Dean Allison is a studio artist working with figurative sculpture and the human condition in glass. His studio is in Elkhart Lake WI. He received his Master of Art, Visual Arts in glass from The Australian National University in Canberra in 2010 and a B.S. in Studio Arts from Illinois State University in 2001. He has worked at several leading institutions including The Penland School of Crafts, The Northlands Creative Glass Center in Scotland, The Canberra Glass Works in Australia, Chicago Hot Glass and The Pilchuck Glass School. He has taught at numerous schools inluding The Penland School of Crafts, The Pittsburgh Glass Center, The Bullseye Glass Factory in Portland OR and The Glass Furnace in Istanbul Turkey. Public collections include The Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon MI; The Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn AL; Hinson Art Museum, Wingate NC; and The Imagine Museum, Sarasota FL. He is presently represented by Habatat gallery Michigan and Blue Spiral in Asheville NC.