Dylan Gauthier
Bio
Dylan Gauthier (he/him) is an artist, curator, educator, and researcher whose work explores the intersections of natural and cultural systems through collaborative, place-based practice. Working across sculpture, sound, performance, writing, video, walking, and public engagement, he develops long-term projects that investigate how communities adapt to environmental, social, and political change. His practice brings together artists, scientists, local knowledge holders, and civic partners to create spaces for collective inquiry, emphasizing listening, field research, and shared stewardship as tools for imagining more resilient futures. Gauthier’s collective and solo work has been presented at the Centre Pompidou, Walker Art Center, Parrish Art Museum, Brandywine Museum of Art, and Harvard University, among other venues. He is co-founder of Mare Liberum, the cooperative arts space Sunview Luncheonette, and Freshkills Field R/D, an artist-research residency. His work seeks to cultivate forms of reciprocity that reconnect people with the ecologies, histories, and futures of the places they inhabit.
Fallow Frames Biennial 2026
September 19 — 20 2026
Ridgewood, Queens NY
1pm — 6pm
20 Empty Tree Beds - 23 Participating Artists
Ridgewood's sidewalks contain more than 800 empty street tree beds, roughly one for every 90 residents. For one weekend, twenty of these overlooked spaces will be transformed into temporary, site-specific artworks by 23 participating artists.
Visitors are invited to explore the neighborhood on foot, discovering how contemporary art can temporarily transform familiar streets while reflecting on public space, urban ecology, and the hidden potential of the city's overlooked landscape.