Chotsani Elaine Dean

Chotsani Elaine Dean is an artist and assistant professor of ceramics at University of Minnesota. Born in Hartford, CT, Chotsani received her BFA in ceramics from Hartford Art School and MFA from Sam Fox School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis. In 2014, Dean was the inaugural MJ DO GOOD resident at Red Lodge Clay Center in Montana. She was awarded a nine-month Teaching/Research Fulbright Scholar grant in India 2012–13, host institution Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India. Dean has lectured and exhibited widely, including 701 Contemporary Center for Contemporary Art, Northern Clay Center, Moon Gallery at Berry College, Katherine Walsh Gallery, Appalachia State University, Kriti Gallery, Aurodhran Gallery, Hans Weiss Newman Space, and Hunterdon Museum of Art. In 2010, Dean was awarded a Connecticut Arts Grant from the State of Connecticut. Dean has also taught at Three Rivers Community College, University of Connecticut, Connecticut College, Quinnipiac University, and Hartford Art School, and was studio manager at Wesleyan Potters in Middletown, CT.