Daniel Hauben (born May 23, 1956,

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) is an American

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who grew up in the Bronx, and who often paints Bronx street scenes. Hauben has also painted outdoors around the world.

Education

Hauben studied at the Museum School in Boston, MA and received a B.A. from the

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in NYC. Hauben works in such mediums as oils, textural oil relief, chalk pastel, etchings, bronze, cast paper, plaster, and glass.

Collections

Hauben's work is in the collections of the Library of Congress, the White House, the Museum of the City of New York, the New York Public Library, the New York Historical Society, the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, the Villa-Haiss Museum, Pfizer Corporation, Harvard University, and in numerous other public and private collections.

Exhibitions

Hauben has had solo exhibitions at the

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, the Michael Ingbar Gallery, Ache 700 Gallery in Austria, Amerika Haus in Berlin and the Deutsches-Amerikanisches Zentrum in Stuttgart, among others. Selected group exhibitions include: Lehman College Art Gallery, The Painting Center, John Szoke Gallery, Allan Stone Gallery, and the Kunst und Gewerbeverein in Regensburg, Germany. Hauben has painted in India, Costa Rica, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Hungary and Denmark, as well as in the US states of Virginia, California, Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts. He has painted in Virginia extensively, where he has been an artist-in-residence at the

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numerous times. He has also received residencies at Djerassi Art Colony and

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in California, Weir Farm in Connecticut, the Julia and David White Colony in Costa Rica, Fundacion Valparaiso in Spain, and the Oberpfaelzer Kuenstlerhaus in Germany.

Public Art Commissions

Hauben was commissioned by the

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of NYC to create the artwork for the Freeman Street (IRT White Plains Road Line) on the 2 & 5 elevated train line in the Bronx. The work consists of six faceted glass panels, created with inch-thick colored glass pieces that are held together with epoxy, all of which depict Bronx street scenes. In 2007 the

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organization recognized Hauben's Freeman Street Station artwork (collectively titled "The El") as one of the top 40 works of public art in the nation. In 2008 Hauben was selected to create all the artwork for the new North Instructional Building and Library of

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. Ground was broken for the building in October 2008, with a completion date set for 2011. It was designed by

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Architects, and complements the original

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plan for the campus. The artwork for the building includes 22 paintings depicting scenes of the Bronx by Hauben.

Awards and Commendations

* 1990

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award * 1995 BRIO award * 2005 BRIO award"Bronx Council on the Arts" retrieved July 2, 2011

Personal life

Hauben lives with his wife Judith Lane, a

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and composer, in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx.

References

External links

Daniel Hauben's official website

Megan James "Daniel Hauben gets inspiration from the Bronx," ''Riverdale Press'' September 18, 2008
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