Danielle Dean

Danielle Dean (born 1982) is a British-American visual artist. She works in drawing, installation, performance and video. She has exhibited in London and in the United States; her work was included in an exhibition at the Hammer Museum focusing on new or under-recognized artists working in Los Angeles.[1][2]

Early life and education

Dean took a BA in fine arts from Central Saint Martins in London in 2006, and completed an MFA at the California Institute of the Arts in 2012.[3] In 2012 she was an artist-in-residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, and in 2013 was part of the independent study program of the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City; between 2014 and 2016 she was an artist-in-residence at the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, Texas.[3]

Work

Dean's work explores "the colonization of the mind and body through media and cultural production, engaging their relationship to capital accumulation."[4] Dean participated in the 2022 Whitney Biennial titled "Quiet as It's Kept" curated by Adrienne Edwards and David Breslin.[5] She has also presented her work Amazon (Proxy) (2021) curated by Charles Aubin at the Performa 21 biennial.

Collections

Her work is included in collections at the Hammer Museum,[6] the Stedelijk Museum, the Whitney Museum and the Kadist Foundation.[7][8] and has been reviewed in publications such as ArtForum and ARTnews.[9]

Teaching

Dean is currently an Associate professor in Visual Art at the University of California, San Diego.[10] She has previously taught at the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA.[11]


Solo exhibitions

Awards

References

  1. ^ Finkel, Jori (February 19, 2014). "Artists Named For Hammer Biennial". New York Times – via LexisNexis.
  2. ^ Butler, Connie (2014). Made in L.A. 2014. Munich and Los Angeles: Delmonico, an imprint of Prestel and Hammer Museum.
  3. ^ a b "Focus | The Studio Museum in Harlem". www.studiomuseum.org. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  4. ^ "About – Danielle Dean". Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  5. ^ Mitter, Siddhartha (January 25, 2022). "Whitney Biennial Picks 63 Artists to Take Stock of Now". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  6. ^ "Danielle Dean | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  7. ^ "True Red – Kadist". Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  8. ^ "Danielle Dean". visarts.ucsd.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  9. ^ Howe, David Everitt (November 1, 2018). "Danielle Dean". ARTnews.com. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  10. ^ "Danielle Dean". visarts.ucsd.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  11. ^ "2016-2017 Visiting Faculty". CalArts School of Art. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  12. ^ "Commonwealth and Council". www.commonwealthandcouncil.com. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  13. ^ "Danielle Dean: Hexafluorosilicic". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  14. ^ Villarreal, Ignacio. "The Studio Museum delves into the many tones and gradations of "black" in its fall/winter exhibition season". artdaily.com. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  15. ^ "Focus". The Studio Museum in Harlem. September 11, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  16. ^ Campbell, Andy (February 4, 2017). "Commonwealth and Council". www.artforum.com. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  17. ^ "Danielle Dean True Red Ruin". MOCAD. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  18. ^ "Matthew Biro on Danielle Dean". www.artforum.com. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  19. ^ "Danielle Dean: A Portrait of True Red | Cranbrook Art Museum". cranbrookartmuseum.org. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  20. ^ "Ludwig Forum". Ludwig Forum. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  21. ^ "Rema Hort Mann Foundation Announces 2014 Los Angeles Emerging Artist Grantees". artforum.com. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  22. ^ "Announcing the 2015 Creative Capital Artists: $4,370,000 Awarded to 46 Moving Image and Visual Arts Projects - Creative Capital Blog". blog.creative-capital.org. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  23. ^ "Danielle Dean". www.remahortmannfoundation.org. Rema Hort Mann Foundation. Retrieved March 11, 2017.