Bio

Sculptor Dana Younger looks forward and back at the same time. Looking back, to the skill, history and tradition of representational art and forward through the digital lens. This is where his work lives reveling in the colliding, engulfing, advancing and assimilating change that is now. 

As a teenager, his family moved to northern Idaho to homestead. They built a log cabin with no electricity or running water. In summer, he chopped wood. In winter, he cross-country skied to school. Grounded by this experience, he has one foot solidly in the world of tradition. The other foot is always advancing further into technology.  

Dana received a BA in Theater from the University of Texas. After undergrad he performed with an experimental theater group. When he realized he needed to make money, he turned to visual art. In 1999 he co-founded Blue Genie Art Industries and spent over a decade creating large scale public sculpture. It was in this business that he developed a taste for the edge of technology as an early adopter of digital fabrication equipment. Some of the most notable pieces his company created are the 17 ft long bas reliefs on the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Kinky Friedman’s promotional vehicle for his gubernatorial campaign, Mardi Gras parade floats and the giant ring at the Texas A&M alumni center. He was the Exhibits Manager for Texas Parks and Wildlife for 15 years supervising writers, designers and fabricators to make exhibits for Texas State Parks. Currently he is an owner of the Blue Genie Art Bazaar, an annual holiday art fair now in its 25th year.