Dan Euser
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Dan Euser is a Canadian artist
, sculptor, designer, and landscape architect specializing in water features. His works include various dynamic water sculptures for landmark architectural installations.
Yonge-Dundas Square, as well as North America's largest human-made waterfall, installed as part of the National September 11 Memorial at the former site of the World Trade Center
in New York
. A portion of the waterfall for the World Trade Center Memorial, "Reflecting Absence," was prototyped at Euser's studio in 2005, for testing and design purposes.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, sculptor, designer, and landscape architect specializing in water features. His works include various dynamic water sculptures for landmark architectural installations.
Most famous works of art
Euser's most well known works of art include the centerpiece for Toronto'sToronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
Yonge-Dundas Square, as well as North America's largest human-made waterfall, installed as part of the National September 11 Memorial at the former site of the World Trade Center
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. A portion of the waterfall for the World Trade Center Memorial, "Reflecting Absence," was prototyped at Euser's studio in 2005, for testing and design purposes.
Awards
- Landscape architect Dan Euser honored as the water feature architect for the award winning Milwaukee Art Museum addition in 2001.
- Dan Euser receives OALA Pinacle Award for outstanding professional achievement in 2006.