Birds in Golden Clouds

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Dean Dass
Birds in Golden Clouds
2019

About the Item

Framed dimensions: 16.25 x 19 inches. Frame hand crafted by the artist from reclaimed oak. In this unique piece Dass employs many of his own innovation in technique by using Inkjet, mica, collage and gouache . Thematically Dass' returns to the themes of Birds and clouds which have fascinated him since his Finnish show in 2001. Dean Dass studied art, philosophy and anthropology at the University of Northern Iowa, B.A. 1978. His M.F.A. is from The Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1980. He has taught at the University of Virginia since 1985. For over thirty years Dass has exhibited his works on paper, paintings, artist's books and sculpture throughout the United States and abroad. Early in his career, in the 1980s, he was invited to participate in three National Print Invitational Exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum of Art (1981, 1983, 1989). His works have also been included in various juried or invitational exhibitions in museums in Poland (1980, 1997), Brazil (1986), England (1990), Finland (1990, 1996, 2003, 2008), the Netherlands (1993), Egypt (2005), as well as in many university and private galleries here and abroad. Since the mid-90s he has developed a special relationship in Scandinavia and have exhibited his work in Sweden and Finland. In Finland especially he has developed an ongoing exhibition and workshop schedule. He has had two solo exhibitions and been a part of several group exhibitions at Galleria Harmonia, a state-run graphic workshop and gallery affiliated with the Jyväskylä Art Museum. He has also lectured and conducted workshops at South Carelia Polytechnic University, Imatra, and at the Fine Arts Academy in Helsinki. He have exhibited three times in the international triennial exhibition Graphica Creativa, Jyväskylä, winning a Juror's Prize in 1996; this prize lead to subsequent exhibition opportunities in Finland, Sweden and Poland. A number of these exhibitions have included his artist's books. Dass received an Individual Fellowship from the State of Pennsylvania Arts Council (1985), the State of Virginia Commission for the Arts Printmaking Prize (1988), the State of Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Fellowship (1994), the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Individual Fellowship (1999), in addition to many research grants from the University of Virginia. The University of Virginia also supported his creative work with Fellowships to study and exhibit abroad for extended periods in the Netherlands, Finland and Ireland. In 2007 Dass received a Sesquicentennial Research Fellowship from the University of Virginia that enabled him to work and travel for one month in Imatra Finland and two months in Paris. In 2003 Dass received the All-University Teaching Award at the University of Virginia. He was the only candidate for this award nominated by students. In 2018 he received another Sesquicentennial Research Fellowship, this time to travel to Norhtern Michigan and Ontario, Canada. The paintings in his upcoming show at LYDM are inspired by this journey.

Creator:
Dean Dass (1955)
Creation Year:
2019
Dimensions:
Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)Depth: 0.125 in (3.18 mm)
Medium:
Gold Leaf,Paper,Gouache,Mica,Inkjet
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Charlottesville, VA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU127625331652