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 other welding tools in the metal shop. As a child, Dan 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 the Art Institute of Chicago. Dan’s move to Chicago in 2008 opened new avenues for exploration in metal sculpting. 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 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. 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.DSIVSTUDIO.COM@DS__IVDAN@DSIVSTUDIO.COM