Dale Chisman (1943-2008) received his M.F.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and received two artist-in-residence grants from the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities, an Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant, and the AFKEY Award from the Denver Art Museum.
From 1969 to 1984, Chisman lived and worked in New York, with his exhibits including showings at The Brooklyn Museum, Martha Jackson Gallery, Bertha Schaefer Gallery, and The Once Gallery. In 1975, he received a MacDowell Fellowship and has been published in Art and Architecture, The New York Times, and The Christian Science Monitor. His works are featured in many corporate and public collections as well as famed museums throughout the United States
In 1985, Chisman moved to Denver, where he held many shows at Cydney Payton Artfolio, The Robischon Gallery, and more, as well as in farther away Santa Fe and Aspen. Chisman continued to creating new projects there until his death in August 2008.
