Solo Exhibitions
2021 “Smile” - Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY
2020 "Shadow Banned" - Cryptic Gallery, 358 Main St, Poughkeepsie, NY
2019 "FCMDL: Felt Cute Might Delete Later" - 213 Bowery, New York, NY
2017 "Who is Dean Christensen?" - Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 "The Millennial Man: Me, My Selfie, and I" - Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY
Group Exhibitions
2022 Post-Analog 2.0 - Worthless Gallery, Louisville, KY
2019 Saturated; An Eye For Color – Barret Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2019 Got It For Cheap – The Hole, New York, NY
2018 Shim Aqua Art Fair - Basel, MIA
2018 Got It For Cheap – Los Angeles, CA
2018 Faces – Selfie Glitch #2 – Brooklyn, NY
2017 Trestle 2017 Member Salon – Perfect – Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 F*** Basel Pre Basel Group Exhibition - Flawless, Pink Snapchat, Snapchat Selfie - XA Society Gallery@Contra Studios, Chelsea, NYC
2016 SHIM Invitational 3 - Deanaissance Triptych - Art Helix, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Residency Group Show - Snapchat Selfie - Trestle Projects; Falling In, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Salon Group Show - Yellow Snapchat, Blue Snapchat - Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 US Bank Celebration of the Arts - Oil, Selfie #3 - The Kentucky Museum
2015 Senior Exhibition - Oil, Selfie #1-5 - WKU
2015 Cube Gallery Group Exhibit - Oil, Selfie #3, Selfie #6 - Cube Gallery
2014 ArtWorks All Kentucky Juried Show - Oil, Oscar, Elizabeth - The Kentucky Museum
2014 US Bank Celebration of the Arts - Oil, Self Portrait, Warm Glow - The Kentucky Museum
2013 LightSpaceTime Int’l Gallery - Oil, Self Portrait
2013 US Bank Celebration of the Arts - Collagraph Print - The Kentucky Museum
2013 US Bank Celebration of the Arts - Sumi Ink/Acrylic Landscape - The Kentucky Museum
2012 LightSpaceTime Int’l Gallery - Sumi Ink/Acrylic Landscape
2012 University Gallery - Sumi Ink/Acrylic Landscape
Art Directed Exhibitions
2022 Post-Analog 2.0 - Worthless Gallery, Louisville KY
Select Honors/Awards
2016 Greenpoint Gallery Salon Group Show - Best of Show (Awarded a 2017 solo show)
2016 Figure50.com Juried online art show - artist representing the state of Kentucky for 2016
2015 The US Bank Celebration of the Arts – Best of Show
2014 The US Bank Celebration of the Arts – Purchase Award
2014 The US Bank Celebration of the Arts – First Place Professional Painting
2012 LightSpaceTime International Gallery (online) - Honorable Mention, “Seasons” Exhibit
2011 GSA Full Tuition Art Scholarship
2011 Bill Fisher Scholarship for Working Artists recipient
2011 Nelle Peterson First Place Scholarship recipient
2011 Naomi Winston Scholarship recipient
Performances
2016 "The Cutest Performance Ever" - 20 min music set for Gowanus Open Studios - Halyards, BK NY
2016 "Deansace Worldwide" - 20 min music set - Greenpoint Gallery, BK NY
Press
Leo Weekly - 'Artist Dean Christensen Wants You To Eat Your Broccoli' by Sarah Kinbar - https://www.leoweekly.com/2022/08/artist-dean-christensen-wants-you-to-eat-your-broccoli/
Leo Weekly - ‘Smile’ by Jo Anne Triplett - https://www.leoweekly.com/event/smile-by-n-dean-christensen/
The Cultural Magazine - 'Entrevista A Dean Christensen' by Alex Leto - http://thecultural.es/2017/09/04/dean-christensen/
Insider Louisville - 'Artist Pokes Fun at His Own Generation' by Sara Havens - http://insiderlouisville.com/tag/dean-christensen/
Leo Weekly - 'I Selfie Therefore I am' by Jo Anne Triplett - http://www.leoweekly.com/2016/01/i-selfie-therefore-i-am/
Courier Journal - 'Artist Examines Millennial Man' by Elizabeth Kramer - http://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/arts/visual/2016/01/07/art-pick-artist-examines-millennial-man/78296462/
LVAA PUBLIC - January 14 Featured Artist Interview on Art XFM- https://lvaapublic.com/
Arts Louisville - ‘Eager or Ego? Dean Christensen Arrives’ by Keith Waits - http://arts-louisville.com/2016/02/03/eager-or-ego-dean-christensen-arrives/
‘The Millennial Man: Me, My Selfie, and I’ by Kayla Bischoff - http://www.kaylabischoff.com/#!The-Millennial-Man-Me-My-Selfie-and-I-Review/c54h/56d658f70cf2cacdc4219886
Education
Western Kentucky University - BFA Painting, May 2015
Residencies and Workshops
Trestle Art Space, studio residency, Brooklyn, NY July 2016 - July 2017
Art Student's League of New York, Vytlacil residency, Sparkill, NY September 2015
Art Students League of New York, Compositional Workshop w/Fred Bendheim, New York, NY January 2014
Art Students League of New York, Figure in Perspective Workshop w/Michael Massen, New York, NY January 2014
The Palette and Chisel, painting workshop w/Henry Yan, Chicago, IL August 2012