my name is dylan. i make photographs, videos, writing, and books. i think about mythmaking, disinformation, and animals. i praise at the altar of story.



this website is a mess. im making a new one. i get pretty freaked out about my photographs being on the internet, please bear with me. 


i’ve chosen to have this website only show a tiny selection of projects and only a tiny selection of images per project.


if you are interested in something editiorial, please email me and I will send you my editorial portfolio.

contact

info@dylanhausthor.com

please send letters to me, i will respond.

dylan hausthor studio
534 congress st
suite 314
portland, maine
04101


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7.29.25

i am in a show at one of my all-time fav galleries opening in a few days: CASEMORE


i just came back from two residencies, the millay arts foundation and hewnoaks. so special.


i have a huge show opening in italy soon at the PHFest, with 50 photos in it!


i took a chainsaw course to learn how to use my new chainsaw


i have been working every day on my friends’ and my land: cutting, planting, stacking, mowing, i love it so much


i made a new self published book but it almost immediately sold out! you can get some at dashwood still


i’m farming again, yay


i started working at residency called ellis-beauregard. it’s so magical, you should apply.


i did a lecture at palm press in boston, it was so cute and i like it there


i’ll be teaching at icp and maine college of art this year <3


i love my friends so much, and i’ve been spending every min of everyday with them they just keep coming to VISIT!!


i. cannot. wait. to. meet. our. baby.



5.5.25

some recent hugs:

lensculture
lenscratch
yogurt
american suburb x
the guardian
dashwood
el pais





4.22.25

i am going to have a baby





3.6.25

i will be doing a signing for my new book at interloc in thomaston maine on march 7th 


i will be doing a signing and giving a lecture about my new book at vermont center for photography on march 22nd at 5pm


i will be doing an alumni panel at yale on march 24th


i will be doing a signing for my new book at portland musueum of art on april 4th


i will be doing a lecture at penumbra foundation in nyc on april 16th


i will be doing a lecxture and a signing at printed matter nyc on april 23rd (postponed!)


i will be doing a signing with sentata at aipad nyc on april 25th


i might be going la book fair if i can get enough money together


i am going to the millay colony residency in may


i am moving back up to midcoast maine in june thank god

2.14.25

i will be doing a signing and giving a lecture about my new book at vermont center for photography on march 15th at 5pm


i will be doing a signing for my new book at interloc in thomaston maine on march 8th


i will be doing a signing for my new book at portland musueum of art on april 4th


i will be doing a lecture at penumbra foundation in nyc on april 16th


my friends and i offically own land in maine, which i feel complicated about but mostly good


this has been one of the weirdest, saddest, invigorating weeks of my life






1.28.25

i nearly forgot about these news updates! i’m sorry


my laptop is broken, i miss it but not a lot


my book is out and and im so proud of it


i went to paris to do signings and it was magical


i went to nyc to do signings and it was almost more magical


so many generous and lovely people have wrote reviews of the book, thank you deeply


i am in a show at ka space for visual culture open now


i am in a show opening at the ica in portland maine opening next week, my pics in it are real weird


i am in a show in the portland museum of art that is open now


i was at skowhegan last summer and cant stop thinking about it


i barely use instagram and my life is better


i was in a show at blue raven gallery a few weeks ago and gave a lecture it was cute


i will be in nyc giving a lecture at the penumbra foundation on april 16th


i am teaching at maine college of art so much this semester and am exhausted


i am working on a new website


i am gunna come back to yale to be on a panel, are you there? 


i curated a show at a museum in rockland maine call cmca. lieko shiga, kate green, ian kline, sara cwynar, and elle peréz are in it.


