Aria Dean is an artist, writer, and curator based in Los Angeles, CA. She currently holds the position of assistant curator of net art & digital culture at Rhizome. Her writing has been featured in Artforum, Art in America, The New Inquiry, Real Life Magazine, Topical Cream Magazine, CURA, Mousse Magazine, and X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly. She has exhibited at Arcadia Missa (London), American Medium (NY), Knockdown Center (NY), and Chateau Shatto (LA). Dean has spoken at the New Museum, UCLA, The New School, and Machine Project. She also co-directs Los Angeles gallery and project space As It Stands LA.