Bio

Brent Dedas is an Associate Professor of Art at University of South Carolina. He received his Masters of Fine Arts degree along with a Museum Studies Curatorial Certificate from the College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning, University of Cincinnati (D.A.A.P.). His Bachelor of Fine Arts is from the Hite Institute of Art and Design, University of Louisville.

Dedas maintains an extensive exhibition record both in the U.S. and internationally. His work was included in the Coined in the South: 2022 exhibition at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, as well asArt/NaturSci Pavilion: Equilibrium exhibition at the 2019 Venice Biennale within Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello in partnership with the German-Italian Cultural Association (ACIT). In 2018 his work was exhibited at Humboldt-Universität in Berlin Germany. Other international exhibitions include: Art Prague International Art Fair, Solo Project Room, Kafka’s House, Prague, Czech Republic (2014), Solo Exhibition, Galerie ERA svět, Prague, Czech Republic (2014). Personally Political International Juried Exhibition, at Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin, Ardgillan Exhibition in Dublin (2004), and in the Belfast Festival at Queens (2004).

His work has been exhibited in many galleries and museums across the United States which include: Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, VA, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA, Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN, Mazur Museum, Monroe, LA, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, Carnation Gallery, Portland, OR, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Dedas is the recipient of the Great Meadows Foundation Artists Professional Development Grant (2018). He is a semifinalist in The Print Center 92nd Annual International Competition (2018). Also in 2018 his work was included in the Omni Louisville Hotel’s permanent collection and display.

Curators who have selected Brent’s work for exhibition include: Dan Cameron (Independent Curator, Prospect New Orleans founder & most recently Chief Curator at the Orange County Museum), Kimberli Gant, PhD, McKinnon Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, Chrysler Museum of Art, Hallie Ringle, Curator of contemporary art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Kristen Hileman, Independent Curator & Curator-in-Residence, The Delaware Contemporary, Frauke V. Josenhans, PhD, Associate Curator, Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, Miranda Lash, Curator of Contemporary Art, Speed Art Museum, Karen E. Milbourne, PhD, Senior Curator, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian, Gabriel Ritter, PhD, Curator & Head of Contemporary Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Eleanor Heartney (contributing Editor to Art in America and Artnews), Mike Barclay (Director of Exhibitions at the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA)), David Houston, (Executive Director of the Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA), Mark Scala (Chief Curator of the Frist Museum, Nashville, TN), Linda Benedict-Jones, Curator of Photography, Carnegie Museum of Art, Gia Hamilton (Joan Mitchell Center Director, New Orleans, LA), Julia Dolan (Minor White Curator of Photography, Portland Art Museum), Christiane Paul (Whitney Museum, NYC), MP Warming (Director of Art Science Exhibits, Berlin), Dr. Paul Richelson (Chief Curator at the Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL), Barbara Fragogna (Gallery Director and Curator, Berlin).