Danny Lane

Who is Danny Lane?

Danny Lane is a sculptor associated with public art in the United Kingdom. His works include "Opening Line" at Gateshead Interchange, the glass balustrade on the staircase and mezzanine of the main gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum, "Ellipsis Eclipses" at The Gate, Newcastle costing £163,000, "Child of Family" by the Civic Centre, Southampton and "Assembly Field" outside the National Assembly for Wales. Te Rongo Kirkwood cites him as an influence.

He was born in Urbana, Illinois, studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art, then the Central School of Art. He is now based in London. The Times described him as "one of the most commissioned artists in the world, responsible for monumental fountains, theatrically reeling walls and fantastic stairways, all in glass". In The Independent, Jonathan Glancey wrote "Once 'a head-banging bad boy', Danny Lane is a master of form and light".