Dean Detrick is a southern California artist who has worked "on the art trail"© as a painter, printmaker, photographer, designer and teacher. The journey began in 1964 with formal art training at California State University, Northridge and at UCLA, where he completed his B.A. in art (1968) and his MFA in painting (1971).
A major influence on Dean's fine art style was his instructor and graduate committe advisor, the American painter Richard Diebenkorn. Two other artists whose work have significantly affected Dean's modern visual approach are John Marin (American) and Paul Klee (French).
Stylistically, Dean's art is a blend of Cubism, Expressionism and experimental abstraction, which pursues and celebrates artistic freedom, visual invention, primitive simplicity, spontaneous expression and the adventure of creativity.
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Dean's occupational paths have been teaching and graphic design. His career in education includes eleven years of art instruction on the college level and his commercial art experience equals seven years. Currently he is working as a graphic designer.
Along the art trail, Dean has exhibited his fine art in galleries, a museum and various group, faculty and juried shows. His three one-man exhibitions are:
Lines From the Land
California State University, Northridge
1984
Transfer
California State University, Northridge
1979
Land and Cityscapes
Santa Monica Public Library
1973
Other noteworthy exhibitions are:
Unnatrual Landscapes
L.A. County Century Gallery
1994
Drawings by Faculty Artists
El Camino College Gallery
1987
Art Faculty Art
Cerritos College Art Gallery
1985
California Four
Peter Strauss Ranch Gallery
1984
Pasadena City College Art Faculty Show
Pasadena City College Art Gallery
1984
California Images
Agoura Hills City Gallery
1984
Brand Ten Watermedia
Brand Library Art Gallery
1980
California Print and Drawing Exhibition
Chapman College Art Gallery
1980
Double Vision (group show)
Brand Library Art Gallery
1979
UCLA Faculty/Alumni Print Show
UCLA Faculty Center
1976
New Talent, New Work
L.A. County Museum of Art
1971