Dean Sameshima
Tearoom Trade: Impersonal sex in public places. Enlarged edition with a retrospect on ethical issues, 1975, 2016
Painting - Acrylic on canvas
93 x 63 cm (36.61 x 24.8 in)
Dean Sameshima
City Men: George Michael, 2017
Painting - Acrylic on canvas
145 x 104 cm (57.09 x 40.94 in)
Dean Sameshima
Against Nature: A group show of work by homosexual men curated by Dennis Cooper and Richard Hawkins, January 6 through February 12, 1988, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 2016
Painting - Acrylic on canvas
137 x 99 cm (53.94 x 38.98 in)
Dean Sameshima
Secret Historian: The life and times of Samuel Steward, professor, tattoo artist and sexual renegade, 2010, 2017
Painting - Acrylic on canvas
121.5 x 142.5 cm (47.83 x 56.1 in)
Dean Sameshima
YMAP (Rainbow), 2005
Photograph - Lightjet print
101.6 x 64.7 cm (40 x 25.459 in)
Edition of 2
Dean Sameshima
A Portrait of Mike, 2006
Painting - Acrylic and silk-screen ink on canvas
193.04 x 152.4 cm (76 x 60 in)
Dean Sameshima
A Kind of Obscene Diary detail, 2011
Photographs - C-prints
In 5 parts 76 x 52 cm (29.92 x 20.47 inches) each framed
Overall dimensions vary with installation
Dean Sameshima
Untitled (Predator to Prey), 2007–2014
Sculpture – Acrylic, silkscreen ink, canvas, wood
75 x 85 x 65 cm (29.53 x 33.46 x 25.59 in)
Dean Sameshima
Dahmer (in 17 pieces) , 2007
Painting - acrylic and silk-screen ink on canvas
119.5 x 84.5 cm (approx. 47 x 33 inches)
Edition #5 of 17
Dean Sameshima
A Secret Historian, 2011
Photograph - C-print
16 x 11 cm (6.31 x 4.33 inches)
Edition of 10 + 1 AP
Dean Sameshima
Picture Yourself Here, 2006
Fuji-Flex prints
76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 inches)
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
Dean Sameshima
Master Rich #1 (cocoon), 2004
Photograph - Fuji-Flex print
40.6 x 61 cm (16 x 24 inches)
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
Dean Sameshima
Though the Story is Not Without Darkness, 2011
Photograph - C-print
71.5 x 91.5 cm (28.15 x 36.02 in)
Edition of 2 + 1 AP
Dean Sameshima
Cruise or Be Cruised
29/04/2011 - 25/06/2011
Peres Projects
Dean Sameshima
YMAP (Harmony #2), 2005
Photograph - Lightjet print
101.6 x 61.2 cm (40 x 24.088 in)
Edition of 2 + 1 AP
Dean Sameshima
Untitled (Grouping #1), 2007
Painting - Acrylic and Silkscreen Ink on Canvas
Work in 5 parts, overall dimensions vary with installation
Dean Sameshima
Untitled (Ejaculation), 2003
Photograph - Fuji-Flex print
24.5 x 31 cm (9.65 x 12.2 in)
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
Dean Sameshima
Untitled (Numbers, Ode to Johnny Rio), 2008
Painting - acrylic and silkscreen on canvas
95 x 80.5 cm (37.4 x 31.7 inches)
Dean Sameshima
Bodily Fluids, 2007
Painting - Acrylic and silk-screen ink on canvas
193.04 x 152.4 cm (76 x 60 in)
Dean Sameshima
Torso (Black on White), 2006
Painting - Acrylic and silk-screen ink on canvas
76 x 60 inches (152.4 x 193.04 cm)
Dean Sameshima
This Love of Duplicity, 2011
Painting - Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
140 x 110 cm (55.1 x 43.3 inches)
Dean Sameshima
YMAP (Sun #2), 2005
Photograph - Lightjet print
76.2 x 54.1 cm (30 x 21.29 in)
Edition of 2 + 1 AP
(b. 1971 Torrance, California, US)
Lives and works in Berlin
Dean SAMESHIMA's work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Dean SAMESHIMA has been featured in Art Forum, Flash Art, Modern Painters, Art In America, I-D Magazine, Index, Flash Photo, I-D, Soma, and The New York Times. Instilled and Lost, featuring selected works, was just published by Peres Projects. He was also included in the Cream 3, 2003 catalogue and Vitamin Ph, New Perspectives in Photography, 2006.
Dean SAMESHIMA catalogues include Hysteric Seven (2002), and Young Men At Play, vol. 1 & 2.