Remy is an artist and author of more than a dozen published books plus numerous features in national newspapers and magazines. He's an experienced story-teller, lectures on art, film and folklore, as well as being a Creative Consultant in Education for the Arts Council of Wales. He's been a writer in residence for several organisations across Wales including the Snowdonia National Park, National Trust, Culture Action Llandudno, and several primary schools.
He writes on a wide variety of subjects, regularly contributing to literary journal The Scrawl, arts publication The Signifier, and is a film critic for Frame Rated. He began his writing career as a press officer and journalist. Over the years, he's written books ranging from celebrity biographies, educational textbooks, novels, volumes of poetry and collections of short stories. Also a qualified teacher, he has 20 years experience as a college lecturer in Creative Arts and Media. Formal qualifications include a BA (Hons) Design (Audio-Visual), P.G.C.E., and MA Creative Writing (Script).
Remy's latest novel, This, is the first in an epic fairy-tale-fantasy series, This, That, and The Other, inspired by local folklore and is his first book for children and young adults. Written with Zel Cariad as creative consultant, This (parts 1 - 4) is published by The Red Sparrow Press and available in good bookshops and via amazon.
Remy Dean was born in Newport, Gwent, 1965, and now lives with his wife, daughter and dog in Snowdonia, the 'land of legends', where he enjoys a 'good panad' after long walks in the ancient woods.
| at home in the Cambrian Forest of Snowdonia | among the Stones of Avebury |
Published Books (in reverse chronology)
This Part Four: This Fair Land, Wherein Dreams & Magics Meet
(a fantasy novel written with Zel Cariad, The Red Sparrow Press, 2020)
This Part Three: This Citadel, Wherein The Elfyn Royal Reside
(a fantasy novel written with Zel Cariad, The Red Sparrow Press, 2019)
This Part Two: This Realm, Wherein Magic Yet Flows
(a fantasy novel written with Zel Cariad, The Red Sparrow Press, 2018)
This Part One: That Realm, Wherein We Hume Do Dwell
(a fantasy novel written with Zel Cariad, The Red Sparrow Press, 2017)
The Race Glass
(short story collection, Questing Beast Books, 2014)
Evolution of Western Art
(history of art web-active e-book, Questing Beast Books, 2012)
Final Bough
(a tale of the supernatural, novelette, Sutekh’s Gift, 2008, Horror Hounds, 2023)
Celine Dion: Let’s Talk About Love
(biography, Carlton, 1998, also Carlton USA & Canada, and French-language editions)
Workout: Building Henry Rollins
(critique, Dunce Directive, 1997)
Suede
(biography, Carlton USA, 1997)
Nirvana
(biography, Carlton Books/Paragon, 1996, also USA edition: Nirvana Revealed)
Nine Inch Nails
(biography, Carlton USA, 1995)
Lydia: A Twenty-Year Lunch Time
(critique, Grimoire Editions, 1995)
Hellfire: Life According to Nick Cave
(critique, Dunce Directive, 1995, second revised edition, 1998)
Scraps
(a punk-noir-crime novel, Questing Beast Books, 1994)
Glimpse
(poems, Croak & Dagger Ink, 1988)
Online (current)
(editor, curator, and principal contributor to the art, design and media journal, since 2019)
(film critic for the movie and television review site, since 2017)
(contributor, since 2016)
(co-editor and principal contributor for the online literary journal, set-up with funding from the Arts Council of Wales, recognised by the National Library of Wales as, “an important part of Wales’ documentary heritage,” since 1999)
Selected Residencies (in reverse chronology)
Tredegar Park Primary School
(part of the Arts Council of Wales Lead Creatives Schools Programme, Newport, 2020)
The White Box Innovation Space at Pontio
(as mentor & curator for Edge2 Training & Exhibition Programme, Bangor, 2018 - 2019)
Saltney Ferry Primary School
(part of the Arts Council of Wales Lead Creatives Schools Programme, Chester, 2018)
Ysgol Bwlchgwyn
(part of the Arts Council of Wales Lead Creatives Schools Programme, Wrexham, 2018)
(for the Snowdonia National Park Environmental Studies Centre, Maentwrog, 2016 - 2018)
Haus of Helfa at the Tedder House
(curated by Oriel Mostyn, CALL, Helfa Gelf & Llawn, Llandudno, 2015)
Plas Dolmelynllyn
(curated by the National Trust, Dolgellau, 2011)
Selected Exhibitions (in reverse chronology)
The Asemic Terrain
(online solo showcase, Signifier : Six : Shot : Gallery, 2023)
Biodes
(online solo showcase, Signifier : Six : Shot : Gallery, 2022)
Unus Multorum
(collective site-specific exhibition and online festival, Plas Bodfa, Llangoed, Anglesey, 2020)
Folklore & Fairytales of North Wales
(mixed exhibition, Oriel Ty Meirion, Dyffryn Ardudwy, 2019)
INTER⁁VERBA
(solo exhibition, Oriel Maenofferen, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 2019)
Sui Generis
(collective site-specific exhibition, Plas Bodfa, Llangoed, Anglesey, 2019)
Neopoetics
(solo exhibition, The Stable Block, The Snowdonia National Park Environmental Studies Centre at Plas Tan y Bwlch, Maentwrog, 2018 - 2019)
Dysphasia
(solo exhibition, Oriel Maenofferen, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 2017 - 2018)
In-Sight 11
(mixed exhibition, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, 2017)
The Stars, At Our Feet
(solo exhibition, The Stable Block, The Snowdonia National Park Environmental Studies Centre at Plas Tan y Bwlch, Maentwrog, 2017)
In-Sight 10
(mixed exhibition, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, 2016 - 2017)
Send Us a Postcard
(mixed exhibition, Storiel Museum & Gallery, Bangor, 2016)
Open Studios Selection
(mixed exhibition, Oriel Ynys Môn, Llangefni, 2016)
Entropy / Extropy
(solo exhibition, Oriel Maenofferen, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 2015 - 2016)
In-Sight 7
(mixed exhibition, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, 2015 - 2016)
Cof Brosesu - Processed Memory
(solo exhibition, Oriel Maenofferen, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 2013)
Golau / Nos - Night / Light
(solo exhibition, Oriel Maenofferen, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 2011)
Changes:Stoke:City
(solo exhibition, Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 1987)
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