Dylan Bhatt (b. 2004) is a mixed-media artist based on the south coast of England.

‘Pretty Uglies’ Bhatt’s main practice centres on the deconstruction and reconstruction of the human body through collage. Working with imagery sourced from physical media primarily Fashion and Pornographic magazines, Bhattuses cutting, scanning, and photographic montage to transform idealised representations of the body into fragmented, hybrid forms. By displacing and recombining these images, Bhatt challenges the visual conventions of the media through which the ideal beauty and desired are artificially constructed for our consumption. 

Collage serves as both a material process and a critical method. The act of physically cutting images and digitally reconstructing them exposes the artificiality of the bodies presented within consumer culture, while creating figures that exist between the familiar and the grotesque. These fragmented forms question the authority of magazines imagery, revealing how bodies are manipulated and commodified for their audiences. 

Pretty Uglies questions the visual language of beauty in our western culture.  By disrupting familiar images, the work encourages viewers to reflect on their own relationship with media and to question how everyday acts of consumption and over sharing of the images can perpetuate unrealistic ideals and the continued sexualisation of women. 

This was developed during his time at Arts University Bournemouth.

Exhibitions:

AUB Foundation Photography Show(2023)

BAD Space, Bournemouth(2025)

Auger Collective Exhibition Space, Bournemouth(2026)

AUB Summer Show(2026)

The Undisclosed Collective, AUB Graduate Photography Show, Copeland Gallery, London (2026)