BIO – Dean Joanisse

Dean’s involvement with curling goes well beyond his artwork. He has been curling since the age of nine and has had some notable success as a skip, winning the Canadian Junior title in 1989 and BC Provincial Men’s titles in 2001 and 2007 fulfilling his childhood dream of curing in the Brier.

Dean never strayed far from the rink spending 17 years as an ice tech, 6 years as a club professional and countless summers instructing at curling camps.

Born and raised on Vancouver Island, Dean has always been drawn to the natural beauty of the west coast which led him toward the creation of limited edition orca whale prints. More recently, Dean established a creative drawing concept called - Art of Curling - uniting his passion for curling with the outdoors.