Tom Dean EDUCATION 1970        Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sir George Williams University. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2001        Desire, Toronto Sculpture Garden               Retrospective, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto               The Whole Catastrophe, Niagara Artists’ Company, St. Catharines               Tom Dean: Culture’s Fool, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines 2000        Tom Dean, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto               Wonderbalcony, The Balcony, Toronto 1999        The Whole Catastrophe, XLVIII Biennale di Venezia               Tom Dean: Selected Works Past and Present, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 1997        Excerpts…etc, (installation of recent purchase and other work), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa               Excerpts…etc, (installation of recent purchase and other work), Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto               Feeling Good About Myself, (with Matthias Herrmann), Art Metropole, Toronto 1995        Sculpture Galerie René Blouin, Montreal 1994        New Sculpture, Leonard & Bina Art Gallery, Montreal 1993        Tom Dean/Richard Banks, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal               New Sculpture, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver; Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge;               The Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina; The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary               Cheap Prints, Galerie Graff, Montreal 1992        New Work, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal               New Work, Cold City Gallery, Toronto               New Sculpture, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto 1991        Cheap Prints, Open Studio, Toronto               New Work, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal 1990        Hell and Money, Cold City Gallery, Toronto               Sculpture, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston 1989        Excerpts…3, Oakville Gallery               Sculpture, Cold City Gallery, Toronto 1988        Excerpts from a Description of the Universe 3, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal 1987        Sculpture, Cold City Gallery, Toronto               Excerpts from a Description of the Universe 1, 2, 3, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff 1986        Excerpts from a Description of the Universe 2, Galerie René Blouin, Montreal               Excerpts from a Description of the Universe 2, Artculture Resource Center, Toronto 1985        Excerpts from a Description of the Universe, 49th Parallel, New York 1984        Kingdom of Passage, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Trent University, Peterborough 1983        Ruins of the Floating Staircase, Mercer Union, Toronto 1982        Affected Thunder, A Space, Toronto 1981        Paintings, Gallery Quan, Toronto 1980        The Floating Staircase, Kingston Artists’ Association Inc. 1976        Z, Véhicule Art Inc., Montreal 1972        New Work, (with Robin Collyer), Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto               Installations, Véhicule Art Inc., Montreal GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2000        The Very Thing, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax 1998        The Drug Show, Toronto               Karaoke, Toronto               Cross Eyed, Toronto 1997        The Sex Show, Toronto 1996        Cold City Tenth Anniversary, Cold City Gallery, Toronto 1995        Heavy Mental, The Power Plant, Toronto               Nethermind, Toronto               Milieu: of the order of presentation, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto               Boyer/Dean/Gomes, Cold City Gallery, Toronto               Surface, Paul Petro, Toronto 1994        Corpus Part II, Oakville Gallery               The Cabinet Project, The Power Plant, Toronto               De Causus et Tractatibus, AxeNéo-7, Hull               Imprimatur, Galerie de L’UQAM, Montreal 1993        Corpus Part II, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon; Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff               Representing Media, Genereux Grunwald Gallery, Toronto               Nethermind, Toronto               Canada Une Nouvelle Génération, Musée des Beaux Arts/FRAC Franche-Comté, France 1992        Nether Mind, Toronto               Identity, Main/Access, Winnipeg 1991        Anni Novanta, Galleria Communale D’Arte Moderna, Bologna               Union Language, Mercer Union, Toronto               Nether Mind, Toronto 1990        The Wedding, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto               Artists’ Books, Art Gallery of Hamilton 1989        Body is a Loaded Word, Evelyn Amis Gallery, Toronto               Sculpture, Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York               Microsculpture, University