DANNY MCCAW

b. 1978, Torrance, California

McCaw lives and works in his native Torrance, California.

He traces his artistic career back as far as he can remember. From the beginning his life has been immersed in the arts, where every one around him was creative and instilled a love for drawing, painting, writing, and photography. He would later join his father and brother in the studio, picking up other lessons that would influence his art making.

McCaw earned his high school diploma in 1996 at which time he won a grant for his artistic performance. In his early work, he was often influenced by classic, traditional, and modern art. He often merged, combined, and layered all these forms of art to build rhythmic compositions. Soon, McCaw cast a wider net from his influences to the materials, using sanders, floor scrapers, tar, wax, and anything lying around his studio -- these materials expanded his “palette” but he still remains rooted to his early influences. Though he still continues to paint, focusing on making large-scale paintings, McCaw has expanded his practice into sculpture, installations, found and discarded objects, construction, and photography.

Danny McCaw was awarded the Wright Foundation Grant in 2002, chosen for the inaugural cover of American Art Collector Magazine, and has had over twenty solo exhibitions to date. He has also been featured in numerous national and international publications and was most recently featured in the Chinese Publication ( FOCUS ), American Artist's "Top 25 Artists of Tomorrow', and Southwest Art. Danny's paintings are well represented worldwide in both private and cooperate collections.

Selected Group Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions (cont.)

2003
Small Works Show | Wendt Gallery | Laguna Beach, CA
Three Man Show | Trailside Gallery | Jackson Hole, WY

2002 | Group Show | Timmons Gallery | Rancho Santa Fe, CA

2001 | Group Show | Timmons Gallery | Rancho Santa Fe, CA

2000 | Group Show | Timmons Gallery | Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010 | Anne Irwin Gallery | Atlanta, GA

2009
Anne Irwin Gallery | Atlanta, GA
Meyer East Gallery | Santa Fe, NM
Trailside Gallery | Scottsdale, AZ

2008
Anne Irwin Gallery | Atlanta, GA
Meyer Munson Gallery | Santa Fe, NM

2007 | One Man Show | Meyer Munson Gallery | Santa Fe, NM

2006
One Man Show | Wendt Gallery | Laguna Beach, CA
One Man Show | Anne Irwin Gallery | Atlanta, GA

2005
One Man Show | Anne Irwin Gallery | Atlanta, GA

Education

1995-2004 | Private Study under Dan McCaw

2003
Awarded the Wright Foundation Grant
Scottsdale Art School | Scott Christenson
Scottsdale Art School | Mark Daily
Scottsdale Art School | Henry Stenson

2000-2003 | Steve Huston

2001 | Scottsdale Art School | Peggy Kroll

1998-1999 | El Camino Art Department