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Dustin Loveland is a visual artist and dressmaker whose work explores structured systems and playful detours, where abstract compositions come about through coded decision-making and chance. Much of his work is inspired by reality competition shows, video games, and how people—or players—find alternative paths in constrained environments. Works range from unquestionably queer fashion collections (First Impact, Wall Yeller) to maximal prints inspired by rumination and digital overwhelm (For A Glimpse of Something Pure, Our Shot in the Big Dark series). Oftentimes his work functions as a bridge between digital imaging and traditional crafts. By taking craft logics from printmaking and textiles—i.e. paper margins, deckled edges, weave structures, or quilting blocks—the work allows multiple systems to collide, revealing the ways agency emerges inside constraints.
Loveland’s work has been exhibited at venues such as The Waiting Room (Kansas City, MO), Ohklahomo (Chicago, IL), and the Arts Council of Princeton (Princeton, NJ). Loveland’s fashion has been featured in runways like Local Fashion Link (S/S 19) and Kansas City Fashion Week (S/S 23). He was awarded the 2025 Print + New Media Residency by the Institute of Electronic Arts at Alfred University and the 50 4th Street Studio Residency by Collar Works x ChaShaMa in Troy, NY. Born in Los Angeles, California and raised in rural northeast Missouri, he is currently working full-time as an artist in Troy, NY.