Hayden Dean
Art, Composition, Sound Design
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Hayden Dean is a British-Irish artist and sound practitioner based between Berlin and Helsinki. With a background in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts from the University of the Arts Berlin, Hayden’s work explores how we absorb information and internalise messages from our surroundings.

Their practice centers on creating theatrical sound performances that blend spoken word with carefully staged visual elements. Across installations, mixed media sound pieces, and live performances, Hayden’s work delves into themes like media influence, attention and perception, often investigating both audible and suggested sound.

Exhibitions

• 2022 Threshold, Projektraum 145 – Group show (Berlin, Germany)
  
• 2022 Parting With Return, Vapaan Taiteen Tila – Group show (Helsinki, Finland)
• 2022 A Flow of Cause and Aeffect, Ohrenhoch – Group show (Berlin, Germany)
  
• 2022 Penumbra, La Biennale di Venezia, Fondazione In Between Art Film – Sound collaboration on Aziz Hazara’s art work (Venice, Italy)
  
• 2022 The World Doesn’t Want to Be Caught, Zwitzermachine, Solo show (Berlin, Germany)
  
• 2022 Aziz Hazara, Chalk Drawings, Künstlerhaus Bethanien – Sound collaboration on Aziz Hazara’s works (Berlin, Germany)
  
• 2021 Everything Was Until It Is No More, Sounds About – Collaboration with Davide Luciani, Nico Espinoza, Antonino Modica (Berlin, Germany)
  
• 2021 On/In/Through, Sounds About – Group show (Berlin, Germany)
  
• 2021 Polyphonic, Museum of Applied Arts (Gera, Germany)
  
• 2021 Ne(x)t Generation, ZKM, Center for Art and Media (Karlsruhe, Germany)

Performances 

• 2024 Ten More Seconds, Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
• 2023 New Ear Festival, Fridman Gallery (New York, USA)
• 2022 Parting With Return, Vapaan Taiteen Tila (Helsinki, Finland)
• 2022 The World Doesn’t Want to Be Caught, KM 28 (Berlin, Germany)
  
• 2021 Plurality of Attention, Museum of Applied Arts (Gera, Germany)
  
• 2021 Home and Other Spaces, Cashmere Radio (Berlin, Germany)
  
• 2021 Plurality of Attention, Exhibiting Polyphony Conference (Leipzig, Germany)
  
• 2018 Out of This,Center for Improvisational Music (New York, USA)
  

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Awarded official selection in the 2022 Berlin Fashion Film Festival