John DeAndrea (b. 1941, Denver, Colorado) is a hyperrealist sculptor who is best known for his depictions of nudes and lovers. Casting from life, he often used his close friends and family as his subjects in an attempt to capture their uniqueness and authenticity. DeAndrea uses an ever-evolving array of self-taught techniques to create his extremely realistic sculptures; ever striving to make his work even more realistic, DeAndrea works with many types of media that includes polyvinyl, polyester, glass fiber, paint, human hair and later bronze. DeAndrea’s work is in several permanent collections in major museums including the Ludwig Museum, Cologne, the Chicago Museum of Art, and the Center Georges Pompidou, Paris.
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Exhibitions
— John DeAndrea
Currently On View
50 Years of Hyperrealist Sculpture
22 November , 2019— 8 January, 2023
Previous Exhibitions
The Thrill of Deception
From Ancient Illusionistic Art to Virtual Reality
17 August , 2018— 13 January, 2019
Photorealism Revisited
50 Years of Photorealism
6 June — 21 June, 2017
Reshaped Reality
50 years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture
10 March — 1 July, 2018
Fool the Eye
18 November , 2017— 4 March, 2018
Photorealism: The Sydney & Walda Besthoff Collection
9 November , 2014— 5 January, 2015
Lots'a Naked Ladies ... And One Guy
Sculpture & In Two Dimension
3 November — 20 December, 2012
Recent Press
— John DeAndrea
Uncanny Art for the Post-Truth Era
As deepfakes and A.I. images proliferate, hyperrealist sculpture has taken on an eerie new relevance.
www.nytimes.com, 20/10/2023
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John DeAndrea
, 07/12/1996