Dean Colls

Dean Colls was born in the rural town of Kerang in Northern Victoria. He commenced a traineeship in sculpture and puppet making with Ron Mueck before working as a freelance sculptor and costume and set designer for film and television. Since 1997, Colls has worked alongside Louise Skačej as a co-director of Aludean Sculpture – a Melbourne based studio that manufactures and designs commissioned abstract, representational and figurative artworks. His work examines Australian culture and human experience in relation to the natural sciences and computer technology. This has seen him exhibit and gain commissions nationally, including participating in the McClelland Sculpture Survey Award in 2010 and his works residing at the Canberra War Memorial.