DIANA DEAN One Paragraph Bio.
Diana began painting at the age of fourteen, and attended the Bath Academy of Art in Corsham, England, from where she graduated with a Distinction in Sculpture in 1964 and began her life as a professional artist. In 1982, Dean developed her vision amongst the natural beauty of the West Coast of British Columbia where she lives and continues "creating a powerful body of work that is epic in subject matter, composition, scale and historical parallels".

DIANA DEAN Artist's statement.
"My painting is a journey of bringing together my personal experience of the world, inner and outer, with the magic of painting materials and their properties of colour and consistency reflecting the marriage of matter and inspiration.

My work is about relationship:- of my inner nature to the world, of man and woman, of mother and child, of wind and sky, of colour and brush. Relationship of geometric and organic, of sharp line and curve. The relationship of a look to the focus of the story.
The relationship of opposites, dark and light, near and far, the mythical in the everyday, all is in relationship.
My search is to find the essence of my inner vision, to be with it as I paint - to be totally open and connected." Diana Bridget Alice Dean.

DIANA B.A.DEAN. Curriculum Vitae
Born 1942
Rhodesia.
Citizenship: Canadian/British
Education: Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, England. 1960 -1964
Diploma in Art & Education. Distinction in Sculpture. 1964

EXHIBITIONS:
EUROPE ~*~ ~*~
2009 Florence Biennale, Firenze, Italy. (Group)

SOLO CANADA ~*~ ~*~
2010 Starfish Gallery and Studio, Ganges BC, Canada.
2009 The Mysterious in the Ordinary. Artspring Arts Centre.
2008 Diana Dean - A Retrospective. B.C Canada.
2007 Easter Show. April 6 -9th, Mahon Hall Salt Spring Island.
2007 ArtSpring - The Islands Art Centre. S.S.I. B.C. Canada.
2006 Easter Show Salt Spring Island.
2004 Artemisia Gallery Salt Spring Island
2003 The Loch Gallery (formerly Nancy Poole's Studio) Toronto.
2002 Nanaimo Public Art Gallery Nanaimo
2001 Winchester Galleries Victoria, BC, Canada.
2000 Artemisia Gallery Salt Spring Island, BC.
1999 "Brush with Romance" Island Arts Centre Salt Spring Is.
1978-2000 TWENTY TWO solo exhibits. Nancy Poole's Studio Toronto
1994 Winchester Galleries Victoria
1991 Vortex Gallery Salt Spring Is.
1977 Studio Exhibit Ottawa
1976 Studio Exhibit Ottawa

SOLO ENGLAND ~*~ ~*~

1966 Sculpture Exhibition
Assoc. of International Artists' Gallery London

GROUP CANADA ~*~ ~*~

2010 Best of the Contemporaries, Loch Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
2009. The Loch Gallery, Calgary, Canada.
2009 Toronto International Art Fair. Oct. 22 - 26.
2007 The Loch Gallery Toronto. May 19 - 31
2006 International Art Fair Toronto. (The Loch Gallery)
2006 Interiors: Fantasy-Illusion-Reality The Loch GalleryToronto
2005 International Art Fair Toronto. (The Loch Gallery)
2004 Sooke Fine Art Show, Sooke B.C. (catalogue) (juried)
2004 Pendulum Gallery Vancouver B.C.
2004 Parallel to Bateman ArtSpring S.S.I. B.C. (Juried)
2004 Pieces of Eight ArtSpring S.S.I. B.C. (Juried)
2003 Campbell River Public Gallery British Columbia
2001 Richmond Public Gallery Vancouver
2001 B.C. Festival of the Arts (catalogue) Fort St. John
2001 Nancy Poole's Studio Toronto
2000 Portrait Show - Nancy Poole's Toronto
1996 "Symbolism" - Nancy Poole's Studio Toronto
1996 Winchester Galleries Victoria, BC, Canada.
1996 "Eros '96" British Columbia
1994-1995 "Hidden Values" Ont. Corp. Collect McMichael Canadian Art Collection Ontario
1994 Wilfred Laurier University Art G. Ontario
1994 "The Noble Gesture" figurative works from the Dupont Collection. Art Gallery of Mississauga Ontario
1994 B.C. Festival of the Arts (catalogue) Campbell River
1990 "Endeavour '90 Invitational Vancouver Art Gallery Vancouver
1987 "Personal Vision in Landscape" Cambridge Public Gal. (catalogue) Ontario
1987 "Canadian Genre" Memorial University Gallery, (catalogue) St. Johns, Newfoundland.
1983 "Two Person Show" (catalogue) Surrey Art Gallery B.C. Vancouver
1981 "Works on Paper" (catalogue) London Regional Gallery Ontario
1978 York Gallery Ontario

