Dan Shaughnessy IV

Dan Shaughnessy IV was born in Stavanger, Norway in 1988. After living in Sweden and England, Dan moved to Houston, Texas with his family where he was introduced to stick welding and various welding tools in the metal shop. As a child, he always had an attraction to form, structure and abstraction. Eventually, this fascination became a search for artistic forms and understanding the qualities metal bestows. He would later attend the school of The School of Art Institute of Chicago. Dan’s move to Chicago in 2008 opened new avenues for exploration in the metal sculpture world. In 2011, Dan began a long term professional liaison while working as an apprentice for Chicago sculptors Boyan Marinov, Mike Helbing, and Terry Karpowicz. It was with this experience that propelled his career as a professional sculptor. Since beginning his career, Dan has worked on close to a dozen large scale figurative public pieces and over 140 public sculpture installations for a variety of mid-west sculptors. Dan continues to collaborate in the Chicago sculptor community and with fellow sculptors affiliated with Chicago Sculpture International. Dan currently lives between New York City and Chicago, creating public and privately commissioned large scale sculptures for clients. Going forward, Dan will be focusing on the balance of sculpture + technology and how to elevate public pieces to landmarks.