of Rhode Island, Fine Arts Centre               Prisoners of Art, The Police Building, New York               Scrutiny, YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto               The Anti-Graceful, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto               City Artists, Or Gallery, Vancouver 1988        All That Matters, Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon;               Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal               David and Goliath, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York               Invitational, John Weber Gallery, New York From Sea to Shining Sea, The Power Plant, Toronto 1985        Aurora Borealis, Centre Internationale d’Art Contemporain 1983        Chromaliving, The Colonnade, Toronto 1981        not waving, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels 1979        Nine Toronto Artists, Hallwalls, Buffalo 1976        Young Contemporaries ’76, London Art Gallery, London               17 Canadian Artists: A Protean View, Vancouver Art Gallery 1975        Chairs, Art Gallery of Ontario 1974        Périphéries, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal               Camerart, Galerie Optica, Montreal               9 out of 10, Art Gallery of Hamilton 1972        Montréal: Plus ou Moins, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts               Création Québec, Montreal, Amsterdam, Brussels 1971        4530’N - 7336’W, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal               71st Annual Exhibition of Canadian Art, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottetown Centennial Art Centre, PEI               Pluriel ’71, Musée de Québec, Quebec               New Quebec Sculpture, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal 1970        Survey/Sondage ’70: Réalism(e)s, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Art Gallery of Ontario               Concours Artistiques du Québec, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal; Musée de Québec VIDEO EXHIBITIONS 1993 Project Room 6, Mercer Union, Toronto 1989 Electronic Landscapes, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Vintage Video: Early Canadian Video Art to 1974, Artculture Resource Centre, Toronto Video Works: Selections from The Western Front, Convertible Showroom, Vancouver A Delicate Time: Recent Videotapes, Memorial University Art Gallery, Halifax Eventworks 1984, Studio for Interrelated Media, Boston New Video, Selections from Art Metropole, The Funnel, Toronto Western Front Video, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal; The Art Gallery of Hamilton Four Video Artists, 49th Parallel, New York Videoart: IV Festival International d’Art Video, Locarno, Switzerland Documentary Video, Glendon Gallery, Toronto Quebec Video, Gallery One One One, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Video Art, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy, and Buenos Aires PERFORMANCES, ACTIONS, EVENTS 1983 Angst vor Blau, performance, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin 1982 Fear of Blue, performance, Artspace, Peterborough, and the London Art Gallery 1981 Burning of the Floating Staircase, event, Leslie Street Spit, Toronto Step Up and Party Down, event, Palais Royale, Toronto Her Majesty, performance, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Sa Majesté, performance, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels 1980 Fence Paintings, various locations in Toronto Corner Lot, 96 Bellevue Ave., Toronto 1978-81 The Floating Staircase, sculpture and long-term event, Toronto harbour 1977 Judgement Day Burlesque, parade, events, and exhibit at A Space, Toronto 1974 Performance, performance, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal 1972 Un Petit Spectacle, performance, Véhicule Art Inc., Montreal TEXTS AND PUBLICATIONS Ghosts, multiple, Still #3, 1996 Fernandes, text, White Lily Presents (Mercer Union catalogue), 1995 The 21st Century, text and graphics, Sensoria From Censorium, Vol 2, 1994 Kill/Win, cover, Art Metropole Video Archive Catalogue, 1991 The Varieties of Hell, and Age, Death, Kids, Power, text and graphics, Impulse Magazine, Winter 1990 Excerpts from a Description of the Universe: Container, illustrated text, Impulse Magazine, Winter 1989, p. 42 Como Passar O Tempo/Excerpts…, illustrated text, essay by M. Avillez, Lusitaniz magazine, Inverno 1988, p. 56 This is Paradise, illustrated text, C Magazine, Winter 1988 Excerpts from a Description of the Universe: Mortal Stillness, illustrated text, File Magazine, Spring 1987, p. 67 Excerpts from a Description of the Universe, illustrated text, Rubicon Magazine, Summer 1986, p. 173 Ramps, illustrated text, Impulse Magazine, Spring 1981, p. 36 Her Majesty, illustrated text, File Magazine, March 1981, p. 37 The Triumph of Will/Laborare est Orare, illustrated text, Impulse Magazine, Spring 1980, p. 32 The Upright Dot, illustrated interview, File Magazine, Summer 1980, p. 45 Albert Speer Meets the Buddha, illustrated