Laddie John Dill

Laddie John Dill (born Long Beach, CA, 1943) is an American artist. Dill calls his work "light sentences". Dill received a BFA degree from Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, in 1968. He is the older brother of sculptor Guy Dill.

Education

Dill was educated at the Chouinard Art Institute in California, where he graduated with a BFA degree with honors in 1968. He also produced, starting in the 1970s, works with luminescent tubes charged with neon, mercury and argon gasses.

Awards and honors Dill has received two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Guggenheim fellowship,

Collections Dill's work is held in the permanent collections of the Laguna Art Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, MOCA Los Angeles, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, among others.