Danielle Dean (b. 1982, Huntsville; lives and works in Los Angeles) received an MFA from California Institute of the Arts (2013) and a BFA from Central Saint Martins (2006). Solo exhibitions have been held at Spike Island, Bristol (2025); Mercer Union, Toronto (2024); Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego (2023); 47 Canal, New York (2023, 2018); Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles (2022, 2017); Tate Britain, London (2022); 1646, The Hague (2020); Ludwig Forum, Aachen (2019); Cranbrook Art Museum (2019); Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (2018); and Studio Museum in Harlem (2016). Selected group exhibitions have been held at Contemporary Arts Center Gallery, University of California, Irvine (2025); The Contemporary Austin (2023); Visual Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin (2023); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2022); Performa, New York (2021); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2018); South London Gallery (2018); 6th Athens Biennale (2018); Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (2017); Goethe-Institut Nigeria, Lagos (2016); High Line Arts, New York (2016); and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2014). Dean is a recipient of Tomorrowland Projects Foundation Award (2021), Creative Capital Grant for Visual Artists (2015), and Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant (2014). Dean has participated in residencies at Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin County (2023); Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (2017-19); The Drawing Center, New York (2016-17); Core Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2014-16); Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, New York (2013-14); and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2012).

Dean’s work is in the collections of Arts Council Collection, London; Cc Foundation, Shanghai; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Kadist Art Foundation; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Rollins Museum of Art, Winter Park; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Wellcome Collection, London; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.