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Ellen Altfest

Dean Snyder Summer Resident Artist, July 2012


Visiting artist at the Siena Art Institute for the month of July, Dean Snyder is an American sculptor. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island.  He has been a professor in the sculpture department at the Rhode Island School of Design since 2001.
His work has been exhibited in both group and solo shows nationally and internationally. He has received artists fellowships from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, The Berkshire Taconic Arts Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New England Foundation for the Arts, the Vermont State Council for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts and the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

http://deansnyder.net/
http://risd-sculpture.com/faculty/core_faculty/dean-snyder

EDUCATION

1976-78  
• MFA – Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 

1975-76
• Postgraduate Studies: Sculpture, Lanchester Polytechnic College of Art and Design, Coventry, UK

1971-75  
• BFA – Sculpture, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO


GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2009
• Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant

2008
• Artist Fellowship – Berkshire-Taconic , Artist’s Resource Trust Fund 

2004 
• Artist Fellowship –Rhode Island Council for the Arts
• Professional Development Grant – Rhode Island School of Design

2001
• Professional Development Grant – Rhode Island School of Design

2000-01
• Artist Fellowship – Center for the Arts and Humanities, Williams College, Williamstown,MA

1998
• Artist Residency – Pouch Cove Foundation, St. John’s, Newfoundland

1995-96
• Artist Fellowship – Vermont State Council for the Arts
• Artist Fellowship – National Endowment for the Arts; New England Foundation for the Arts

1988
• Research Grant – Andrew Mellon

1982
• Artist Fellowship – Illinois Arts Council

1981
• Project Completion Grant – Illinois Arts Council

SOLO EXHIBITIONS



2008
• Dean Snyder: Opener Series, Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

2007
• Dean Snyder and PAul Mullowney New Work, Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI

2004
• Dean Snyder: Recent Sculpture and Drawing, College of St. Rose Gallery, Albany, NY

1999
• Instituto Cultural Peruano Norte Americano, Lima, Peru

1998
• Jennjoy Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1997
• Miller/Block Gallery, Boston, MA

1994
• Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL

1991
• Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1987
• Leedy/Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1984
• “Dean Snyder/ Sculpture,” St. Xavier College, Chicago, IL

1981
• Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL

1979
• Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS



2010
• “Monumental” Cade Topmpkins Projects, Providence, RI 

2007
• “Beijing Olympic Art Dream-2007”,Beijing International City Sculpture Exhibition, Beijing, China
• “Twice Drawn”, Tang Museum @ Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs,NY  *(catalog)
• Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture: The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, NY
• Parallel Projects at the New York Design Center: Chapter Two: A Show of Objects, New York City, NY 

2004 
• 179th Annual: An invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art; National Academy of Design,York, NY 
   *(catalog)
• “Earthly Delights”   Bakalar Gallery,  MassArt, Boston MA *(catalog)

2003
• “Obsessive Patterns”  David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence,RI

2002
• “Chain Reaction:  Rube Goldberg and Contemporary Art,” Tang Museum, Skidmore   College Saratoga Springs, NY  *(catalog)

2001
• “DeCordova Annual,” DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA *(catalog)
• “A Common Legacy:  H.C. Westerman’s Influences on Five Contemporary Sculptors,” Vanderbilt  University Fine Arts Galley, Nashville, TN

• “Chain Reaction:  Rube Goldberg and Contemporary Art,” Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown,  MA * (catalog)

• “Form and Process,” North Attleboro Museum, North Attleboro, MA

2000
• “Showroom,” Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY

1999
• “Synergy,” Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
• “On the Ball:The Sphere in Contemporary Sculpture,” DeCordova Museum Sculpture Park, Lincoln,MA
• “Split Shift,” Mass MOCA, North Adams, MA

1998
• “Border Crossings,” James Baird Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland

1997
• DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
• “Objects Remain,” New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
• “Threesixtysix and Fiftyfive RPM,” Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

1996
• “Gallery Artists,” Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
• “Regional Selections,” Hood Museum, Hanover, NH
• “International Art Expo,” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
• “Natural Acts,” Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
• “Curve,” Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
• “Eighth Triennial,” Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
• “Six Sculptors,” Bennington Area Arts Council, Bennington, VT
• “Faculty Exhibition,” Bennington College, Bennington, VT

1995
• “Northern Voices,” AS220 Gallery, Providence, RI
• “Drawing to Sculpture,” NoB.I.A.S, North Bennington, VT
• “International Art Expo,” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
• “Gallery Artists,” Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL

1994
• “Gallery Artists,” Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL

1993
• “Gallery Artists,” Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL

1992
• “ProArts Annual,” ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA
• “Manifestations,” San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
• “Gallery Artists,” Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL

1991
• “Small Sculpture,” Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX

1990
• “Faculty Exhibition,” Alfred University, Alfred, NY

1989
• “A Decade Later,” Crosby Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1986
•“Contemporary Screens,” Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH, * traveled to:
• Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL
• City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC
• Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
• Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

1985
• “Artists Folding Screens,” Ester Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
• “The Unscene,” ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
• “Form/Function,” Columbia College, Chicago, IL



WORK HISTORY

2002-present
• Department Head, Associate Professor, Sculpture: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2001-2002
• Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Sculpture: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2000-01
•Assistant Professor, Sculpture – Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1992-00
• Professor, Sculpture – Bennington College, Bennington, VT

1991-92
• Assistant Professor, Sculpture – University of California at Berkeley,  Berkeley, CA

1989-90
• Assistant Professor, Sculpture/Foundation Studies – New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY

1986-89
• Assistant Professor, Sculpture/Foundation Studies – Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City,MO

1980-85
• Adjunct Professor, Sculpture/Drawing – School of the Art Institute of Chicago,Chicago, IL

1979-80
• Chief Preparator/Exhibition Designer – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

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