Stephen Dean has extensively exhibited both nationally and internationally.
Recent solo exhibitions include Jugglers, Casa Triangulo, São Paolo, Brazil; Works on Paper and Edges, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO; Fever, Le Château d’Eau, Bourges, France; Silent Pictures, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY; VOLTA, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL; and Stephen Dean, Museo de Bellas Artes, Santander, Spain.
Recent group exhibitions include Black & White & Red All Over, Anne Deleporte & Stephen Dean, Galerie L’Inlassable, Paris, France; Arquitecturas y Espacios en la Colección RAC, Centro Cibeles, Madrid, Spain; The Museum Imagined, Danese/Corey, New York, NY, curated by Lilly Wei; Fútbol: The Beautiful Game, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Junkies’ Promises, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY; Shock of the News, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Les Maîtres du Désordre, Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France; Double Down: Two Visions of Las Vegas, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Mouth Open, Teeth Showing: Major works from the True Collection, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; among others.
Dean has also participated in numerous biennials, which include the Moscow Biennial (2009), SITE Santa Fe Biennial (2006), 51st Venice Biennale (2005), the Sevilla Biennial (2004), the Istanbul Biennial (2003), and the Whitney Biennial (2002).
Dean’s work may be found in the permanent collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; the Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT; the Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris, France; and the Fundación Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico.
Stephen Dean lives and works in Long Island City, NY.

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