being alone

Dean Sameshima (b. 1971, Torrance, CA) lives and works in Berlin. Sameshima will
be participating in the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia,
curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Recent and forthcoming exhibitions include Digital

Capture: Southern California and the Origins of the Pixel-Based Image World at Ca-
lifornia Museum of Photography, Riverside (2024); Scratching at the Moon at ICA,

Los Angeles (2024); Revolt of the Body at Tina Kim Gallery, New York (2023); being
alone at O-Town House, Los Angeles (2023); being alone at Queer Thoughts, New
York (2023); Radical Perverts: Ecstasy and Activism in Queer Public Space at Museum
of Sex, New York (2023); Politiken der Berührung (Politics of Touch) at Amtsalon,
Berlin (2023); Kino Roland at Kino Roland, Zurich (2022) and Evidence: Selections
from the Permanent Collection at MOCA, Los Angeles (2021). Sameshima is in the
permanent collections of the Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and the
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, and was the 2022 recipient of The Artist Acquisition
Club award.