Dean Daderko

Dean Daderko (they/them) is the Ferring Foundation Chief Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM). Recent exhibitions at CAM include And I Saw New Heavens and a New Earth: The Partnership, Art, and Activism of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore with Svetlana Kitto as co-curator; and solo presentations with Teresa Baker, Hai-Wen Lin, and Ad Minoliti. Previously, as Curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Daderko organized projects with Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Joan Jonas, Paul Ramírez Jonas, Nicolas Moufarrege, Gina Pane, and Haegue Yang, often accompanied with new commissions. Daderko is the recipient of Curatorial Research Fellowships from Étant Donnés Contemporary Art in 2008 and 2020.