Dan Alexander has always been interested in art, history, nature, and creating. After seeing glass being made for the first time, he knew this was a trade he had to master. He attended Kent State University and received a BFA-Glass Concentration. In college he was able to further explore glass as an artistic medium while being introduced to other materials, art history, color theory, and composition.
Post graduation, he studied with some of the top glass artists in the field today and even worked in Murano, Italy. He spent several years working for the Corning Museum of Glass where he held the Lead Gaffer position traveling the world and educating the public about the science and history of glass art.
Dan has now branched out from his studio manager role and has made a name for himself as an independent artist. In recent years he was awarded an emerging artist residency at Duncan McClellan’s Gallery in St Petersburg Florida, the AACG professional artist residency at Goggleworks Center for the Arts in Reading Pennsylvania,and was also nominated for the Glass Art Sociecty’s Saxe Emerging Artist Award. His work is on display in fine art galleries across the USA and abroad.In 2022 he was included in exhibitions in Istanbul Turkey, Vienna Austria, and Melbourne Australia.