Dean Allison is a glass artist based in Penland, North Carolina who currently works as the Glass Coordinator at the Penland School of Crafts. He received a Master of Art in Glass from the Australian National University in 2010 and a B.S. in Studio Arts from Illinois State University in 2001. Allison has studied and worked at glass centers and schools around the world. He was recently recognized as a 2013 Rising Star by the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass and has exhibited at the Muskegon Museum of Art and Habatat Gallery.