text, catalogue of OCA Experimental Arts Faculty Exhibition, 1980 At Times He Was Inclined, illustrated text, Cover Magazine, January 1980, p. 10 No Butter, No Butter, No Butter, commentary on CEAC’s Detroit performance, Strike Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 11, 1978 It Feels Like Heaven, illustrated text, Parachute Magazine, No. 3, 1976, p. 23 Beaux-Arts, self-published magazine, three issues, 1972, 1973, 1974, editions of 800 Cheap, 1972, self-published collection of 50 artists’ works, edition of 200 Easy-Cheap, 1971, self-published collection of 50 artists’ works, edition of 200 Two Locations, 1971, self-published collection of 16 pamphlets, edition of 200 REVIEWS Sarah Milroy, "Dean's Bronze Age", Globe and Mail, June 2, 2001 Excerpt, artist's statement, in "Desire",Canadian Art, Summer 2001 Deirdre Hanna, "Dean of Public Art", Now Magazine, May 24, 2001 Daphne Gordon, "Sensuality, menace meet in sculpture garden", The Toronto Star, May 31, 2001 Shelagh Rogers, Interview on "This Morning", CBC Radio One, May 4, 2001 Jeff Mahoney, "Stolen bronze penis in art exhibit a case for Freud", The Hamilton Spectator, April 26, 2001 Karena Walter, "Bronze penis stolen from Ontario gallery: the whole catastrophe", St. Catharines Standard, April 25, 2001 Justin Skinner, "Prestigious award given to local artist", The Annex Guardian, March 15, 2001 Murray Whyte, "Where There's Smoke…", The National Post, March 15, 2001 Andy Fabo, “The Meaning of Flux in the Art of Tom Dean”, Parachute Magazine, #94, April 1999, p. 4 Gerald Hannon, “Excerpts From a Description of Tom Dean”, Canadian Art, Summer 1999, p. 58 Robin Metcalfe, “Extremities: Tom Dean Prepares for Venice”, C Magazine, #62, May-August 1999 A.S.A. Harrison, “Tom Dean at Large”, C Magazine, #62, May-August 1999 Italo Abate, “The Whole Catastrophe”, Lola Magazine, #5, Winter 1999-2000 Murray Whyte, “The Dichotomy Machine”, The National Post, March 18, 1999 Kim Fullerton, “Humourous Perversity”, Extra, March 1999 Blake Gopnik, “An Artist in His Prime”, The Globe and Mail, March 13, 1999 Si Si Penaloza, “My Miraculous Night”, Now Magazine, March 11-17, 1999 Val Ross, “ ‘Modern Art is Rubbish’ ”, The Globe and Mail, July 5, 1997 Nancy Campbell, “Tom Dean”, Trans>, Nov. 1995, vol. 1 No. 1, p. 131 Robert Fones, “Tom Dean’s Sculptural Canon”, C Magazine, Spring 1993, p. 14 Christina Ritchie, “Tom Dean”, Canadian Art, Spring 1993, p. 76 Kate Taylor, “Sculptures’ disquieting…”, The Globe and Mail, Nov. 13, 1992 Jean Dumont, “N’oubliez pas…”, Le Devoir, Jan. 4, 1992, p. B7 Performance in Canada, 1970-1990, book, various references Sarah Milroy, Canadian Art, Fall 1989, p. 80 John Bentley Mays, The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1989, p. C6 David Craven, “Canuck, Canuck, Who’s There?”, Bomb Magazine, Winter 1988 Nancy Tousley, “Poetic Language”, Calgary Herald, February 5, 1987, p. C7 Jean-Jacques Bernier, Parachute Magazine, Spring 1987 Daigneault, Gilles, “Quand la sculpture se met à table”, Le Devoir, Montreal, November 29, 1986, p. D9 Lawrence Sabbath, “Tom Dean”, The Gazette, Montreal, November 22, 1986, p. C5 Jerry McGrath, “Tom Dean at ARC”, Vanguard Magazine, Summer 1986, p. 57 AA Bronson, “Tom Dean, Excerpts From a Description of the Universe 2”, Canadian Art, Summer 1986, p. 96 Philippe Evans-Clark, “Tom Dean at 49th Parallel”, Art Press, February 1986, p. 78 Peggy Gale, “Aurora Borealis”, Canadian Art, Winter 1985, p. 88 Ann-Sargent Wooster, “The Floating Staircase”, East Village Eye, February 1984 Elke Town, “Tom Dean: Disharmony and Its Charms”, C Magazine, No. 3, Fall 1984, p. 27 Andy Fabo, “Tom Dean at Gallery Quan”, Vanguard Magazine, Vol. 11, Nos. 5 & 6, Summer 1982, p. 46 Adele Freedman, “Johnson, Girling, Fabo: New Artists to Figure On”, review of exhibits curated by Tom Dean, Toronto Life, August 1979, p. 110 Merike Weiler, “Tom Dean at Carmen Lamanna”, Artscanada Magazine, Nos. 174/175, December/January 1972-73, p. 76 Myrna and Irwin Gopnik, “Montrer All”, artscanada Magazine, Nos. 166/167/168, Spring 1972, p. 67 Beverly Carter, “Conversations with Four Montréal Artists”, artscanada Magazine, Nos. 152/153, February/March 1971, p. 16 COLLECTIONS Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal The National Gallery of Canada Art Gallery of Ontario Lethbridge University The Canada Council Art Bank AWARDS Toronto Arts Award for Visual Arts, 1996 OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Panel Speaker, Art and Psychoanalysis II, sponsored by Parachute Magazine, at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, April 9, 1999 Coordinator of the New York Campus of the Ontario College of Art, 1986-89 Teacher at the Ontario College of Art, 1976-1999 Curator of A Space Gallery, 1978 Teacher at Concordia University, 1975-76 Teacher at Vancouver College of Art, Summer 1973 Founder and manager of Véhicule Press, 1972 Founding Member of Véhicule Art Inc., Montreal, 1972 Art Critic for Montreal Star, 1971-72 Founder and manager of Yellow Door Coffee House, Montreal, 1967