BIO
Dylan Everett (b. 1994) is an artist/photographer working in self-portraiture, still life, and photo collage. He is currently based in New York, NY.
He received an MFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2019, and a BA in Visual Art from Brown University in 2016. He was an artist in residence at KinoSaito in Verplanck, NY in 2025. In 2022, his work was exhibited at the Silver Eye in Pittsburgh, PA, among other group exhibitions. In 2021, his work was shown in a solo exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA) and in a virtual solo exhibition at Shelter in Place Gallery (Boston, MA).
In 2020 he was a recipient of the West Collection LIFTS Grant and Acquisition Award; he was previously awarded the Digital Silver Imaging Portfolio Prize in 2018, was named second place for the 2019 Lenscratch Student Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2022 Silver Eye Center for Photography Fellowship.
EDUCATION
2019 MFA, Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2016 BA, Visual Art, Brown University, Providence, RI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Dylan Everett - Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Dylan Everett - Shelter in Place Gallery, Boston, MA / Online
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Fellowship 22 - Silver Eye, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Photography is Dead - Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
2020 Fear Environmental Mayhem Ahead - Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
2019 In Close Range - ClampArt, New York, NY
Graduate Thesis Exhibition - Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
Autumn 2019 Show - The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA
2018 Graduate Photography Biennial - Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2017 Photography Triennial - Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2016 Vanitas - LoosenArt LAB-A, Cagliari, Italy
2nd PULP Showcase - FotoFilmic, Bowen Island, BC, Canada
Performing Decay - The Open Aperture, Newport, RI
Spring Arts Festival - Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Providence, RI
36th Annual Juried Student Exhibition - David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI
2015 Spring Arts Festival - Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Providence, RI
35th Annual Juried Student Exhibition - David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI
2013 Rising Waters 2.0: More Photographs of Sandy - Museum of the City of New York, NY
RESIDENCIES & GRANTS/AWARDS
2025 Artist in Residence, KinoSaito, Verplanck, NY
2021 Fellowship 22 Honorable Mention, Silver Eye
John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship Shortlist, Griffin Museum of Photography
2020 LIFTS Grant and Acquisition Award, West Collection
2019 Lenscratch Student Prize, Second Place
2018 Portfolio Award, Digital Silver Imaging
Graduate Student Project Grant, Rhode Island School of Design
Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design
2017 Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design
2016 Seventh Annual Manifest Prize, Semi-Finalist, Manifest Creative Research Gallery
Acquisition Award Shortlist, The Annex Collection
Minnie Helen Hicks Award for Excellence in Visual Arts, Brown University
Round 4 Juried Showcase Winner, ArtSlant
Marlene Malik Award, Brown University
Julie Sloane Memorial Fund Award, Brown University
Creative Arts Council Grant, Brown University
2015 Creative Arts Council Grant, Brown University
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2021 Photography is Dead, Candela Gallery
Volume 13, Friend of the Artist
A Labor of Love, Soft Lightning
2020 "LIFTS Recipient: Dylan Everett," West Collection
"Portfolio Feature: Dylan Everett," Float Magazine
"Dylan Everett," Yolanda Josefé Projects
2019 "2019 Lenscratch Student Prize: Second Place," Lenscratch
2018 v.1, Rhode Island School of Design
Manifest Exhibition Annual (Season 13), Manifest Gallery
