"A Double Life, #2" by Mark Stock depicts Stephanie Dean as muse.
Painting © 1997 Mark Stock

Selected Exhibitions

2010

February 19-21: Showing with Art On Armitage at Supermarket 2010, Stockholm, Sweden.
Modern Groceries at the Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago IL
Modern Groceries at Art on Armitage, Chicago IL
Modern Groceries: Princessa Series at The Chicago Public Library -The Roden Branch, at 6083 N. Northwest Highway, 60631

2009

Modern Groceries at FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago IL
Modern Groceries at the Ryerson Woods (Lake County Forest Preserve, IL) Modern Groceries at Baby Grand, New York, NY
Camera/Chimera at Gallery Aferro, Newark, New Jersey
TPG10 - "Still Life with Strawberries" Limited edition print for The Present Group, May 2009, National.
Modern Groceries Installation at ArtXposium, West Chicago, IL

2009 CAAP Grant Award Recipient- City of Chicago, Chicago IL.

Stephanie Dean ~ Biography

Stephanie Dean attended the California College of Arts Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Photography. She took a 4-year respite between undergraduate and Graduate school, during which time she worked as a Software Test Engineer.

In 2002 she moved to Chicago to attend Columbia College Chicago.

In 2005 she earned her Masters of Fine Arts in Photography from Columbia College. She then traveled to Hungary as an artist-in-residence in Balatonfüred. During her residency she was invited to travel to Belgrade, Serbia where she was impressed by the landscape and the culture. Upon return, she taught at both Columbia College Chicago and Oakton Community College. Subjects taught were Photography and History of Photography.

From 2006-2008 she was a Gallery Director at Columbia College Chicago. ~ In 2009 she earned a certificate in Museum Studies from Northwestern University. ~ She began teaching History of Photography at Oakton community College in the fall 2009 Semester.~