Born in 1961 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he has exhibited his work at numerous distinguished museums including, The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Kunsthalle Zurich; De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam; the Vancouver Art Gallery; The Tate Gallery, London; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, where he created a major new work in conjunction with MOMA's reopening in 2005. In 2003 he received the prestigious Larry Aldrich Foundation Award for his impact on contemporary art. Dion was an artist-in-residence at the former studio of sculptor Alexander Calder in Azay-le-Rideau, France in 2005.
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