Profiles
Mr Dean Owens
Lecturer - Illustration with Drawing
School of Art, Design and Architecture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
- Drawing
- Drawing for illustration
- History of drawing
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Biography
Biography
Lecturer - Illustration with Drawing
Qualifications
Dean Glyndwr Owens was born in1978 in Wordsley. He started his career studying Art & Design under the tutelage of Mukesh Kumar at DudleyCollege, before going on to complete a BA in Fine Art at DerbyUniversity and an MA in Illustration at University College Falmouth. He lives and works on Dartmoor and teaches at Plymouth University. He has exhibited in the Midlands and Cornwall. Between 2000 and 2006 Dean worked as an Art Director on the uncanny short films of Mark Simon Hewis. While at UCF Dean co-founded the art research journal, Post, and has since set up a small publishing house: Red Beak Press. Dean currently runs Plymouth Press Club a staff and student partnership that publishes zines, books and prints.
Professional membership
Higher Education Academy (HEA) Fellow Association of Illustrators (AOI)
Research
Research
Research interests
- Drawing (Practice)
- Drawing (HIstories and Theories)
- Small Press Publishing (illustrated books)
Other research
A Line That Cuts 2015 Owens
Catalogue article about the drawing of Ivan Chermayeff, made as part of Ivan Cut a retrospective exhibition of work by renowned Graphic Designer Ivan Chermayeff, at the Peninsula Arts Gallery, Plymouth.
Pedagogy of Pressure (POP) 2015 Barwick and Owens
Pedagogic research on the value of pressure in arts based HE teaching
Paper presentation: VC's T&L conference 2015, Plymouth University
Drawing Research Network 2012 (DRN) conference Owens and Stillwell
Paper presentation; The Draw of Technology, Sept 2012, Loughborough
VC's T&L Conference 2012, Plymouth University
Poster presentation: Investigation into use of iPads for drawing practice and reflection with TEL (Rob Stillwell)
Project Lead: Dean Owens
Plymouth University Teaching Fellowship Award 2011
Investigation into use of iPads for drawing practice and reflection with TEL (Rob Stillwell)
Project Lead: Dean Owens
VC's Community Research Award - 2012 Ford Park Cemetery Trust
Cross discipline research into the visual and written history of Plymouth - Project lead Richard Huzzey
IDAT - Human Geography 2012
Joint Research into the uses of data harvested from the human body
Role: consultant - Publication Design
Project lead: Dr Mike Phillips
Creative practice & artistic projects
Selected Exhibitions
2010
Message, University of Plymouth
Staff work in progress
2009
Vessels,KHF, Cornwall
Solo Exhibition of Paintings made as part of 'Embark'
ILLUSTRATIVE 09 Berlin
Group Exhibition during international forum for contemporary illustration and graphic arts.
2007
Post the journal for Arts Culture and Research' The Poly, Falmouth
Exhibition and Launch of POST magazine (Editor)
MA Illustration Show, Woodlane , Falmouth
Final Exhibition of MA work
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
JournalsOwens D. TEARS. Varoom, (P 9, 10), AOI (2010)
Owens D. A Book Made of Tears, Atlantic Press (2009)