Michael Dailey
Four Decades: Works from the Estate
March 5 – 28, 2026
Originally from Iowa, Michael Dailey (1938–2009) moved to Seattle in 1963 to teach painting and drawing at the University of Washington. He was an influential teacher and artist whose select exhibitions included shows at the San Francisco Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In 2008, Dailey was honored with a major retrospective exhibition at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem, OR. His work is held in numerous public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, NY; the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; the Seattle Art Museum, WA; the Portland Art Museum, OR; and the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland. Corporate collections include the Bank of America Collection, San Francisco, CA; Hilton Hotels Corporation, Portland, OR; Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; and Safeco Insurance Company, Seattle, WA.
