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. In 2004, Dan attended The John Cooper School where artist Bob Mosier guided his curiosity for sculpture. 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. Now with DSIV, Dan and his team focuses on creating larger-than-life sculptures that focus on the balance of sculpture and technology, pushing the boundary of interaction.

Since the beginning of his career, Dan has worked on close to a dozen large scale figurative / abstract public pieces for various artists. As well as installed over 140 public sculptures for a variety of mid-west sculptors. Dan continues to collaborate with various partners from all over the world, pushing the boundary of landmark sculpture. His underlining goal for all his work is to have the viewer step into this world of imagination. Going forward, Dan will be focusing on the balance of sculpture + technology and how to elevate public pieces to landmarks.