Contact

thisisrorydean@gmail.com

Bio

Born 1981, Brantford, ON, Canada.

Lives and works in Montreal, QC.

Education

2019         MFA Concordia University

2006         BFA  Ontario College of Art and Design (O.C.A.D. University)

Solo Exhibitions

2014         The Bassoonist, The Petrified Forest Gallery, London, CAN

2013         Either Way I’m Always #winning, The Painted Bird, San Francisco, USA

2012         If I Can Just Survive One More Night On Pervert’s Row, Topdown Bottomup,    Vancouver,  CAN

2011         Fuck It, Fuck Art & Fuck You, Ctrl Lab, Montreal, CAN

2008         Rory Dean: Paintings, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CAN                 

Group Exhibitions

2019         3♥s, Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, CAN

2018         Maureen III, Fonderie Darling, Montreal,  CAN

2017         Canadians, Abject Gallery, Newcastle, UK

2015         Blaque Lyte Bubbly, Outhaüs & Outhaüs Inn, Champaign IL USA

                 Blaque Lyte Royale, Telephone Booth Gallery, Kansas City, MO USA

2014         Moving Sale, TwoThirty Gallery, NY, USA

2013         No Homo, PFOAC221, Montreal, CAN

                 theresnothinglolaboutrip, Galerie Coatcheck, Montreal, CAN

2012         Fandom, Gendai Gallery, Toronto, CAN

2011         Art Connects New York, NY, USA

                 High Roller Society, Savant, London, UK

2010         Lovable Badass: Artists on Artest, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto, CAN

                 The Unicorn, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto, CAN

                 OCADU:Where They Are Now, Toronto, CAN

                 The Unicorn, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto, CAN                                            

                 New Directions II: The Prophesy, Toronto, CAN

                 CLIMAX: Fundraiser&Silent Auction, Toronto, CAN

2008         Scope, Christopher Cutts Gallery, New York, USA

2007         Summer Splash, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CAN               

2006         Blaze Days, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CAN                    

2005         Graduate show, O.C.A.D. Toronto, CAN                                               

                 Basic Instincts, Spin Gallery, Toronto, CAN                                          

                 Drake Hotel, Toronto, CAN

                 The Art of the Figure, O.C.A.D. Toronto, CAN                                               

2004         Monkey See Monkey Do, Spin Gallery, Toronto, CA                                         

                 Hinter Selections, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto, CAN                           

                 Efficiency 2, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto, CAN                             

                 String Gallery, Toronto, CAN

2003         Supernumerary, Fanny Larouche Artspace, Toronto, CAN                    

                 Efficiency, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto, CAN

2002         The Art of the Figure, O.C.A.D. Toronto, CAN                                               

Awards

2016         Dale and Nick Tedeschi Studio Arts Fellowship: Concordia. Montreal, CAN

2005         Aboveground Art Award: O.C.A.D. Toronto, CAN

Residency

2005          Drake Hotel, Toronto, CAN