Dan C. Rizzie, American artist and musician, was born in Poughkeepsie, NY on May 23, 1951 and grew up in India, Egypt, Jordan and Jamaica. Rizzie lives in Sag Harbor, New York. Dan Rizzie is a successful painter, printmaker, and collage artist. He developed himself and his style as an artist at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas under the mentorship of Don Marr and Bill Hawes. At Hendrix he received his BFA in 1973. In 2005, Rizzie was awarded Hendrix College's Distinguished Alumnus Award. Rizzie earned a MFA from Southern Methodist University's Meadow's School of Art in Dallas, Texas in 1975.