Dario Mohr

8/1/2026-11/1/2026 Floor 1, Room 2

Dario Mohr is a New York City based interdisciplinary artist, curator and non profit leader. Born in 1988, Mohr received a BFA from Buffalo State College (2010), an MFA from The City College of New York (2019) and an Advanced Certificate in Art Education (2021). He creates reverent installations in the form of altars as well as other sculptural objects of an occult nature. Some solo shows include the Jacob Javits Center (during Nest Summit’s Climate Week as well as the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit), Lewis Latimer House Museum and Equity Gallery. Additionally he has presented public sculpture at venues including Wave Hill as their inaugural Glyndor Terrace Public Sculpture Artist, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, the 2024 Harlem Sculpture Garden exhibit in St Nicholas Park, Old Stone House, and Tafaria Castle’s Arboretum in Kenya. These works and many others have been activated by Mohr’s Happy Planting Day seed paper greeting card workshops and planting performance that brings new life into the world in memory of ancestors and in keeping with the ancestor veneration tradition of indigenous cultures inspired by his west african heritage, and ubiquitously practiced by indigenous communities globally. He has had several residencies including The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA) SHIFT Residency, Materials For The Arts (MFTA), Arquetopia Residency in Peru, School of Visual Arts (SVA), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), among others. Additionally he had fellowships with Bronx Museum Artists in the Marketplace (AIM), ApexArt in Bogota, Colombia, and is a two time Artbridge Fellow, among others. Mohr has been a recipient of several grants including NYSCA, NEA and various council grants including LMCC, Queens, Brooklyn and Bronx. He is also the founder and Director of AnkhLave Arts Alliance, Inc. which is a non-profit for the recognition and representation of people of color, particularly indigenous communities around the world.