Dean Snyder was born in Philadelphia and received a BFA in photography and sculpture at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1974. In 1975 he received a British Arts Council Fellowship to do postgraduate work in sculpture at Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, UK. He completed his MFA in sculpture in 1978 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Snyder has received artist fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, the Berkshire Taconic Arts Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New England Foundation for the Arts, the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the Vermont State Council for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council.
His work has been exhibited nationally in both group and solo shows, notably at the Tang Museum, the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the DeCordova Museum. Internationally Snyder’s work has been presented at the Beijing Olympic Park for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Sculpture by the Sea: Sydney Australia, Berlin Fashion Week, and the Instituto Cultural Peruano, Lima.
Snyder’s work has been collected privately and may also be found in the public collections of Fidelity Investments, the Tang Museum, the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design, the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, Albany International Airport, the City of Beijing and Freedom Park Ordos City, Mongolia.
Academic areas of interest
Snyder’s sculpture has been characterized as uncanny “graphical” organicism experienced through seamless assemblies of highly considered forming, molding and lamination. Drawing plays a large role in Snyder’s studio and for many years he has been workshopping a sort of bioconvergence of his graphic images into objects and sculpture.
This intermediate level mold-making workshop is tailored for sculpture students wishing to learn the advanced skills and processes necessary to achieve reliably repeatable results when confronted with complex problems in mold-making. The course will deliver material and procedural literacy beginning with a limited range of mold making products in the Platinum Silicone, Gypsum Cement families. This skillset will provide the necessary confidence to expand into the broader range of flexible and rigid mold making products to suit their needs going forward. Students will learn key methods to achieve successful multi part flexible molds, with a specific emphasis on silicone rubber products. Direct modeling materials such as Castilene and Magic Sculpt will be demonstrated as companion products for making rigid semi-permanent mold ready objects.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $300.00
Junior class level and above. Instructor permission is required to register for this course, please contact the instructor directly.
Elective
SCULP 473G-01 - GRADUATE STUDIO III
LevelGraduate
UnitSculpture
Subject Sculpture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 9
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
SCULP 473G-01
GRADUATE STUDIO III
LevelGraduate
UnitSculpture
Subject Sculpture
PeriodFall 2024
Credits9
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: W | 11:20 AM - 4:20 PMInstructor(s): Dean Snyder, Taylor BaldwinLocation(s): 15 West, Roger Mandle Building, Room 101Enrolled / Capacity: 7Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Students pursue individual work under advisement of resident faculty, visiting artists and critics during the semester. Individual objectives are clarified and professional practices are discussed. Group interaction and discussions are expected.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Sculpture Students.
