BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

1978   * M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois   

1976   * Postgraduate Studies, Lanchester Polytechnic College of Art and Design, Coventry, United Kingdom   

1975   * B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri     

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008   

* Opener 14: Dean Snyder: Almost Blue, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, May 17-August 31   

2004   

*Dean Snyder: Recent Sculpture and Drawing, College of St. Rose Gallery, Albany, New York,   

 February 18-March 19   

1999   

* Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Lima, Peru, March 16-April 13   

1998   

* Jennjoy Gallery, San Francisco, California, June 4-July 4   

1997   

* Miller Block Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, January 11-February 11   

1994   

* Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, October 14-November 12   

1993   

* Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, March 26-April 24   

1991   

* Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, California, July 13-August 10   

1987   

* Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri, October 2-November 7   

1984   

Dean Snyder: Sculpture, SXU Gallery, St. Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois, November 5-  December 14   

1981   

* Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, March 6-April 1   

1979   

* Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, October 26-December 5   

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007    

Beijing Olympic Art Dream-2007/2008: Beijing International City Sculpture Exhibition, Beijing Olympic Park, Beijing, China, October 20, 2007-September 10, 2008     

Dean Snyder: New Works and Paul Mullowney: New Woodcuts: Wheeler Art Gallery,  Providence, Rhode Island, March 30-April 19   

2006   

Twice Drawn, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, October 7-December 30   

Parallel Projects at the New York Design Center: Chapter Two: A Show of Objects, New York Design Center, New York, April 25-May 26   

Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York,   March 9-April 9    

2005   

* Surface, Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, June 2-July 1   

2004    

179th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, National Academy of Design, New York,             May 6-June 20   

Earthly Delights, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts, January 28-March 17   

2003   

* Obsessive Patterns, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, June 7-July 6   

2001      

* Chain Reaction: Rube Goldberg and Contemporary Art, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, July 21-December 15; Traveled to: The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, January 26, 2002-April 14 2002   

* A Common Legacy: H.C. Westerman's Influences on Five Contemporary Sculptors, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, June 29-September 13   

* DeCordova Annual, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts, June 9-September 3   

2000   

* Showroom, Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, New York, January 29-April 8   

1999   

* Synergy, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, November 9-December 4   

* Split Shift, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, March 6-March 21   

On the Ball: The Sphere in Contemporary Sculpture, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln,Massachusetts, January 16-March 14   

1998   

* Border Crossings, James Baird Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, July 8-August 5  

1997   

* Objects Remain, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts, September 17-November 2 1996   

* Natural Acts, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire, November 21-December 21      

* Eighth Triennial, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts, September 15, 1996-January 4, 1997   

* Curve, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut, September 5-October 4   

Regional Selections, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 29 -September 1   

* Gallery Artists, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois   

SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

* Cahill, Timothy. Dean Snyder, "Almost Blue" ,Tang Museum, Sculpture Magazine, October 2008   

* Wasserman, Nadine. "Dangerous Allure." Metroland 31, no. 24 (12 June 2008): 24.   

Alcade, Mark A. "Museum Hosts Artistic Energy." Providence Journal (24 August 2001): C1.   

Arts and Entertainment. San Francisco Examiner (27 March 1998).   

* Baker, Kenneth. "Hint of the Grisly in Snyder's Sculpture." San Francisco Chronicle (18 June 1998): E1.   

Boyce, Roger. "2001 DeCordova Annual Exhibition." Art New England 22, no. 6 (October/November 2001):   40.   

* Elliot, David, "Chicago: For Artists It's a City That Works." ARTnews 79, no. 5 (May 1980): 78-82.   

Gray, Channing. "Sculpture on view at the Attleboro Museum, too." Providence Journal (27 September 2001): L14.   

Jaeger, William. "'Showroom' For a New Look Arts Center's First Exhibit is Witty, Glitzy." Albany Times Union (27 February 2000): I2.   

McQuaid, Cate. "Creative Juices Flow at DeCordova Exhibition." Boston Globe (30 June 2001): F3.   

"Tattooed Rawhide's Raw Energy." Boston Globe (23 January 1998).   

*Millis, Christopher. "Serious Play." Boston Phoenix (22 June 2001): 14.   

Silver, Joanne. "Now & Then: Time connects works in DeCordova's annual exhibition." Boston Herald (15 June 2001): S5.   

*Stephenson, Heather. "Vermonter's Making Their Mark." Rutland Daily Herald (4 July 1996).   

Temin, Christine. "Art al fresco: Outdoor sculpture in Lincoln and Brockton." Boston Globe (15 August 1999): N2.   

*"DeCordova Show Proves Art is Not Always Square." Boston Globe (24 January 1999): H6.   

*"Resculpting the DeCordova." Boston Globe (22 September 2000): C1.   

"Weird Science: Visions of  a Mutant Futute Grow Out of Hieronymus Bosch's 'Garden' in MassArt's New Show."    

Boston Globe (27 February 2004): C15.   

Van Siclen, Bill. "'On the Ball' Artists Explore the Sphere's Possibilities." Providence Journal (22 January 1999): E1.   

*"Playing Around with Patterns." Providence Journal (19 June 2003): L12.   

SELECTED CATALOGUES AND BROCHURES

1992 Pro Arts Annual. Exhibition catalogue. Oakland, California: Pro Arts, 1992.   

*Adrian, Dennis. Chicago - Some Other Traditions. Exhibition catalogue. Madison, Wisconsin: Madison Art Center, 1983.    

*Berry, Ian. Chain Reaction: Rube Goldberg and Contemporary Art. Exhibition catalogue. Saratoga Springs,    

New York: The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, and Williams College Museum of Art, 2001.   

*Opener 14: Dean Snyder: Almost Blue. Exhibition catalogue. Saratoga Springs, New York: The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, 2008.   

* Berry, Ian, and Jack Shear. Twice Drawn. Exhibition catalogue. Saratoga Springs, New York: The Frances

Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, 2008.

* Butera, Virginia Fabbri. Contemporary Screens. Exhibition catalogue. San Francisco: Art Museum

Association of America, 1986.

* Fredericks, Janet. Regional Selections 1996. Exhibition catalogue. Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood

Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 1996.