DYSON asbury.

They/Them.

Birmingham. UK.

My work is rooted in a narrative of queer individuals escaping earth and seeking asylum on Pluto[pia], a reimagined space that challenges both the boundaries of identity and societal norms. I explore how queerness is often positioned as abject while simultaneously critiquing heteronormativity. This journey from earth to plutopia serves as a vehicle through which I process and examine my own identity and personal experiences. My practice spans digital media, sculpture, and performance, embracing a kitsch, playful aesthetic that incorporates materials such as handmade soap, cardboard, leather, and glitter. Through these mediums, I explore themes of death, reincarnation, sex, kink, utopia, and camp-ness, among others.

Curriculum Vitae -

2025 -

Group Exhibition [Performance], Where Does The Sex Go?, SHOUT Festival, Grand Union, Birmingham, April 2025.

2024 -

Group Exhibition, ALT + Space, Amass collective, LTB Showrooms, Coventry, October - January 2025.
Artist commission + presentation, SCHEMARUIM, Stryx JQ - Birmingham, June.
Group exhibition, The Queery, Brighton, May.
Workshop, Weird & Wonderful, Stryx, Jewellery Quarter – Birmingham, March.
Artist Talk, Artistic practice and PLUTOPIA, Stryx, Birmingham, February.
Exhibition, Interrupt, Undercroft Gallery, Queer Fest, Norwich, February.
Exhibition, Absence, Amass collective, Stryx, Jewellery Quarter – Birmingham, January.
Solo Exhibition, DAS TÖR, Home Grown Window Residency, Stryx Gallery, Jewellery Quarter – Birmingham, November 2023 – February 2024.

2023 -

Exhibition, Winter Fair, Stryx, Jewellery Quarter + Digbeth – Birmingham, November – December.
Workshop, Festive Fetish Arts and Crafts, Stryx, Jewellery Quarter – Birmingham, December.
Artist Talk, Aftermath, Asylum Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, May – June.

Exhibition, Aftermath, Asylum Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, May - June.

2022 -

Solo Exhibition, EROS, Birmingham LGBT, SHOUT Festival, November.
Exhibition, IRL, Birmingham School of Art, August - September.
Performance, Cruising Soldier, Princess, Picnic, Promenade, Duckie + Fierce Festival, Birmingham, July.
MA Fine Art Symposium, Speaker + Group Exhibition, Nottingham Trent University, June.
Exhibition, Dirty Secrets, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, February.
Exhibition, Invisible Cities, Selfridges X Ikon, Birmingham, January.
Director + Co-founder, Round Lemon LTD, 2020 - 2022.
Exhibition, SQUASH, The Parkside Building atrium, Birmingham, November 2021- January 2022

2021 -

Video commission, Homemade sex toys, SHOUT Festival, Birmingham, November.
Event Organiser, Bees Don’t Make Lemonade, Moseley Hive, Moseley, October.
Exhibition + Curator, Kitchen Gallery Exhibition, Moseley Hive, Moseley, October.
Exhibition, A New Exhibition of Photocopied Works on Paper, Recent Activity, Digbeth, October.
Performative exhibition, The 258th Gathering of The Four Saints Of The Yellow, Artists Behind Barz, Fierce Festival, Birmingham, October
Exhibition, CREATIVE, Bromsgrove Hotel & Spa, Bromsgrove, July.
Exhibition, The Playful Turn, Espacio gallery, London, July.
Exhibition, Ikon for Artists, Ikon, Birmingham, May.
Solo Exhibition + Curator, PUFF, International Exhibition Space (Birmingham), May.
Exhibition, Stoa collective, Catalyst.
Exhibition, Tuff luck gallery, 2021
Residency, AA2A Online - 2021
Exhibition, 1:3, WetDoveTail, February.
Exhibition, Body, Zest Hall, December 2020 - March 2021.

2020 -

Publication Co-Editor, Protest for Progress Online Exhibition, Zest Hall, September.
Exhibition, Protest for Progress Online Exhibition, Zest Hall, June - September.
Solo Exhibition + Curator, aged 23 digital Exhibition, RyanAsbury.co.uk.
Publication, aged 23, May.

2019 -