Dean Fisher has been a painter and draughtsman for over thirty years. He has exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. in prominent galleries such as Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY; The Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY; Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY; and Prographica Gallery in Seattle, WA.
In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Dean spent eight years in Spain, France, and England painting and copying the masters in major European museums as a form of study. Dean's paintings and drawings can be found in many private and corporate collections throughout North America and Europe.
Dean and his artist wife, Josephine Robinson, live in Milford, Connecticut.
EDUCATION
1978 - 1982 American Academy of Art, Chicago, Illinois
1984 – 1988 Independent Study; Copied Master Paintings in the
Prado Museum; Madrid, Spain, The Louvre Museum; Paris
France and The National Gallery of Art; London England
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2008 Bachelier Cardonsky Galley, Kent, CT
2006 Kehler –Liddell Gallery, New Haven , CT
2002 Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 Bennett Gallery, Nashville, TN
1999 Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1999 Bennett Gallery, Nashville, TN
1998 Freites – Revilla Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1996 Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Pathways to Landscape, Ridgefield, CT
2011 Sarah Bain Gallery Anaheim, CA
2010 Cavalier Gallery Red Dot Fair Miami, FL
2010 Sarah Bain Gallery Anaheim, CA
2010 Ridgefield, CT Guild of Artists , Best in Show
Steven Assael Juror,
2010 Paint & Clay Club, New Haven, CT Best in Show
2009 Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY
2007 May Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY
2007 December Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY
2007 Bachelier- Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2005 The Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Kehler –Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
2002 Art Chicago, Byron Roche Gallery exhibit, Navy Pier
2001 Center of the Earth Gallery Charlotte
2000 Cardinal Stritch University,Milwaukee, WI.“The
MarkApplied”
1999 Coplan Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Freites- Revilla Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL
Bennett Gallery, Knoxville, TN
1993 Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Bennett Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Greenwich Gallery, London, England
Cooling Gallery, London, England
Municipal Gallery, Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany
Wells Street Gallery, Chicago,IL
Casa de Vacas, Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain
Cultural Center of Pozuelo, Pozuelo, Spain
Cultural Center of Villaba, Villaba, Spain
Neville Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL
Younger Gallery, Chicago, IL
Covenant Club, Chicago, IL
Union league Club, Chicago, IL
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS and SELECTED AWARDS
2010 Ridgefield Guild of Artists – Best in Show
2010 New Haven Paint and Clay Annual Exhibition – Best in Show
2008 Connecticut Society of Portrait Painters- 1st Place Drawing
Greenwich, CT
2006 New Haven Brush and Palette Club 1st Prize
2005 Connecticut Society of Portrait Painters 2nd Prize
2004 Silvermine Arts Center, AONE Award for Painting
1981 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
1980 Terrance Gallery Award
1979 Arts Club of Louisville
1978, 1979, 1980 American Academy of Art Scholarships
1978, 1980 Union League Club Scholarships
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
McGraw – Hill Publishers, New York, NY
H&G Television, Knoxville, TN
Scripps Howard Cable corporation
First Tennessee Bank, Knoxville, TN
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Numerous private collections throughout North America and Europe
SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
2001 American Arts Quarterly - Gail Leggio review Fall Issue
2001 New City, Chicago, Illinois- Nathan Mattheson-Review 9/6
2000 Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina – Jane Grau review 3/26
1999 Daily Herald, Chicago Metropolitan Area – Barbara Vitello article
9/16
1999 ArtScope.net, Chicago, Illinois – Jurek Polanski article/review 9/20
1999 Nashville Tennessean - Alan Bostick article 5/12
1999 In Review, Nashville, Tennessee – Paul McLean review 5/18
1998 Miami Herald – Armando Alvarez Bravo review 5/10
1997 Miami Sun-Sentinel – Roger Hurlburt review 2/27
1996 Chicago Tribune – Barbara Bucholtz, review 3/1
CURITORIAL WORK, LECTURES, ETC.
Curator Pathways to Landscape Ridgefield Guid of Artists March, 2011
Presentation Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich, CT 2008 and 2009
PERSONAL
Instructor of Painting and Drawing & Guild Member, Silvermine Arts Center, New
Canaan, CT
Living and Working in Milford, Connecticut
