Who Is Dylan Negri?
About
Dylan Negri's highly experimental photographs create feelings of wonder and awe. His work explores the convergence of manmade and natural image making techniques. He explores a wide variety of different photographic techniques within his work taking inspiration from a wide variety of photographers and other artists including Adam Fuss, Duane Michals, Marian Drew, Olga Karlovac, Danny Bittencourt and others. The sources of inspiration are spread far and wide and are forever expanding.
Skills
Dylan Negri has lived and worked in Melbourne Australia since 2006. He has participated in multiple solo and group exhibitions throughout his career and has explored a variety of different topics and experimental forms of photography including a combination of long exposure, double exposure and forms of kinetic/non-kinetic light painting to achieve abstract photos that evoke interest from his viewers, layering photographs with ice, water droplets, rips and tears and dirt to create photos with a feeling of depth and meaning.
Education
2023. Studied Diploma in photography at NCAT (Northern College Of Arts And Technology).
2022. Studied cert IV in photography at NCAT (Northern College Of Arts And Technology).
2019-2021. Studied studio arts and photography at Saint Helena Secondary College.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 DVAS Art Show, Edendale Community Environment Farm, Naarm/Melbourne, Vic.
2023 Summer Salon, Centre For Contemporary Photography, Naarm/Melbourne, Vic.
2023 Sightlines, No Vacancy Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, Vic.
2023 Profumo Di Metalico, Schoolhouse Studios, Naarm/Melbourne Vic.
2023 Halfway Where, Work In Process, Naarm/Melbourne Vic.
2022 Summer Salon, Centre For Contemporary Photography, Naarm/Melbourne Vic.
2022 Simulacrum, No Vacancy Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, Vic.
2022 Penumbra, Missing Persons, Naarm/Melbourne, Vic.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026 Resurrect, Eltham Library Community Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, Vic.
2025 End Of Residency Exhibition, Second Life, Edendale Community Environment Farm, Naarm/Melbourne, Vic.
2024 Life Interrupted & Life Sentence, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Virtual Exhibition Shared Worldwide.
Selected Awards / Prizes / Grants
2024-25 Nillumbik Artist in Residence Program grant
2021 Art acquisition, Studio Art - Photography, St Helena Secondary College.
Selected Residencies
2024-25 Nillumbik Artist in Residence Program at Edendale Farm exploring sustainable analogue processes and techniques