Biography

Peter in his Workshop

Peter Sketching

Peter Danko & Susan McDaniel

BORN

1949, Washington, DC.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Art, major in Fine Art and Art History; University of Maryland, 1971.

MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS TO PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Atmos Rocker 2021

• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bodyform Chair 2021

• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Danko side chair prototype 2021

• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Danko arm chair 2021

• Smithsonian American Art Museum, Wash. D.C.; Unfolding Chairs, 1997.

• Smithsonian American Art Museum, Wash. D.C.; Desk, 1996.

• Museum of Modern Art, Design Collection; Bodyform Chair, 1986.

• Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York ; Unfolding Chair, 1983.

• Smithsonian American Art Museum, Wash. D.C.; #8 Crystal Table, 1982.

• Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Danko Chair & Unfolding Chair, 1982.

• Smithsonian American Art Museum, Wash. D.C.; Danko Chair, 1981.

• Museum of Modern Art, Design Collection; Danko Chair, 1978.

MUSEUM SHOWS

• TRASHFORMATIONS EAST-a traveling exhibit with venues at:

Lancaster Musuem of Art, Lancaster, PA fall 2006

COPIA, Napa CA. winter 2006

Fuller Museum, Brockton MA. 2005

*Curated by Lloyd Herman, founding Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery.

• Smithsonian‘s Renwick Gallery, AMERICAN STUDIO FURNITURE, 2004

• Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA , THE MAKERS HAND, 2004

• Messiah College; exhibit and lecture, 2003-4

• American Design Museum, NY 2001-2002

• York College of PA. exhibit and lecture 2001

• American Institute of Architects, AIA Headquarters, 1998 Gallery,

• Harmony Hall Regional Center. Fort Washington, MD 1995

• United States Information Agency, “DESIGN USA”; 2 exhibits touring USSR and Eastern Europe.

• Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, “INNOVATIVE FURNITURE in AMERICA: 1800 to PRESENT”, 1980.

• Smithsonian Institution, at the Vice President’s House, Washington D.C., 1979.

• American Crafts Museum, New York, “NEW HANDMADE FURNITURE”, 1978.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

• Best of Neocon Silver Award for chair design 1998 IDSA,

• Certificate of Achievement for the Everychair Series, 1983.

• National Endowment for the Arts Design Fellowship, 1980.

• National Endowment for the Arts Craftsman Fellowship, 1975.

PATENTS

Mechanical--Patent Nos. 4,210,182; 4,321,875; 4,429,012;

US 6,655,434 B2 US 7,657.971 B2

Design--Patent Nos. DES-333,577; 07-706,727, DES-341,038,

DES-368,383, US D525,058 S

TINKERS WITH

Industrial, graphic, exhibit and web design. Illustration, CAD-drawing, woodworking, upholstery, product testing, ergonomics, mechanical and electrical engineering. Has also tinkered with hydraulics, pneumatics, plastics and concrete form work. Skilled in photography, business and personnel management.

PASSIONS

Above all, my wife, Susan, then figure painting and portraits in Oil and watercolor, designing anything, (but mostly chairs and cabinetry), travel, and history.