Dave McClelland possess over seven years of professional design experience. In addition to his architectural design experience, which has been concentrated in high-end residential design, he has also held the position of adjunct professor of lighting design at ETSU, and project manager of a design-build firm specializing in custom interior environments. Complimenting his professional background are degrees in Architecture, and Environmental Design earned from Ball State University in 1998. He has also studied studio arts extensively at both Frostburg State University, Frostburg Maryland and ETSU in Johnson City Tennessee. Highlighting his academic accomplishments are attendance of the Technical University of Berlin, Berlin Germany, and collaboration with the Chicago based artist, John David Mooney on a series of garden sculptures for the Papal Observatory, Vatican City, Italy.

Though Dave is originally from South Western Pennsylvania his desire to find where he best fit motivated him to “try out” various locations within the U.S. upon his graduation from Ball State. These travels took him to Lansing Michigan, Portland Oregon, and Frostburg Maryland before the pursuit of a MFA Degree at ETSU brought him to find his permanent home in the Tri-Cities area of Eastern Tennessee. It is here where he planted his roots, met his beautiful wife Logan and started a family with the addition of their daughter Ruby in January of 2009.