Brian Dailey is represented by Stephan Stoyanov Gallery in New York City, and has studios in Woodstock, New York and Arlington, Virginia. His art uses various media, including the photographic process, digital film, installations and painting.

Throughout the 1970s, he worked and exhibited in Los Angeles, staging performance art, installations and conceptual work. In 1981, he became involved in arms control and international security policy. He returned to art full time in 2008. Dailey received his Master of Fine Arts in Conceptual Art and Painting from Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles and his PhD in International Relations at the University of Southern California.