Dan Gheno

Dan Gheno grew up in Santa Barbara California and later moved to New York where he works at his art and teaches. He exhibits regularly, both nationally and in New York, at locations that have included the Museum of the City of New York, the National Academy Museum, the Butler Institute of American Art, the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Caro Gallery, the Limbo Gallery, the National Arts Club, the University of Hartford Art Gallery, Westmont College and Union County College.

Gheno’s work is included in several public and private collections including the Museum of the City of New York, the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Butler Institute of American Art and the Griswold Museum, Connecticut.

Gheno is a member of the Pastel Society of America and the Allied Artists of America. His awards include a Rome grant from the Creative Artists Network. His artwork and writings have appeared in various magazines and books, including American Artist, Drawing Magazine, The Artist’s Magazine, Oil Highlights, Pastel Highlights, Portrait Highlights, The Best of Pastels II, Classical Life Drawing Studio and on the cover of The Best of Sketching and Drawing. His work was included in the book Painting the Town, from the Museum of the City of New York. He was the art critic for the Santa Barbara News and Review in the 1970s.

Gheno studied at the Santa Barbara Art Institute, the Art Students League of New York and at the National Academy of Design School.

Gheno is Professor Emeritus at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut and teaches at the National Academy School and the Art Students League of New York. To learn more, please visit www.dangheno.net.