CHRISTOPHER PAUL DEAN
With a focus on art as a device to re-experience, Christopher Paul Dean creates work that simultaneously utilises and disrupts the viewers’ expectations of the familiar. At the core of his practice is an interest in the fragility of experience, and how subtle manipulations of familiar components allows for an elevation in perception. It is always his intention to provide the viewer with an opportunity to question their past, current, and future interactions with the familiar.
Christopher Paul Dean was born an hour north of London, in Milton Keynes, England. Since 2010 he has assisted artists in Denmark (Folk Art School, Holbæk), Detroit (Cranbrook Academy of Art), and Mexico (U.S Consulate, Monterrey). Dean has been featured in multiple publications including a cover feature for Artvoices Magazine, features in Studio Visit Magazine, Looking at Painting, and 101 Contemporary Artists. Dean has exhibited in numerous locations including London, NYC, plus multiple locations across ATL. .
Christopher Paul Dean was born an hour north of London, in Milton Keynes, England. Since 2010 he has assisted artists in Denmark (Folk Art School, Holbæk), Detroit (Cranbrook Academy of Art), and Mexico (U.S Consulate, Monterrey). Dean has been featured in multiple publications including a cover feature for Artvoices Magazine, features in Studio Visit Magazine, Looking at Painting, and 101 Contemporary Artists. Dean has exhibited in numerous locations including London, NYC, plus multiple locations across ATL. .
Bio
education
2014/16: MFA, Savannah College of Art and Design, ATL, GA
2010: BA, University of Hertfordshire, England
2007: National Diploma, Milton Keynes College, England
exhibitions
2017
BANK See', group show at Different Trains Gallery 2 at Cornerstone Bank, Decatur, GA
'ColorTheory', group show at Trio Contemporary Gallery, Athens, GA
2016
FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, solo show at Studio 900, Atlanta, GA
2015
OSNY Artist Showcase, group show, New York, NY
Open Studio Night, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Error As Architecture:A Study of Play and Happenstance, Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
J1, ( Juried By Michael Rooks, Curator at The HIGH ), ATHICA, Athens, GA
Phase.III, Mammal Gallery, Atlanta, GA
FRESH! ( Juried Show ), JanKossen Contemporary, NY
Phase.II, Matre Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Phase.I, Matre Gallery, Atlanta, GA
ART18, Gallery L1, Atlanta, GA
PAINTING, The LOWMuseum, Atlanta, GA
2014
Open Studio Night, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Sculpture at Edelman, Edelman Building, Atlanta, GA
2013
Open Studio Night, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2012
Small Works, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
work experience
2016
Gallery Assistant, Kai-Lin Art Gallery, GA
Artist Assistant (Bojana Ginn), Atlanta, GA
2014
Artist Assistant (Gabriel Dawe), U.S Consulate, Monterrey, Mexico
2013
Art Handler, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
2011
Artist Assistant (Anders Ruhwald), Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills
2010
Artist Assistant (Christin Johansson), Folk Art School, Holbæk, Denmark
scholarships/grants/awards
2015
School of Fine Arts Endowed Scholarship, SCAD, Independent Donor
2014
School of Fine Arts Endowed Scholarship, SCAD, Independent Donor
2014/16
SCAD Honors Graduate Scholarship + SCAD Student Opportunity Grant, SCAD
2007/10
Academic Achievement Scholarships + Grants, University of Hertfordshire
publications
2016
101 Contemporary Artists, Published by Artvoices Artbooks
Looking At Painting, Vol. 2, Feature: One Artist, One Work
Studio Visit, Vol.32, Guest Juror Mary M. Tinti, Curator at The Fitchburg Art Museum
2015
Artvoices Magazine, Cover Feature, Fall Issue #42, Published by Artvoices Magazine LLC
collections
Savannah College of Art and Design Permanent Collection
Numerous Private Collections
2014/16: MFA, Savannah College of Art and Design, ATL, GA
2010: BA, University of Hertfordshire, England
2007: National Diploma, Milton Keynes College, England
exhibitions
2017
BANK See', group show at Different Trains Gallery 2 at Cornerstone Bank, Decatur, GA
'ColorTheory', group show at Trio Contemporary Gallery, Athens, GA
2016
FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, solo show at Studio 900, Atlanta, GA
2015
OSNY Artist Showcase, group show, New York, NY
Open Studio Night, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Error As Architecture:A Study of Play and Happenstance, Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
J1, ( Juried By Michael Rooks, Curator at The HIGH ), ATHICA, Athens, GA
Phase.III, Mammal Gallery, Atlanta, GA
FRESH! ( Juried Show ), JanKossen Contemporary, NY
Phase.II, Matre Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Phase.I, Matre Gallery, Atlanta, GA
ART18, Gallery L1, Atlanta, GA
PAINTING, The LOWMuseum, Atlanta, GA
2014
Open Studio Night, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Sculpture at Edelman, Edelman Building, Atlanta, GA
2013
Open Studio Night, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2012
Small Works, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
work experience
2016
Gallery Assistant, Kai-Lin Art Gallery, GA
Artist Assistant (Bojana Ginn), Atlanta, GA
2014
Artist Assistant (Gabriel Dawe), U.S Consulate, Monterrey, Mexico
2013
Art Handler, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
2011
Artist Assistant (Anders Ruhwald), Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills
2010
Artist Assistant (Christin Johansson), Folk Art School, Holbæk, Denmark
scholarships/grants/awards
2015
School of Fine Arts Endowed Scholarship, SCAD, Independent Donor
2014
School of Fine Arts Endowed Scholarship, SCAD, Independent Donor
2014/16
SCAD Honors Graduate Scholarship + SCAD Student Opportunity Grant, SCAD
2007/10
Academic Achievement Scholarships + Grants, University of Hertfordshire
publications
2016
101 Contemporary Artists, Published by Artvoices Artbooks
Looking At Painting, Vol. 2, Feature: One Artist, One Work
Studio Visit, Vol.32, Guest Juror Mary M. Tinti, Curator at The Fitchburg Art Museum
2015
Artvoices Magazine, Cover Feature, Fall Issue #42, Published by Artvoices Magazine LLC
collections
Savannah College of Art and Design Permanent Collection
Numerous Private Collections