NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection Exhibition, WaterFire Arts Center (2024) Bio:
Dean Snyder was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. he received a b.fa. in photography and sculpture at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1974. In 1975-76 Snyder received a British Arts Council Fellowship for postgraduate work in sculpture at Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, UK. He completed his M.F.A. work in sculpture in 1978 at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Snyder has received artists fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, the Berkshire Taconic Arts Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New England Foundation for the Arts, the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the Vermont State Council for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council. His work has been exhibited nationally in both group and solo shows, notably at the Tang Museum (book), The Fitchburg Art Museum, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Decordova Museum. Internationally Snyder’s work has been presented at the Istanbul Biennial Beijing Olympic Park for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Sculpture by the Sea: Sydney Australia, Berlin Fashion Week, and the Instituto Cultural Peruano, Lima, Peru. Snyder’s work has been collected privately and may also be found in the public collections of Fidelity Investments, the Tang Museum, the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design, the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, Albany International airport, the city of Beijing, freedom park Ordos Cty, Mongolia.
Original NetWorks Catalogue Bio:
Dean Snyder’s sculpture has been characterized as “uncanny ‘graphical’ organicism experienced through seamless assemblies of highly considered forming, molding, and lamination.” Drawing plays a large role in Snyder’s studio. A native of Philadelphia, Snyder received a BFA in photography and sculpture at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1974; a British Arts Council Fellowship for postgraduate work at Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, UK, in 1975; and his MFA in sculpture at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 1978. Snyder is Chair of the Sculpture Department at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he has taught since 2000. He has received numerous artist awards, including the Guggenheim Visual Arts Fellowship and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant. His work has been exhibited nationally and is represented in the collections of the Tang Museum and RISD Museum, among others.
Source: NetWorks 2013 – 2014 Catalolgue
Urethane paint over epoxy and carbon fiber composite, 85 x 65 x 37 in.
Credits:
Video: Richard Goulis and Paul Marsella
Executive Producer: Joseph A. Chazan, M.D.
Additional Resources:
Dean Snyder at Cade Tompkins Projects
Highlighting the work of selected artists who have played vital roles in shaping the contemporary visual arts community in Rhode Island. This collection of brief video portraits provides a window into the lives, practices, and cultural contributions of professional artists.
