Dion's work examines the ways in which education and cultural institutions shape our understanding of history, knowledge, and the natural worlds. Appropriating archaeological and other scientific methods of collection, ordering, and exhibiting objects, he creates artworks, often similar to spectacular curiosity or natual history cabinets that question the distinctions between objective or rational scientific methods and subjective, irrational influences. Sea Life is a replica of a wooden display box used by vendors on the banks of the Seine River in Paris. This work centers on the act of collecting and arranging, specifically the more than 200 books, prints, and objects related to the theme of the sea collected and assembled by the artist. Although Dion considers Sea Life a self-portrait, conceptually the piece resonates with Marcel Duchamp's concept of the readymade and the shifting of contemporary sculpture bridging art and everyday life.

Source: News, July Aug Sept 2013.