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Dean SAMESHIMA, The Galleries Show at Extra City, assume vivid astro focus
The Galleries Show at the Extra City Center for Contemporary Art
Berlin

April 19 - April 23, 2006
OPENING RECEPTION:
Extra City, Mexicostraat, Kattendijkdok Kaai 44, 2030 Antwerp, Belgium
Dean SAMESHIMA
(b. 1971 Torrance, California, US)
Lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles

Current Solo Exhibition:
'Faggots', Preteen Gallery, Mexico City, MX
18 February, 2012 - 13 April, 2012
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Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2011
Cruise or Be Cruised, Peres Projects Mitte, Berlin, DE
In Passing, exhibition with Michael Bevilacqua, The Flat, Massimo Carasi, Milan, IT

2009
Pictures (Vier), The Forgotten Bar, Galerie Im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, DE
Pictures (Tres), Black Pillar, Madrid, ES
Dark Rooms//Homme Made, curated by Avi Feldman, Daneyal Mahmood Gallery, New York City, US

2008
Pictures, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, DE
Numbers II (Ode to Johnny Rio), Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Numbers II (Ode to Johnny Rio), Peres Projects, Berlin, DE

2007
Numbers, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE

2006
Obsession, Retribution, Appropriation, Obliteration, Depression, Distribution, Confusion, Collaboration, Isolation, Annihilation, Gallery Sora, Tokyo, JP
Unknown Pleasures, Extra City Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp, BE

2005
Young Men At Play II / Boys In My Bedroom, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Young Men At Play, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, JP

2004
Outlaw II (Silver Lake), asprey jacques, London, UK
Outlaw, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US

2002
Art Statements, Art/33/Basel, CH (catalogue)

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2012
Coming After, curated by Jon Davies, The Power Plan Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, CA
The new disorder, curated by Michael Bevilacqua and Katerina Nikou, The Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, GR

2011
a painting show, curated by Aaron Moulton, Autocenter, Berlin, DE

2010
A about bauhaus...harm neu tues, curated by Matthew Brandt, Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art, Culver City, US
ANTIFOTO fotofest 101, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, DE

2009
Zeigan. An Audio Tour through Berlin by Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, DE
Scorpio's Garden, curated by Kirstine Roepstorff, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, DE
Artists' Art / Artists' Books, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, US
Minneapolis, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
Gebageba summer show – gebageba 4 weeks, Misako and Rosen, Tokyo, JP
Can't Rape the Willing, Second Floor, Brooklyn, US

2008
Excavating the Structure of a Bootleg Video, presented by B'L'ing, John Connely Presents, New York, US
FTW/DIY (1995-2004) RIP., curated by Nicole Panter, MOV-In Gallery, Santa Fe, US
Formal Issue, curated by Jeffrey Ian Rosen, AKTA, Tokyo, JP
Is/Not: LOVE in the USA, An exhibition of artists from Los Angeles, curated by Brooke Lynn McGowan, Louise T Blouin Institute, London, UK
Summer Video Program, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
Read My Lips, curated by Dean Sameshima, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
Ausländer in Berlin, curated by Margherita Belaief, CITRIC Gallery, Brescia, IT
SGOZZATA, curated by Margherita Belaief & John Kleckner, Peres Projects Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE

2007
Public Park, Scoops, Los Angeles, US
Printed Matter: New York Art Book Fair, New York, US
Beyond the Zero, Peres Projects, Athens, GR
Fit to Print, Gagosian Gallery, New York City, US
ARTE E OMOSESSUALITÀ. DA VON GLOEDEN A PIERRE ET GILLES, works form the Ernesto Esposito collection, Palazzina Reale, Florence, IT
Natural Geographic, Norma Desmond Productions, Los Angeles, US
Global Cities, Tate Modern, London, UK
At Home, curated by Mario Testino, Yvon Lambert, New York City, US
Marcus Knupp and Dean Sameshima, Peres Projects at Art Cologne, DE
An unsung rhythm in a colonnade of stars, curated by Job Piston, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, US
Blow Both of Us, curated by Shannon Ebner and Adam Putnam, PARTICIPANT INC, New York City, US
Achtung FSK 18 – Vol 2, Galerie Tristesse in conjunction with the Pornfilmfestival Berlin, DE

2006
Public Storage Temple Hospital: A Program of Artists' Videos , organized by John Pearson, Mandrake, Los Angeles, US
Glory Hole, curated by Pablo Internacional Magazine, Archinect, London, UK
Swallow Harder: Selections from the Collection of Ben and Aileen Krohn, curated by Robin Held, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, US

2005
Will Boys Be Boys? Questioning Adolescent Masculinity in Contemporary Art, curated by Shamim Momim, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, US (traveling through 2006)
Log Cabin, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Artists Space, New York City, US
Farsites: Urban Crisis and Domestic Symptoms in Recent Contemporary Art, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana and San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, US
The Picture I Carry In My Head, curated by Teri Phillips, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, US

2004
Will Boy Be Boys? Questioning Adolescent Masculinity, in Contemporary Art, curated by Shamim Momim: The Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, US
10 Year Anniversary, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, JP
The Stars of Track and Field are Beautiful People, curated by Javier Peres, Galeria Changing Role, Naples, IT

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 .