Mary Beth McKenzie, N.A. ; is an American painter of contemporary figures in the realism style. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio and currently resides in New York City where she teaches art at National Academy of Design and the Art Students League of New York.Her works of art are currently in the...
.
He has exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art
Butler Institute of American Art
The Butler Institute of American Art, located on Wick Avenue in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, was the first museum dedicated exclusively to American art. Established by local industrialist and philanthropist Joseph G. Butler, Jr., the museum has been operating pro bono since 1919...
, Westmont College
Westmont College
Westmont offers 26 majors, including: alternative major, art, biology, chemistry, communication studies, computer science, economics and business, education program, engineering physics, English, history, European studies, kinesiology, liberal studies, mathematics, modern languages , music,...
, the University of Hartford
University of Hartford
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Art Gallery, the Museum of the City of New York
Museum of the City of New York
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, the National Academy Museum, the Arnot Art Museum, and Union County College
Union County College
Union County College is an accredited, co-educational, two-year, public, community college located in Union County, New Jersey. As the first and oldest of New Jersey's 19 community colleges, Union County College has been serving both career-minded and transfer-oriented students since 1933. The...
in Cranford, New Jersey
Cranford, New Jersey
Cranford is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 22,625.Cranford was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1871, from portions of the Townships of Clark, Linden,...
. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of the City of New York, the New Britain Museum of American Art
New Britain Museum of American Art
The New Britain Museum of American Art is an art museum in New Britain, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, it is the first museum in the country dedicated to American art....
, and the Florence Griswold Museum.
Gheno currently teaches at the Art Students League and at the National Academy School, where he has instructed since 1989. He holds the position of Professor Emeritus at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
The Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts is an art college in Old Lyme, Connecticut-History:The Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts was founded in 1976 by Elisabeth Gordon Chandler as a figurative academy for the teaching of sculpture, figure drawing, Illustration and painting dedicated to the fine arts...
, where he taught from 1987 to 2005. He has written frequently for a number of art magazines, and is a contributing editor for Drawing Magazine. In the 1970s he was the art critic for the Santa Barbara News and Review.