i am going to the millay colony this summer


i am going to make some soup for dinner, with potatoes


i am going to have some signings in maine for my new book, stay in touch


i am working hard on my guggenheim work, it’s a book about angels







5.10.24

i have a solo show at svac in manchester vermont open now


i have a solo show at blue sky gallery in portland oregon open now


i am going to give a lecture at blue sky (on the internet) on the 15th


i am in an upcoming show at rivalry projects in buffalo ny


i have some work up in the portland public library in portland maine right now


i am a guggenheim fellow for 2024


i am going to skowhegan school of painting and sculpture this summer







2.1.24

i have a solo show at dowling walsh gallery in rockland maine open now


i have a solo show opening at the southern vermont arts center at the end of march


i have a solo show opening at blue sky gallery opening in may


i have a solo show at real art ways opening sometime


i have a solo show at standard deluxe in switzerland opening in september


i am working so hard on this new book im so excited


i am teaching a class at icp soon, you can still sign up


i will be at the millay colony this summer


i am teaching lots at maine college of art, it’s so fun 


my mamiya 7 broke


i bought a piece of land, which makes me so happy i could cry


i was able to fix my volvo


my dog is so funny





2.9.23


I am a fellow at the lunder institiute for american art at colby college


I am going to light work right afterward, this summer


I have a few lectures scheduled, lemme know if you want a zoom link


I started my own public access tv channel


I’m still working hard on my book with tbw


I did a shoot for lux magazine about flowers


I’m teaching at maine college of art all year


I have a bunch of work up at the CMCA


I have four solo shows coming up this year


I’m really in studio mode these days, so i don’t think i have much more to report





7.6.22

I will be opening my frist nyc solo show at the penumbra foundation 7.12.22 6pm


I’m giving a lecture at maine college of art, mfa dept on july 19


I am the 2022-23 lunder institue fellow at colby college


I am still the artist in residence from april-october at the ellis-beauregard foundation


I got a dog





3.2.22

I will be the artist in residence from april-october at the ellis-beauregard foundation


I published a series of images for the great lux magazine. an article by astra and sunara taylor about animal rights


I moved my studio to rockland, maine


I am in a show at the ICA in porltand, maine


I am teaching a class on theory and a class on how to make books at maine college of art


I am teaching a ghost hunting workshop at maine media workshops


I am making a book with the best publisher in the world tbw books


I am making another book with the best designer in the world, area books


I have more to write, but am frankly feeling too sad right now. love you.







10.3.21


I recently graduated from yale with my mfa, you can see our thesis show here


I will be a light work artist in residence in 2022


I was just shortlisted for the hariban award


I was shortlisted for the hopper prize 2021 — they interviewed me


I was a finalist for the W. Eugene Smith Award, 2021 — but didn’t get it, lol


I am a 2021 artist in residence at mary sky and will do my resdiency next summer


I just moved to eugene, oregon—where i’ll be until november. let’s hang out?


I am teaching book arts and foundations classes at maine college of art this winter


I was on martha’s vineyard this summer where taught workshops on analog photography here


I am just finished teaching a class on how to hunt ghosts at silver eye center


I will be teaching workshops at maine media center very soon


I recently wrote this article and interviewed a bunch of my friends


I recently did this kinda awkward interview for bjp


I recently did this slightly less awkward interview for heavy collective


I will be an artist in residence at the penumbra foundation this november


I have two monographs in the works that i can’t tell you anything about yet


I won second place in the lenscratch student prize 2021


I found a huge patch of chanterelle mushrooms a few days ago


I had a very large piece of art showing in the window of space gallery in portland, maine. It was up until the end of july


I made a zine with the brilliant designer miguel gaydosh that just came out to accompany the piece at space gallery. you can buy it here


I have some art on the internet that you can see at launch F18 — juxtapoz wrote about it


I was just in a show at marlborough gallery in nyc


I am in a show called the shelter cultivation project in burlington vt that is up now


I was in a show at casemore kirkeby in san francisco that came down in august


I am in a show that will go up at up gallery in taiwan at the beginning of the new year


I have a large installation that will be up at the Lishui Photo Festival


I have been feeling very strange and kind of bad lately but hope you feel good. i also feel really uncomfortable listing all this stuff but i’m told i’m should. tryn to do the right thing <3