Joel Dean

Initial U and the Transformative Power of Symbolism in Storytelling, 2022
Oil on canvas
64 x 48 inches (162.6 x 121.9 cm)

Initial F and the Transformative Power of Symbolism in Storytelling, 2022
Oil on canvas
64 x 48 inches (162.6 x 121.9 cm)

Initial G and the Transformative Power of Symbolism in Storytelling, 2022
Oil on canvas
64 x 48 inches (162.6 x 121.9 cm)

Initial V and the Transformative Power of Symbolism in Storytelling, 2022
Oil on canvas
64 x 48 inches (162.6 x 121.9 cm)

Initial T and the Transformative Power of Symbolism in Storytelling, 2021
Oil on canvas
64 x 48 inches (162.6 x 121.9 cm)

Initial Q and the Transformative Power of Symbolism in Storytelling, 2021
Oil on canvas
64 x 48 inches (162.6 x 121.9 cm)

Initial J and the Transformative Power of Symbolism in Storytelling, 2021
Oil on canvas
64 x 48 inches (162.6 x 121.9 cm)

Initial M and the Transformative Power of Symbolism in Storytelling, 2021
Oil on canvas
64 x 48 inches (162.6 x 121.9 cm)

Initial A and the Transformative Power of Symbolism in Storytelling, 2021
Oil on canvas
64 x 48 inches (162.6 x 121.9 cm)

Initial S and the Transformative Power of Symbolism in Storytelling, 2021
Oil on canvas
64 x 48 inches (162.6 x 121.9 cm)

Evolve Right Now, 2019
Prairie, Chicago
Installation view

Evolve Right Now, 2019 (detail)

Evolve Right Now, 2019 (detail)

Perfectamundo, 2019
Cordova, Barcelona
Installation view

Perfectamundo, 2019 (detail)

Perfectamundo, 2019 (detail)

Path Morphology and Core Individuation in Centrifugal Expansion Models (Gala), 2018
Plywood, bleached beeswax, plaster, wood glue, dye, found objects
31 x 31 x 11 in (78.7 x 78.7 x 27.9 cm)

Path Morphology and Core Individuation in Centrifugal Expansion Models (Gala), 2018

Path Morphology and Core Individuation in Centrifugal Expansion Models (Jazz), 2018
Plywood, bleached beeswax, corn, wood glue, dye, found objects
31 x 31 x 11 in (78.7 x 78.7 x 27.9 cm)

The Anatomy of Out of Body Experience in Human Capital Organization Systems and Planning Culture after the Age of Discovery, 2017
The New York Headache Society, Redhook, New York
Installation view

The Anatomy of Out of Body Experience in Human Capital Organization Systems and Planning Culture after the Age of Discovery, 2017
Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York
Installation view

Understory Ontology in a Two Dimensional Growth System: the Long-term Effect of Adding Another Zero, 2018
sandstone composite, wood, metal
54 x 13 x 24 in (137.16 x 33.02 x 60.96 cm)

A human guide to interdimensional politics and shadow policy under a dying sun, 2015
Wood, metal, hydrocal, apple core, peanut, peach pit engineering design by Dave Goodchild
49 x 29 x 29 in (124.5 x 73.7 x 73.7 cm)

Powers of 7-8-9, 2016
Species, Atlanta
Installation view

Twin Tower Mathematics, 2016
24 x 18 in, each (60.96 x 45.72 cm, each)
Wood, steel

The Transformative Power of Symbolism in Storytelling, 2016
Ostrich egg, alphabet pasta, squid ink
Dimensions variable

The Transformative Power of Symbolism in Storytelling, 2016 (detail)

Empty Stomach Challenge, 2015
20 x 20 x 15 in (50.8 x 50.8 x 38.1 cm)
cast silicone, rose stem