Dean Stewart, Northern Rivers-based mixed media artist, smiling and seated in front of a rustic wooden backdrop, wearing glasses and a relaxed button-down shirt.
Dean Stewart standing on a quiet beach at sunrise in Northern Rivers, NSW, with golden light reflecting on the sand and waves in the background.
Dean Stewart seated at a table, painting handcrafted wooden objects in a variety of shapes and red tones, surrounded by art materials in a sunlit room.

Dean Stewart is an artist and designer based in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.

Dean’s approach is grounded in the collection, curation and re-purposing of found objects, salvage materials and discarded remnants into three-dimensional, mixed media works which acknowledge the origins and authenticity of the materials and objects used while transforming them into considered, contemporary assemblages. 

Dean has an innate sense of three dimensional space and form as well as understanding the importance of shape, texture, composition and craft, all of which he brings to his artistic creations.

His work can be found in private collections in Lennox Head, Ballina, Mullumbimby, Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Oxfordshire, UK.

Dean completed a three-year studio art program at the Byron School of Art in 2023.

Exhibition

Dean is an exhibitor and finalist in the Trackways Sculpture Small Worlds Exhibition & Prize at the M.Arts precinct in Murwillumbah, NSW. Opening 19 June and running to 4 July.

→ Visit the Trackways website

Upcoming Residency

Dean has been selected to be an Artist in Residence in the inaugural Northern Rivers Artist Exchange Residency Program (NRAE), delivered by Arts Northern Rivers in partnership with Grafton Regional Gallery. Dean will be based at Grafton Regional Gallery for a week in July.

→ Read the full ANR announcement

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