Dean Cross
Dean Cross was born and raised on Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country and is of Worimi descent. He is a trans-disciplinary artist primarily working across installation, sculpture and photography.
His career began in contemporary dance, performing and choreographing nationally and internationally for over a decade with Australia’s leading dance companies. Following that Dean re-trained as a visual artist, gaining his Bachelor’s Degree from Sydney College of the Arts, and his First Class Honours from the ANU School of Art and Design.
Dean has shown his work extensively across Australia. This includes the Indigenous Ceramic Prize at the Shepparton Art Musuem, Tarnanthi at the Art Gallery of South Australia, RUNS DEEP, a solo show at Alaska Projects, Sydney (2018), The Churchie Emerging Art Prize (2016), The Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize (2015), and the Macquarie Group Emerging Art Prize (2015) where his work was awarded the Highly Commended prize by artist Joan Ross. In 2018 Dean exhibited at the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, as a part of the NEXTWAVE Festival Melbourne, and at Artbank, Sydney in Talia Smith’s “In a World of Wounds”. During 2018 Dean has been Artist in Residence at the Canberra Contemporary Art Space (CCAS) and was also selected to be a part of the 4A Beijing Studio Residency Program in Beijing, China.
In 2019, Dean will undertake the inaugural Canberra/Wellington Indigenous Artist exchange, where he will be supported by the ACT Government to undertake research with the National War Memorials in both Canberra and Wellington.