EDUCATION
1984 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Newcastle University, Newcastle
EXHIBITIONS
2018 Boat Smoke Bowl – Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2017 Nearer To Closer – Fo Kia Nou, Athens
2016 The Air Is Free – James Fardoulys & Dean Manning, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2014 And As A Monkey You Took Me To The Fair, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
2011 Midgets & Giants, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2009 For The Man With The Clean Cut Look, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2008 12 Months, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Double A-side, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
2017 Juan Ruflo Turns One Hundred, AAA3A, Bronx
2015 Street Stories, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2015 Salon Des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2015 Well Red, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2015 Lemnos, The Greek Dimension, Embassy Of Greece, Canberra
2014 Face To Face, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2011 Artist/Artists, Benalla Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
2010 Carnivale, Lake Macquarie Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie
2010 Time Travel: Reimagining The Past, Tweed River Art Gallery
2010 Melbourne Art Fair, Damien Minton Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Salon Des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2007 Salon Des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2004 Spinning Around: 50 Years of Festival Records, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
AWARDS / COMMISSIONS / GRANTS
2017 Waverley Art Prize finalist, Waverley Woollahra Art School, Sydney
2016 Archibald Prize finalist, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2016 Moran Portrait Prize finalist, Juniper Hall, Sydney
2016 Mosman Art Prize finalist, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2015 Contemporary Music Touring Program grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2014 Erik. Artbank film animation commission.
2010 Sulman Prize finalist, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2010 Mosman Art Prize finalist, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2008 Blake Prize finalist, National Art School Gallery, Sydney
2004 International Pathways grant, Australia Council for the Arts
1998 Gold Album, Angel Blood
1998 APRA Song of the Year, Even When I’m Sleeping
1998 ARIA nomination, Breakthrough Artist, Leonardo’s Bride
1998 ARIA nomination, Best Cover Art, Dean Manning, Angel Blood
RECORDS
2019 Sunday Mountain, Dean Manning, LP
2017 Right There With You, Tinkerbellslutbaby, EP
2014 The Luxury Of Wasted Space, Holidays On Ice, LP
2009 Pillage Before Plunder, Holidays On Ice, LP
2005 Playing Boyfriends & Girlfriends, Holidays On Ice, LP
2004 Success, Lo-Tec Highbrows, LP
2004 This Is A Hold Up, Flamenco Non-Academic, EP
2003 Diplomatic, Dean Manning, LP
2002 Something That Holds You For Good, Tinkerbellslutbaby, LP
2000 Open Sesame, Leonardo’s Bride, LP
1997 Angel Blood, Leonardo’s Bride, LP
1994 Temperamental Friend, Leonardo’s Bride, EP
1992 Debut, Leonardo’s Bride, EP
COLLECTIONS
Artbank
Deakin University
Kensington Public School
Private collections, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and USA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Goldspink, Sebastian, An Instantaneous Kinda Chemical Reaction, Sturgeon, Vol.3 2015 p 22
Jovic, Maja, Many Faces of Dean’s Art, Neos Kosmos, July 1, 2014
Tovey, Josephine, Midgets & Giants, Sydney Morning Herald, March 2, 2011
Haynes, Leah, Dean Manning’s Alley, Art Monthly Vol. 237 p 57.
Shadwell, Ian, Bush-rangers of the Mind, The Art Life, February 25, 2011
Dwyer, Michael, A Musical Self Portrait, The Age, August 21, 2009
Hetherington, Sarah, New Work, Art World, Vol. 9, July 2009 p 124