Bio

Jason Deans is a Dublin based visual artist whose work emerged during the Irish economic recession. His practice is reactive to issues of political and financial instability in Ireland, Europe and the world at large and the ensuing social difficulties it creates. His recent work has engaged with the topic of Brexit, its causes, history and fallout, particularly in relation to the border dividing the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

He has an MFA from University of Ulster 2009 and his BA in Fine Art from the Dublin School of Creative Arts 2007. He employs ephemeral materials such as sand, earth and elder in his practice along with pencil, paint and paper. He was resident artist with Draiocht and DIT, 2016. He has exhibited extensively throughout Ireland with organisations such as Draiocht, Platform, Linenhalls and as part of Tulca ‘Seachange’. He is in the Imago Mundi – Contemporary Artists from Ireland 2016 collection and received the Fingal Arts bursary in 2016, 2018 & 2019 along with being a member of Fingal County Council’s ‘Buildings and Public Places’ Artists Panel. He was shortlisted for the Fingal County Council & Erigo Ltd ‘Infrastructure public art commission, 2019′.

E-mail:  jasondeans1@gmail.com

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CV

Solo Exhibitions

2019    ‘AS IF NOTHING EVER LASTS’ Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Cork.

2017    ‘NEVERTHELESS’ Linenhalls Art Centre, Castlebar, Mayo.

2016    ‘ETERNAL SAMENESS’ Platform Arts, Belfast, N. Ireland.

2016    ‘ANY OBSERVER’ Draiocht Arts Centre, Blanchardstown, Dublin .             

2008    ‘TO UNDERSTAND IS TO INTERPRET’ BookCube Gallery, Dublin.

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

2020    ‘WINTER OPEN’ Rua Red, Dublin.

2019    ‘WINTER OPEN’ Rua Red, Dublin.

2017    ‘ARTWAVES’ Skerries Arts Festival, Dublin.

2016    ‘ARTWAVES’ Skerries Arts Festival, Dublin.   

2015    ‘SEACHANGE’ Tulca Arts Festival, Galway.

2015    ‘SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT’ National Botanic Gardens, Dublin.

2015    ‘APPROACHING THE LANDSCAPE’ Rua Red, Tallaght.

2014    ‘DISSEMINATION’ Hive Emerging, Waterford.

2014    ‘FOUNDATION 14’ Tullamore Arts Centre

2013    ‘ARTSQUAD THE SHOW’ The Complex, Dublin.

2013    ‘PRINTSHOW’ Limerick Printmakers.          

2012    ‘IMPRESSIONS’ Galway Arts Centre.

2012    ‘PRINTSHOW’ Limerick Printmaker.

2010    ‘THE POINTLESS PURSUIT OF SHADOWS’ Signal Arts Centre.

2009    ‘PLATFORM FUTURES’ Platform, Belfast.

2009    ‘MFA GRAD SHOW’ University of Ulster, Belfast.

2009    ‘MFA INTERIUM SHOW’ University of Ulster, Belfast.

Curatorial & Installation

2018    Design & Installation team, Postcard Garden, Pace, Bloom Festival, Dublin.            

2015    Installation team, The Origins and Uses of Round Towers. Gareth Kennedy and Fingal Arts Office, Portrane Co. Dublin.

2013    Installation team for ‘Art Squad The Show’ The Complex, Benburb St. Dublin 7.

2010    Installation team for ‘Echantillons: A selection of French contemporary art’ IMOCA, Lad Lane, Dublin 2.

2007    Co-Curator ‘Stick A Fork In Me I’m Done’ Dame Street Gallery, Dame St., Dublin 2.

Residencies, Commissions & Awards

2020    Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary Award

2019-23 Fingal County Council’s ‘Buildings and Public Places, Infrastructure’ Artists Panel

2020    Fingal Artist Bursary.

2019    Fingal County Council & Erigo Ltd ‘Infrastructure public art commission’ (Shortlist)

2019    Fingal Artist Bursary.

2018    Fingal Artist Bursary.

2016    An Image of Ireland, Contemporary Artists from Ireland, Luciano Benetton Collection.

2016    Fingal Artists Bursary.

2016    Summer School Artist In Residency Dublin Institute of Technology.

2016    Draiocht Arts Centre, Artist In Residency.

 

Lectures, Talks & Teaching

2018    Teacher, QQI Art, PACE, CDETB, Ireland.

2017    Teacher, QQI Art, Youthreach, Ireland.

2016    Dublin School of Creative Art (Lecturer), DIT Grangegorman, Ireland.

2016    Visiting Lecturer, Fine Art Department, DIT Grangegorman, Ireland.

 

Education

2012   Train the Trainer QQI L6

2009   Masters of Art in Fine Art, University of Ulster, Belfast, UK.

2007   BA Fine Art, Dublin School of Creative Art, DIT, Dublin, Ireland.

 

Membership

Richmond Road Studios

Visual Artists Ireland

Teaching Council of Ireland

Fingal County Council’s ‘Buildings and Public Places, Infrastructure’ Artists Panel

Arts Council Peer Panel Member

Bliography

2016 Kenny, Des, Draiocht Review, Draiocht Online, July.

2016 D15 Today, Interview with Artist Jason Deans, Pheonix FM, 9 June.

2016 Going out, Culture Magazine, The Irish Times, 5 June.

2016 Gibbons, Ciara (Eds.), 2016 an Image of Ireland, Contemporary Artists from Ireland, Luciano Benetton Collection, Fabrica, pp.74-75.

2016 Ask A Broadsheet Reader, Can He See Your Boarding Pass, Broadsheet, 2 March.

2016 Kenny, Des, In Conversation with Artist Jason Deans, Draiocht Online, January .

2015 Dunne, Aidan, Five artists push Tallaght’s boundaries, The Irish Times, 18 August.

2015 Rocks, Sean, Arena, RTE Radio 1, 4 August.

2009 Catalogue, MFA, University of Ulster.

2007 Dunne, Aidan, A new Wave of Irish Art, The Irish Times, 27 June.

2007 Catalogue, Stick a Fork In me I’m Done, DIT.