Dean Carnegie

Dean Alan Carnegie is an American stage magician, escape artist and painter. He has appeared on numerous television programs and has performed for three different US Presidents. He is called 'The Artist of Mystery'.[1]

Dean Alan Carnegie, magician ca. 2007

History

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he grew up on a horse and cattle farm in Fauquier County, Virginia.[2] He became interested in magic at the age of 8 after watching the movie Houdini starring Tony Curtis. Later a performance of the Houdini Water Torture Cell by magician Doug Henning helped to seal his fascination of the art of magic.[3] In his formative years as a magician he learned mostly from magic books. He loved magic but his first love was escapes because he had been highly influenced by the life of Houdini. One year the local branch of his Post Office challenged him to escape from one of their postal service mailbags and he successfully escaped.[4] Carnegie performed as often as he could in his teens and after he graduated he enrolled in a special course in magic called The Chavez Course of Magic and Manipulation.[5]

Artist

Carnegie won a scholarship for art school, but instead put all his attention towards performing.[6] In 1997, Carnegie began painting again. His subject matter is usually focused on magicians. He has created more than 30 magic-related works of art. His artwork has appeared in numerous magazines. The July/August 2005 issue of Elan magazine featured one of his paintings on the cover.[7] In August & September 2007 two of his paintings graced the cover of MAGIC,[8] making him the only magician in the history of the magazine to appear on two consecutive covers.

Magic

In 2001, Carnegie held the office of Mid-Atlantic Regional Vice President for the Society of American Magicians. From 2002-2005 Carnegie performed in his own theatre dubbed The Underground Magic Theatre in Sterling, Virginia.[9] Today Carnegie is a full time performing magician. He also writes a bi-monthly column on magic for a magic periodical. He has co-authored two books on escapes called The Escape Biz Volumes 1&2. The Washington Post wrote about him, "Take Howie Mandel's boyish bald charm, mix it with David Copperfield's magical charisma and poof! You get Dean Carnegie, known as Carnegie: Artist of Mystery."[10]

Steampunk Wizard

In 2013, Carnegie debuted a new show based on the world of Steampunk called 'The Steampunk Illusionist'.

Carnegie the Steampunk Magician

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Elan Magazine, July/August 2005, pg.38
  2. ↑ Loudoun Magazine, Jan 2004
  3. ↑ MAGIC Magazine, Sept 2007, pg57
  4. ↑ Times Community Newspaper,Weekender, January 6, 1996
  5. ↑ Loudoun Magazine, January 2004
  6. ↑ Elan Magazine, July/August 2005,pg38
  7. ↑ MAGIC Magazine, Sept. 2007, pg. 57
  8. ↑ The Art of Deception, by Chuck Romano 2008, pg. 340
  9. ↑ Elan Magazine, July/August 2005, pg.37
  10. ↑ Washington Post,MAGIC MAN,by Kris Coronado, Oct 27,2008
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