18 Facts About Brian Dailey

Brian Dailey was born on August 12,1951 and is an American artist noted for his careers in both art and international relations.

Brian Dailey is based in the Washington DC metropolitan area and maintains studios in the District and Woodstock, Virginia.

Brian Dailey's parents divorced when he was three, precipitating his mother's return to her native New Zealand with Dailey and his sister and the family's subsequent relocation to England.

Brian Dailey took up photography at the age of 12, beginning his formal photographic training after entering Pacific Palisades High School.

Brian Dailey attended Ventura College where he developed an interest in ceramic sculpture, shifting the direction of his art career.

In 1976, Brian Dailey set out to Japan with the aim of working with the director Akira Kurosawa, whose films were a source of inspiration.

Brian Dailey traveled on the Trans Siberian Express to Japan, transiting through the Soviet Union.

Brian Dailey worked for the architect James De Long, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Brian Dailey's growing interest in film and video led to his working as a grip at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, where he learned filmmaking.

Brian Dailey studied arms control, Russian studies, and diplomatic history at the University of Southern California, receiving his degree in 1987 with a dissertation on the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

In January 1988, Brian Dailey became a professional staff member of the Senate Armed Service Committee, assigned to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and Nuclear Deterrence.

Brian Dailey was responsible for matters on arms control, missile defense, special access programs, as well as space and intelligence systems.

Brian Dailey left the White House in 1993 to work for the Lockheed Corporation, where he was responsible for commercial programs including their joint ventures in the former Soviet Union.

Brian Dailey went on to become a Senior Vice President and Corporate Officer of Lockheed Martin.

Brian Dailey returned to art full-time in 2008, leveraging his experiences in the intervening decades in his creative practice.

Brian Dailey has had solo exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York, and Bulgaria and participated in a number of group shows in the United States, Europe, and Russia.

Brian Dailey was a featured speaker at FotoDC 2015, presenting his American in Color project as part of a series of talks on photobooks.

Brian Dailey's encrypted Riddle series was featured in the exhibition GEOMETRIX: Line, Form, Subversion, organized by Curator's Office at three-venues in Washington, DC from January 14 to April 16,2016.