Born 1950 in Saint Louis, MO. Lives and works in Baltimore, MD.
EDUCATION
1975 MFA, Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1972 BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Cutting Edge, Peninsula Gallery, Lewes, DE
Paul Daniel, Large outdoor installation at George HP Smith Park, Lewes, DE (solo)
23-25 Paul Daniel: Woolgathering, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD (solo)
2019 Art on the Waterfront, Middle Branch Park, Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts, Baltimore, MD
School 33 Art Center's 40th Anniversary Exhibition, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
2018 Acknowledging the Wind: Kinetic Sculptures by Paul Daniel, Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton, MD (solo)
Give & Take, with Linda DePalma, Fleckenstein Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2017 International Kinetic Art Exhibit & Symposium, Boynton Beach FL
2016 ARTsites, Howard County Arts Council Dept. of Education, Ellicott City, MD
Cartes Blanche, The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Fredrick, MD
2015 On and Off the Wall, 3D and 2D Works, Project 1628, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Surface & Air, Tuttle Gallery, McDonogh School, Owings Mills, MD
Baltimore Sculptors 30th Anniversary, Liriodendron Mansion, Bel Air, MD
2014 Gedankenexperiment, American Assn for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC
Mobiles, Whirligigs, Automata, Rube-Goldbergs and other Kinetic Contraptions,
Artscape 2014, Baltimore, MD
International Kinetic Art Exhibit and Symposium, Boynton Beach, FL
Celebration of Art, Cylburn Arboretum, Baltimore, MD
2013 Into the Clouds, Duke Gallery, Wallingford, PA
2012 International Kinetic Art Exhibit and Symposium, Boynton Beac,h FL
Artsites, Howard Country Arts Council, Ellicott City, MD
Public Art League’s Sculpture Fest, Champaign IL
2011 Motion Study, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Unites of Measure, Area 405, Baltimore, MD
2010 Public Art League’s Sculpture Fest, Champaign, IL
Sculpture at The Station, Green Spring Station, Lutherville, MD
Mattin Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2009 Paul Daniel-Current Reflection, Kinetic Sculpture, Katzen Art Museum, American
University, Washington, DC (solo)
SHIFT: Kinetic Sculptures, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
2007 MSAC 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
Outdoor Sculpture Annual, Artscape, Baltimore, MD
2006 Summer ’06, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Outdoor Sculpture Annual, Artscape, Baltimore, MD
MAP@25, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
04-05 Micro Show, Sculptors Inc traveling exhibition, originated in Philadelphia, PA
2000 Paul Daniel- Kinetic Sculptures in the Pond, The Park School, Brooklandville, MD (solo)
1999 Art in the Landscape, Works by Sculptors Inc., The Lillian Holt Center for the Arts, Baltimore, MD
Contemporary Visions, Mosley Gallery, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD
Small Scale Sculpture, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1998 Staten Island Biennial, Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences, NY
1996 Celebrating Rinehart, Artscape, Outdoor Installation, Baltimore, MD
Rinehart 100: The Contemporary Years (1961-1996), Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Summer '96 / Part I - The Sculptors, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1994 Nine Sculptors' Garden Furnishings, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC
Decade: Sculptors Incorporated Celebrates Ten Years, City Hall, Baltimore, MD
1992 Water Features, Franklin Square Exhibition Space, Washington, DC
Group Show, Gwen Mahler Gallery, Washington, DC
Summer 92/ A Group Exhibition, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1991 Snug Harbor Sculpture Festival, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
Individual Works, Ameringer & Avard Ltd., New York, NY
Summer 91, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Summer Show, Gwen Mahler Gallery, Washington, DC
1990 Paul Daniel- Recent Sculpture, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD (solo)
En Plein Air, Gallery Francoise, Fallston, MD
Summer 90, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1989 Art in Motion, Tempe Art Center, Tempe, AZ
Six Artists, Washington Square, Washington, DC
1988 Outdoor Sculpture, International Sculpture Center, Washington Harbor, DC
Sculpture Spaces Baltimore, Artscape '88, Baltimore, MD
