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DAN WELDEN
Dan Welden, printmaker, painter, educator, author and developer of the Solarplate technique, and has been creating works on paper for over 50 years. Dan continues to inspire artist, teachers and students around the world in workshops where he demonstrates how to make solarplates and printing in both intaglio and relief . His works have been shown in over 80 international solo exhibitions and over 700 group exhibitions in museums and galleries around the globe, and are included in many public and private collections throughout the country including the Amity Art Foundation, Baltimore Museum of Art, and Portland Museum of Art among many others.
As the original pioneer of alternative printmaking since 1970, Dan Welden has been in the forefront of ‘health and safety’ in the arts. As co-author of ‘PRINTMAKING IN THE SUN’ and director of Hampton Editions, Ltd., his 50 plus years of collaboration include artists such as Willem de Kooning, Eric Fischl, Kiki Smith, and Dan Flavin. He has received international recognition through his residencies in China, Belgium, Cuba, Peru New Zealand, Australia, and other countries. With 105 solo exhibitions to date, including the paramount exhibitor at the Cape Cod Museum of Art and travels to 55 countries on all seven continents, he was awarded a ‘lifetime achievement award’ from A/E Foundation in New York; a title of Professor Emeritus from Escuela de Bellas Artes in Cusco, Peru and most recently a Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant.
