Dylan Mooney is a proud Yuwi man from Mackay, Queensland with cultural connections to the Torres Strait and South Sea Islands. Working across painting, printmaking, digital illustration and drawing, his works are influenced by a rich intersection and amalgamation of identities, cultures and histories. Often speaking to the shared experiences of First Nations peoples in a collective sense, Mooney visually translates stories of resilience, survival, connection and love. Based in Meanjin/Brisbane, he has exhibited widely across Queensland, Sydney and Melbourne, with his work commissioned by Google, Rolling Stone and Art Collector.
Dylan’s A Way with Words is a series of hand-drawn illustrative portraits of his arts community from Central/North Queensland, overlaid with language painted in ochre.
