Dylan Mortimer
Dylan Mortimer earned his B.F.A. at the Kansas City Institute of Art and his M.F.A. from the School of Visual Art, New York, New York. His work questions how expressions of private faith function in the public sphere, and explores the boundaries of what types of faith expressions are permitted versus prohibited. Employing a range of formal, cultural, and conceptual languages, Mortimer has most recently merged the iconographies and vocabularies of Christianity and Hip Hop culture in a continued investigation of how religious belief, popular culture, and social norms do and do not comfortably relate. Mortimer has presented public art installations in New York, NY; Indianapolis, IN; Jackson, TN; Chicago, IL; Bellingham,WA; Lawrence, KS; and Kansas City, MO, including commissioned works for Avenue of the Arts and Art in the Loop Foundation. He has presented one-person shows at PS-122, New York; Boots Contemporary Art Space, St. Louis; and Vlepo Gallery, New York; as well as Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, the Cube @ Beco, Kansas City Jewish Museum Epsten Gallery, all in Kansas City. His work has been featured in group shows at venues including Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY; Artists Space, New York, NY; Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY; David Zwirner, New York, NY; University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Art Center, MA; Street Level Sculpture Competition, Cedar Rapids, IA; and H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO.
