# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-dion
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:55:39.096Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-dion"
name: "Mark Dion"
slug: "mark-dion"
description: "Mark Dion is an American conceptual artist best known for his use of scientific presentations in his installations. His work examines the manner in which prevalent ideologies and institutions influence our understanding of history, knowledge and the natural world. The job of the artist, according to him, is to \"go against the grain of dominant culture, to challenge perception and convention\". By locating the roots of environmental politics and public policy in the construction of knowledge about nature, Dion questions the objectivity and authoritative role of the scientific voice in contemporary society, tracking how pseudo-science, social agendas and ideology creep into public discourse and knowledge production. Some of his well known works include Neukom Vivarium (2006), a permanent outdoor installation and learning lab for the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, Washington."
tagline: "American artist (born 1961)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Mark_Dion_Xylotheque_replicas_Ottoneum.JPG/330px-Mark_Dion_Xylotheque_replicas_Ottoneum.JPG"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Designers"
  slug: "designers"
profileType:
  name: "Designer"
  slug: "designer"
birthDate: "1961-08-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.93
  momentum:             2.014925373134328
  historical:           5.891506666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 218
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dion_(artist)"
    title: "Mark Dion (artist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%85)"
    title: "مارك ديون (مصمم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dion"
    title: "Mark Dion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dion"
    title: "Mark Dion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dion"
    title: "Mark Dion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dion"
    title: "Mark Dion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900022"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump