Dan C. Rizzie, American artist and musician, was born in

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, NY on May 23, 1951 and grew up in India, Egypt, Jordan and Jamaica. Rizzie lives in

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, New York.Hughes, Robert, ''Dan Rizzie''. Spanierman Modern, (2008) Dan Rizzie is a painter, printmaker, and collage artist. He attended

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in Conway, Arkansas under the mentorship of Don Marr and Bill Hawes.Artist Honors Hendrix Art Professor with Donation of Original Work
/ref> At Hendrix he received his BFA in 1973. In 2005, Rizzie was awarded Hendrix College's Distinguished Alumnus Award. Rizzie earned a MFA from

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's Meadow's School of Art in Dallas, Texas in 1975. Rizzie's works may contain layers of materials and symbolism from his varied cultural experiences. Rizzie's art can be seen in the permanent collections of the

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and the

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in New York,An Evening with Dan Rizzie at Peter Marcelle Gallery, SagHarborOnline.com
/ref> the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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and collections at AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago, Illinois,

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, and the

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.Smith, Mark ''Dan Rizzie'', University of Texas Press, (2015)

References

External links

Dan Rizzie's webpage

Artsy's selected exhibitions of Dan Rizzie
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rizzie, Dan C. Hendrix College alumni Southern Methodist University alumni American collage artists 20th-century American painters American printmakers 1951 births Living people Artists from New York (state) Musicians from Poughkeepsie, New York People from Sag Harbor, New York 21st-century American painters