Shai Dahan

Shai Dahan
Born (1979-06-26) 26 June 1979 (age 45)
NationalityAmerican
Known forContemporary art, graffiti, Street Art, public art
MovementStreet Art, Contemporary
AwardsAmbassador to the city of Borås, TEDxGoteborg keynote speaker, United Buddy Bear, Sjuhärad Top-20 most successful talents
Websitewww.shaidahan.com

Shai Dahan (born 1979) is an American contemporary painter and street artist who works with painting, drawing, illustrations and sculptures.

In 2007, Dahan moved to New York City where he participated in street-art projects such as the NYSAT, Underbelly Project, and MOM&POPism. He also began to exhibit his art with galleries in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. In July 2012, Dahan received recognition for his solo exhibition at the Borås Art Museum in Sweden. He was later featured as the opening keynote speaker at TEDx[1] Göteborg in October 2012. Dahan was also awarded to paint a two-meter United Buddy Bear[2] for the city of Borås in Sweden. A limited edition version of the United Buddy Bears were also created by Dahan as part of the Borås Buddy Bear Mini Festival in December.

In 2019, Dahan painted Sweden's largest outdoor mural in Ryavallen stadium which is over 950 square meters.[3] The mural was painted as part of the European Athletics U20 Championships.

Dahan has been awarded as Ambassador of the city of Borås on June 29, 2019.[4] He has also been named one of Borås 40 Under 40 Most Successful People.

On October 5, 2019 Dahan completed The World's Largest Dala Horse (Dalahäst) in the Lower East Side of New York City.[5] The mural of the Dalecarlian horse has been measured to be 18 meters (59 feet) high, which has been considered to be the World's Largest Dala Horse artwork as of 2019.[6]

  1. ^ "The Language of Street-Art: Shai Dahan at TEDxGöteborg". YouTube - TedxTalks.
  2. ^ "United Buddy Bear".
  3. ^ Rosenqvist, Håkan (April 26, 2019). "TV: Arbetet med jätteverket på Ryavallen är igång". Borås Tidning.
  4. ^ Engström, Anne (June 29, 2019). "TV: Se när årets Boråsambassadör korades". Borås Tidning.
  5. ^ "Världens största dalahäst målas i New York". www.aftonbladet.se. 5 October 2019.
  6. ^ Nyheter, S. V. T.; Krums-Vabins, Maria (October 4, 2019). "Världens största dalahäst målas på hus i New York". SVT Nyheter – via www.svt.se.