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Deane McGahan (b. 1973, San Jose, CA) is an American sculptor based in the Seattle metropolitan area. After two decades as a 3D spatial designer in video games and virtual reality, she transitioned to working with physical materials. Seeking the satisfaction of hands-on creation, McGahan embraced a tactile approach, allowing her digital background to influence her sculpting. Rather than leaving her past behind, she integrates her experience into her new practice, leading to a fresh matrix of shape, space, and emotion.

 

 

“My sculptures come from a deep need to explore the world around me. Concrete—an essential part of our daily lives—serves as my central medium. I aim to push its limits and reveal its potential, creating work that is raw, chaotic, and alive.

I’m drawn to concrete for its contradictions—strong yet flexible, ordinary yet full of potential. Life, in all its messiness and elegance, inspires me, and I strive to capture this in the interplay of fluid forms and rigid concrete, achieving a balance of grace and resistance.

Through my work, I seek to express what it means to be human. Each piece invites the viewer to experience chaos, elegance, and everything in between”

-Deane McGahan

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With the Seattle Art Fair Public Projects

"Ascend"

2025

45 x 25 x 29; 38 x 34 x 31 inches

Concrete and pigment, custom plexiglass base with LED light-strip

$57000 

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Presented by Hall Spassov Gallery, Booth D05 & F05

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This piece is a study in the balance between chaos and grace. I aim to capture the tension between movement and resistance, merging engineering with human experience. Made from concrete—mixed to a clay-like consistency and pressed by hand into molds—the material is pushed beyond its expected role, becoming raw, responsive, and alive. The surface, shaped by both control and intuition, uses texture and tone to amplify presence and scale. In a world in constant flux, the work reflects how we navigate opposing forces—finding harmony where change is the only constant.