Queer Person of WaterColour

dylanjglynn@gmail.com
he/they

Dylan Glynn is a painter, author and animator based out of Toronto, Canada. His multidisciplinary practice which includes a broad selection of traditional media (watercolour, oils, pen and ink, collage), 2d cel-animation, and Photoshop is unified by Glynn’s signature application which they describe as “one-shot, first-thought best-thought, perfectly imperfect”. In effect, Glynn brings the decisiveness and vitality of a 30-second gesture drawing to every medium they explore. The resulting images have a sense of raw energy and fresh colour as opposed to feeling muddy and overworked.

Glynn has won three gold medals from the Society of Illustrators. One for his animation “Wonder Makes Me Soar” for the University of Arizona in the category of Advertising and one for “Together Alone at the Zoom Funeral” for the Washington Post in the category of Editorial.  The latter was also the recipient of the 2022 Communication Arts “Best In Show Award”. Glynn’s most recent animated short Thot or Not, produced with the support of Toronto Art Council, was awarded Best Canadian Short Film at the Canada’s largest 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, Inside Out Film Fest. Glynn’s painting “Lit Lantern” for which he was awarded a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators in 2020 is a prime example of his virtuosity in depicting movement. His work has also been recognized and exhibited by American Illustration, Somerset House, and the Canadian Screen Awards.

The immediacy of Glynn’s work also lends itself to a sense of naivety as seen in their debut picture book Rain Boy, released in the spring of 2020 by Chronicle Books. The book has been hailed as “…channel[ing] both a delightfully childlike aesthetic and emotionally charged expressionism” by Kirkus Reviews and “a critical addition to elementary collections to build empathy and acceptance.”  in the School Library Journal’s starred review.

 

Awards and Grants

  • Inside Out Film Festival Winner Best Canadian Short Film for “Thot or Not”, 2022
  • Society of Illustrators 3-time Gold Medal Winner
  • Communication Arts 2022 “Best In Show” Award Winner
  • the Motion Awards (nominated “Best New Talent”)
  • Canadian Screen Award (nominated)
  • International Motion Art Award
  • Ontario Arts Council Grant Recipient
  • Toronto Arts Council Grant Recipient
  • National Film Board of Canada “Filmmakers Assistance Program” Grant Recipient
  • World Illustration Award (Shortlist)
  • American Illustration
  • Vimeo’s Staff Favourites of 2015
    “Lost Daughter” was selected by Malika Butler who wrote;
    “There are a myriad of different narratives that remain unheard or receive little to no public attention. Amongst them sits “Lost Daughter,” a beautiful yet harrowing illustration of a young woman’s experience. I highly recommend this piece to those who appreciate charming motion pieces paired with meaningful perspectives.”

Clients: The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Facebook, The National Film Board of Canada, Netflix, Sasha Velour, MacMillan (Farrar Straus and Giroux), Chronicle Books, PBS, BUCK design, the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), Vevo, them (Condé Nast), TED, Red Bull, The Globe and Mail, Vice Magazine, Maisonneuve, BOOOOOOOM, Mail Chimp, Giant Ant

Press

Film Festivals

  • Inside Out Film Festival (Thot or Not 2022) Winner, Best Canadian Short Film
  • Iris Prize International Film Festival (Thot or Not 2022)
  • BENT Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Thot or Not 2022)
  • Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival (Thot or Not 2022)
  • Les Sommets du Cinema d’Animation (Thot or Not 2022)
  • TAIS Animation Showcase (On Fire 2021)
  • Toronto POC Film Festival (Our Love 2018)
  • Festival National du film d’animation à Bruz  (Service Magique, 2016)
  • Cinanima (Service Magique, 2016)
  • Hearts and Minds (Circle Square,2013)
  • Let’s All Be Free (Circle Square,2012)
  • Utopia Film Festival (Circle Square,2012)