Dan Caven
Danclub2001@yahoo.com
Exhibits
2022 Cornucopia: AWD members’ exhibit A group show at Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2022 Harmonic Material A group show at Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2021 Radiance Luminous art from The Crucible, Alameda, CA
2021 Harmony A community art exhibit presented by Cedars of Marin and the San Anselmo arts commission, San Anselmo, CA
2019 Illumination & Art group show at The Bellevue Club, Oakland, CA
2019 Spring Open House group show at the Crucible, Oakland, CA
2019 Illuminated Boxes solo show in the Donor’s gallery at Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2018 Small Works Exhibition group show at Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2018 Fire and Water group show at the Crucible, Oakland, CA
2017 Illumination group show at The O’Hanlon Cultural Center, Mill Valley, CA
2017 Light in the Darkness solo show at The Bellevue Club, Oakland, CA
2016 20/20 Vision Past, present, future group show at Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2016 Tools to table group show at the Crucible, Oakland, CA
2015 Tools to table group show at the Crucible, Oakland, CA
2015 On with the show Marin county fair juried fine arts group show.
San Rafael, CA
2015 Science of art group show at the Crucible, Oakland, CA
2014 Small works show Art Works Downtown juried group show.
San Rafael, CA
2014 Annual fall juried show group show, Falkirk Cultural Center,
San Rafael, CA
2014 Playa Bound group show at the Crucible, Oakland, CA
2013 Lights and Boxes solo show at the underground gallery,
Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2013 Holiday gifty & open house group show at the Crucible, Oakland, CA
2013 Bold O’Hanlon Cultural Center juried group show. Mill Valley, CA
2012 Fall open house group show at the Crucible, Oakland, CA
2011 Bi-annual Juried Exhibition group show, Falkirk Cultural Center,
San Rafael, CA
2011 Studio 28 Presents Gallery 888 group show. San Rafael, CA
2011 Dan Caven: Current Work Riley St. Art Supply. San Rafael, CA
2011 Blage: Collage and Assemblage O’Hanlon Cultural Center juried group show. Mill Valley, CA
2010 Delirium’s Feign Cathedral Gallery group show. Oakland, CA.
2009 Found Object Romance Collaborative show with Claudia Bauer. Lucky juju, Alameda, CA
2009 Illuminated Sculpture group show. Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2008 Mars: Fire and Ice group show in conjunction with the Phoenix landing. The Crucible, Oakland, CA
Education
After pursuing a liberal arts education at the University of Colorado in the eighties, Dan chose a non-traditional path in arts and art history through a series of workshops, visiting working artists in their studios, and coarse work at the Crucible, an industrial art organization in Oakland, CA.
2013 Recipient of Glass Artists of Northern California scholarship to develop a collaborative project to receive instruction in glass casting to use in combination with neon light.
2011 Intro to hot glass The Crucible, Oakland, CA
2010 Techniques in collage and print making Michael Cutlip, Berkeley, CA
2009 Intro to bronze casting The Crucible, Oakland, CA
2009 Collage workshop for teachers and group facilitators
Susan Hyde Green, San Francisco, CA
2009 Special projects in metal fabrication The Crucible, Oakland, CA
2008 Continuing techniques in neon, The Crucible, Oakland, CA
2008 Intro to neon The Crucible, Oakland, CA
1984-1987 Variety of course work in liberal arts University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Employment
2009-present Neon Lab monitor The Crucible, Oakland, CA
2009-2015 Art instructor The Cedars of Marin, San Anselmo, CA
2014-2019 Collage workshop Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
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