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My relationship with anger is complicated. It was only in recent years that I learned anger is a great creator of energy, that it can fuel change, right wrongs. A guiding star, always urging me closer to peace. 

For the longest time I didn’t t
Enter and exit each day with a weight that sinks a little deeper into my chest

10 recent failures: 

1. Thank You, 2024. Plastic bag and hand dyed quilt
2. Grid..thing. Ceramic that broke 
3. Latest latex experiments (failed!)
4. Toddler meets an un
Spring Equinox is here! I am excited to announce that I will be showing some new artwork in a beautiful space. Join me this Tuesday 19th at 5pm for a casual gathering to celebrate longer evenings and sunnier days 🌞
End of residency realness- a week behind on my writing, surrendering my pen (and every other part of me) to the toddler, battling a petri dish house full of sicknesses, always treading water. But it was a great month, I put on a show @wavecollectives
Recents with accompanying footnotes;

1. Tweaking my work post-installation is a practice I’ll never not indulge in. Red flag? Maybe.
2. Zucchini fritters imitating crusty waxy candle holder (imitating life?)
3. Shadows and lines overlaid overl
I’ve been finding solace in the studio recently. Halfway through my @thrivetogethernetwork residency and the ideas just keep coming and coming, which feels so good. It’s been a strange year so far (clue: mental health) and it’s my b
Super excited and proud to announce that I will be taking part in a small group show, titled Flexible Hours, at the end of this month.. hope to see you at the opening on 2/29 at 5pm! Thank you to @angelicaturner_ for writing this synopsis: 

FLEXIBLE
I wanted to make something that explored tension, and the idea of an in-between. 

Tension can be uncomfortable, indecisive. It is also filled with potential, like a wound up spring. 

Tension could be holding two ideas in the same hand, two truths,
Ah, this small and saturated friend. I’m still chasing the high that pouring a bunch of heavily pigmented latex directly onto the floor gives me ✨
It’s residency month! I am taking part in another focused period of making, via @thrivetogethernetwork. Here is my highly tactile inspo wall. I’m working on some pieces for a show at the end of the month. I’m thinking tenderly, brea
Words keep falling out of me and I don’t know where to put them. 

I’ve been posting and deleting a lot, I’m feeling a lot of tension, I’m breathing and accepting and softening and keeping going.
Barbie dreams of Ken, but it isn’t what you think. 😌🎀Mixed media on plywood, 2023.
All coiled up. Mixed media on wood panel, 2023.
Entering my maximalist era. Detail shot of a new WIP, I am STOKED to not be containing myself anymore 🪷🍧🎟️🎀🪩🫧 #ttnchallengedec12
My mini solo show, Spaces of Gratitude, is up for a few more days at the Frank-Ratchye project space. I have been fortunate enough to be a member of the Root Division studios program for the past 2 years. As my time there comes to a close I am filled
I do not support genocide.
Window, grid, spill, time. 

Tension, sigh, space, frame. 

2023. Latex and acrylic.
Thinking about the feelings that tumble out of me sometimes, and whether or not those feelings have a soft landing. I’m happy with the progress of this WIP in latex, acrylic and string. It’s been a real journey learning to install large w
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