A Sculpture Show, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Small & Choice, Winston Gallery, Washington, DC
SELECTED PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2019 Art on the Waterfront commission, Installation at Middle Branch Park, Baltimore, MD,
Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts
2015 Finalist for Art-in-Transit, Red Line, Mass Transit Administration
Finalist for Art-in-Transit, Purple Line, Mass Transit Administration
14-15 Manolis, Cylburn Arboretum, Baltimore MD
2012 Mattin Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
09-16 Flirting with Memory on exhibition at Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital, Baltimore, MD
07-10 Kiko-Cy on exhibit for the Baltimore Office of Promotion and Tourism, St Paul Street median
1998 Finalist for Germantown Community Center, Arts Council of Montgomery County
1997 Oak Leaf Gazebo, Mitchellville, MD, Collaboration with artist Linda DePalma; Rocky
Gorge Communities Commission
1996 Finalist for General Services Administration Commission, George H. Fallon Federal
Building, Baltimore, MD
1992 Naiad's Pool, Rockcrest Ballet Center & Park, Rockville, MD; Art in Public Places
1991 Double Gamut, Franklin Street Parking Garage, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore 1% for Art Program
Jack Tar’s Fancy, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, Collaboration with
artist Linda DePalma; Curator: Olivia Georgia
1990 Sun Arbor & Moon Arbor, Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, MD Collaboration with artist
Linda DePalma; Anne Arundel Co. Dept. of Parks & Recreation; Art Consultant:
Cindy Kelly
1987 Goal Keeper, William Myers Pavilion, Brooklyn, MD; Baltimore 1% for Art Program
1985 Messenger, Clifton T. Perkins Hospital, Jessup, MD; MD State Fine Art in Public Places
1984 Venter, State Center Metro Station, Baltimore, MD; Mass Transit Administration
1978 Titan, Liberty Elementary School, Baltimore, MD; Baltimore 1% for Art Program
AWARDS
2019 Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Grant, Art on the Waterfront
2014 The Gary and Elana Vikan Award, Cylburn Arboretum
1996 Municipal Art Society Grant, for Celebrating Rinehart, Artscape ‘96, Baltimore, MD
1991 CityArts Individual Artist Grant, Baltimore, MD
1987 CityArts Individual Artist Grant, Baltimore, MD
1983 Artists Fellowship Grant, Maryland State Arts Council
1976 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant
1976 Dr. & Mrs. J.H. Sherman Award, Maryland Biennial '76, Baltimore, MD
1975 Henry Walters Traveling Fellowship
1975 Amalie Rothschild Award
Rinehart School of Sculpture Fellowships
1974 Rinehart School of Sculpture Fellowships
1973 Rinehart School of Sculpture Fellowships
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1995-2020 Mount Designer/Fabricator for the following institutions:
Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Charlottesville, VA
Yale University, New Haven, CT
The Walters Art Museum
The Baltimore Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art
Hillwood Museum & Gardens
Corcoran Gallery
National Building Museum, Washington DC
Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware
Johns Hopkins University
Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, Florida
Blackhawk Museum, California
The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO;
Maryland Institute, College of Art
Geppi Entertainment Museum, Baltimore, MD
TEACHING
1999 Artist-in-Residence, Long Reach High School, Columbia, MD
1996 Artist-in-Residence, Artists in Education, MD State Arts Council, McDonogh School
1995 Artist-in-Residence, Artists in Education, MD State Arts Council, Indian Creek School,
Crownsville, MD
1992 Visiting Artist, Sculpture from Two Directions, Maryland Institute, College of Art
1991 Workshop Instructor, Art in the Environment, Split Rock Arts Program, University of
Minnesota
1990 Visiting Lecturer, University of Delaware; Goucher College, Towson State University
87-96 Visiting Lecturer, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
82-84 Acting Director/ Visiting Artist, Rinehart School of Sculpture, Baltimore, MD
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O’Sullivan, Michael. Art review: ‘Gedankenexperiment’ at American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Washington Post, July 10, 2014
Coles-Dobay, Debby. Kinetic Art Exhibition & Symposium, Artforms in Motion catalogue, 2013
Goya Contemporary, Motion Study-Paul Daniel, brochure, May-July 2011
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