The Fall 2024 Graduate Art guest lecture series

Aria Dean

This event is free & open to the public. RSVP’s are not required.

Aria Dean (b. 1993, Los Angeles, USA) received a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from Oberlin College, Ohio. Selected solo and group exhibitions include: Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto; The Renaissance Society, Chicago; Whitney Biennial 2022, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; REDCAT, Los Angeles; Made in L.A. 2020, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge; Tai Kwun, Hong Kong; Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva; Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin; de Young Museum, San Francisco; and Knockdown Center, New York.

Dean has delivered lectures and presentations at institutions such as: Harvard University, Cambridge; Yale University, New Haven; CalArts, Los Angeles; The Studio Museum, Harlem; MMK Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt; Serpentine Galleries, London; New Museum, New York; DIA Art Foundation, New York.

Dean’s work is included in international and public museum collections, including: Hartwig Art Foundation, Amsterdam; The Shah Garg Foundation, California; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Olivia Foundation, Mexico City; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago; Kadist, Paris and San Francisco; and De Pont Museum, Tilburg.

Image credit: Emmanuel Olunkwa courtesy of the artist and Château Shatto, Los Angeles.

The Graduate Art Seminar is a forum for graduate students and members of the ArtCenter community to enter into dialog with internationally recognized artists, critics, and art historians. The Seminar is a core component of ArtCenter's Graduate Art program. The Seminar is also free and open to the public.

ArtCenter's Graduate Art program is based on intensive studio practice and rigorous academic coursework. The program is distinguished by its low faculty-to-student ratio, which provides students with the attention and feedback they need to refine and achieve their artistic goals. Faculty and students are artists working in all genres of film, video, photography, painting, sculpture, performance and installation. A significant number of alumni have achieved national and international acclaim and often return to share their insights and expertise as visiting faculty and guest lecturers.