GROUP ENGLAND ~*~ ~*~

1973 "Paintings and Sculpture" Lancaster University Lancaster
1973 "Arts Spectrum North" juried travelling show - Arts Council of Great Britain, England.
1971 "Mid-Pennine National Sculpture Exhibition (catalogue)juried travelling show, England.
1965 Association of International Artists Group Sculpture Show London
1961 "Midlands 21" Group Show Nottingham

AWARDS ~*~ ~*~

1996 Juror's Choice Images & Objects X1V B.C. Canada
1994 Juror's Choice Images & Objects X11 B.C. Canada
1971 Purchase Prize, Mid-Pennine National Sculpture Exhibition England
1970 Sculpture Commission for the Castleford Civic Centre England
1965 First Prize, Association of International Artists Group Sculpture Show London

COLLECTIONS ~*~ ~*~

Confederation Centre Museum and Art Gallery P.E.I.
Canadian Paraplegic Association
Canada Council Art Bank
Texaco Canada Inc. Collection
Northern Arts Association (British Arts Council)
Teleglobe Canada Collection
Glaxo Canada Inc. Collection
DuPont Canada Inc. Collection
Norcen Corporate Collection
Royal Bank of Canada Corporate Collection
Surrey Public Art Gallery B.C.
Mount Allison University N.S.
Lancaster University, England
Collection Bram Garber The Blackburn Group
Connor Clark and Co. Ltd.
Borden & Elliot.

* This is a partial list of Corporate Collections. Private collections are not included.

PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS ~*~ ~*~

2009 The Florence Biennalle 7th Edition. (catalogue)
2007 "The Daily" Shaw cable TV. Victoria, BC. Canada.
2006 The Best of the Canadian Contemporaries. (Loch Gallery)
2004 Village Views Profile by Judy Harper. S.S.I. B.C.
2003 West Coast Women Resource Guide - Featured Page 98
2002 Arts Review by Felicity Davies MO Magazine
2002 Go Magazine CH TV Victoria
2001 Surrey Public Art Gallery - Essay for Catalogue
2000 Canadian Woman Studies - York University Publication - Spring
1999 Arts Review re: "Brush with Romance" by Vaughn Fulford
1996 Business Quarterly Magazine - Cover Art
1995 Artword - Toronto - Review
1994 Fire Water - Poetry Book - Ekstasis Editions - Cover Art
1994 Images and Objects X11. Contemporary B.C. Artists
1993 Arts Magazine - Victoria Times Colonist. Oct. 31
1992 The Carmanah Book. B.C.
1992 Essays on Canadian Writing - Cover Art
1992-2007 Who's Who of Canada.
1991 Globe and Mail - Art About - Review by Kate Taylor Feb. 22
1986 Enroute Canada - Air Canada Publication - September
1984 Canadian Medical Association Journal - Cover Art - November
1982 Toronto Star - Arts Review by Lisa Balfour Bowen May 29
1979 Globe and Mail - Arts Review by James Purdie May 12
1978 Ottawa Journal - Arts Review by Donna Isaac-Gelfand June 17