Shai Dahan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shai Dahan
Occupation	Painter
Date Of Birth	Jun 26, 1979(1979-06-26)
Age	45
Country	United States
Birth City	Haifa
Horoscope	Gemini

Shai Dahan Biography

Shai Dahan is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on June 26, 1979 in Haifa, United States. Shai Dahan (born 1979) is a American contemporary artist and street artist, who works with drawings, painting drawings, sculptures and illustrations.

Dahan also created his own Spirit Award for Stoked Mentoring that honored skateboarder pro Rob Dyrdek. The award was designed by Dahan and presented Rob Rob at the celebration that was held at Los Angeles in December, 2009.

After moving to Sweden in 2010, Dahan began to create a new reinvention of the Swedish Dala Horse (Dalecarlian horse). Dahan began to paint the Swedish traditional Dala Horse as a realistic horse that carries the Kurbits colors and patterns of the original wooden statuettes. Shortly after creating a few illegal Dala Horse wheatpastes around neighborhoods in Sweden, Dahan’s paintings began to generate media attention. After his Dala Horses were published in the newspaper in the city of Borås (Borås Tidning) as well as at Gothenburg Posten publication in Gothenburg, Dahan began to get much attention for his Dala Horse painting and has been mostly recognized in Scandinavian countries for his technique of painting wild horses as the historic Dalahästs.

After moving to Sweden in late 2010, Dahan continued to exhibit internationally, as well as in Scandinavia including solo exhibitions in Gothenburg and Stockholm and most notably, a solo exhibit at the Modern Art Museum in Borås, Sweden. This was the first time the museum invited an artist from a graffiti/street-art background.

In 2007 Dahan relocated into New York City where he took part in street-art initiatives like his participation in the NYSAT, Underbelly Project, and MOM&POPism. He also began exhibiting his work in galleries across Los Angeles, New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. The month of July, 2012 was when Shai got recognition for his solo show of his work at The Boras Art Museum in Sweden. Shai was then featured as the keynote speaker for the opening ceremony at TEDx Goteborg in the month of October 2012. Shai was also rewarded to create a two- meter United Buddy Bear for the Boras city Boras located in Sweden. A limited edition of United Buddy Bears were also developed by Shai as part of the Boras Buddy Bear Mini Festival in December.

Shai Dahan Net Worth

Shai Dahan is one of the richest Painter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shai Dahan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Shai Dahan was born Haifa, Israel and moved to the United States in 1989. Dahan started his career as an artist with a focus on Los Angeles, where he was heavily involved in the culture of surfing and skateboarding. When he was 14, Dahan was introduced to the culture of graffiti and began creating graffiti-inspired art. In his 20s, Dahan continued to paint urban artwork on surfboards and skateboards for charity projects like the “Life Rolls On” charity in Los Angeles as well as STOKED Mentoring in NYC.

Following his move into Manhattan in 2007 Dahan was a participant of the New York Street Advertising Takeover by participating in the Public Ad Campaign. Since that time, Dahan also took part in the Toranto Street Advertising Takeover, along with the Madrid Street Advertising Takeover.

In 2009, Dahan participated in MOM&POPism, a project presented by Gawker Media to present street-artist painting over the photographs of James and Karla Murray. The project was published as a book in 2011 by Gingko Press.

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In January 2012 the Borås Art Museum invited Dahan for a solo exhibition to run from May until September 2012. The exhibition was the first time the museum invited an artist with a graffiti/street-art background to do an exhibition. As part of the museum exhibit, Dahan was invited by the city of Borås to add a permanent mural in the city center for their bi-annual International Sculpture Festival. The mural of two running Dala Horses at the city center at Sandvallplats eventually was used on the publication cover for the city of Borås quarterly magazine for the end quarter of 2012.

Facts & Trivia

Shai Ranked on the list of most popular Painter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Shai Dahan celebrates birthday on June 26 of every year.

In 2014 Dahan curated No Limit Borås Street Art Festival in Borås, Sweden. The festival, which was first announced in September 2013, composed of both international Street-Artists as well as Swedish artists. Artists who participated in the first No Limit festival included Natalia Rak (Poland), ECB Hendrik (Germany), Kobra (Brazil), Etam Cru (Poland), Ollio (Sweden), Carolina Falkholt (Sweden), Ekta (Sweden), Issac Cordal (Spain).Peeta (Italy) and The London Police (Netherlands). The festival was funded and organized by BoråsBorås (part of the Borås Stad Municipality). The festival has continued in 2015 and 2017 with both additions featuring new artists painting across the city of Borås. Shai has remained as founder and Curating Director.