Dylan Collins
Biography
"My work explores functional systems of classification and organization. Display formats such as didactic medical models, taxonomic specimens and trophy mounts are manifestations of our desire to order the world, yet the authority of scientific disciplines belies their mutability as they shift and respond to values, prejudices and popular culture. In my work, traits of human, animal and machine intersect in forms that bring attention to and question beauty and the grotesque, history as an activity of the present and its relationship to what remains uncannyand rational efficiency is juxtaposed with the messiness of everyday life."
Dylan Collins earned his MFA from Kent State University, Kent, OH. He earned his MA and BA from Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL. He has shown at The Visual Arts Center, Summit, NJ; Cleveland Museum of Art; Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, FL; Heights Arts Gallery, Cleveland Heights, OH; San Antonio Satellite Space, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX; and more. Collins is
