Byron Dean is an artist, sound designer, educator and researcher currently based between the Fleurieu Peninsula and Melbourne, living and practicing on lands of the Kaurna People and Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation.
Working with sound across the areas of acousmatic diffusion, performance, moving image, site, radio and installation, his work negotiates and reimagines emplaced listening through field recording. Interested in the relationships between sounds, environments and temporalities, his compositions often explore transformation, polyphony of perspective and the portrayal and expansion of sonic experience.
His work has been presented in events, exhibitions and festivals in Australia, China, Japan, Austria, the Netherlands, Scotland and Norway. Byron holds a PhD from the School of Art at RMIT University and teaches across the subjects of sound art, digital media practices and sound design for moving image.