1988 MFA, Catholic University of America
1982, BS, Art Education, Millersville University
Studied painting & Art History with Parsons School of Design in France and Italy.
Studied at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

Burns supervises the art, music and world languages programs for Conestoga Valley High School, and in 2014 Burns was honored as the Pennsylvania Art Education Association's Outstanding Supervision/Administration Art Educator.
Adjunct Faculty - Elizabethtown College
2000-02: Assistant Professor, Millersville University, PA
Teacher-in-Residence at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater and a fellowship recipient at Skidmore College.

Daniel Burns has an international exhibition record, with over one hundred solo and group shows, including exhibits in museums, galleries and universities in the US, Europe and Asia. He has been the recipient of a Fulbright Memorial Award to Japan, and has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Hungarian Multi-Cultural Foundation, Balatonfured, Hungary, The Millay Colony for the Arts, Byrdcliffe Artist Colony and Wilson College. He has also been the recipient of a fellowship to Montserrat College of Art. In 2014, he received the Outstanding Supervision/Administration/Art Educator award from the Pennsylvania Art Education Association for his commitment to art education. Daniel Burns received his MFA from the Catholic University of America.