Dylan Thomas Andrews: Son of Stephanie Seymour

Dylan Thomas Andrews is the eldest son of supermodel Stephanie Seymour and musician Tommy Andrews. In the art world, he goes by the name Dylan Brant — a professional name that reflects his later adoption by art collector and businessman Peter M. Brant, though reliable sources document it as a professional name rather than a confirmed legal surname change.

While his mother remains one of the most recognizable faces in fashion history, Dylan has built a quieter and distinct professional identity of his own, focused on contemporary art rather than modeling or entertainment.

Who Is Dylan Thomas Andrews?

Born around 1990, Dylan Thomas Andrews grew up as the son of Stephanie Seymour, whose modeling career made her a household name through the 1980s and 1990s. His birth father is Tommy Andrews, described in various sources as a musician and guitarist.

The New York Times placed Dylan at around 25 years old in a 2015 profile, and W Magazine identified him as Seymour’s oldest son using the name Dylan Brant in professional contexts. That name has become how he is consistently identified in the art world, though no available source clearly establishes it as a legal change of surname.

He attended Bard College in New York, where his interest in the contemporary art world began to take shape. By the time he was a senior there in 2014, he was already known for work that went well beyond student life.

His Parents and How He Became a Brant

Dylan was born before Stephanie Seymour married Peter M. Brant, a prominent American art collector and media businessman. After Brant and Seymour married, Peter Brant adopted Dylan — a fact Seymour confirmed in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar. That adoption is the origin of the Brant surname Dylan uses professionally.

His birth father, Tommy Andrews, is described in W Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar as a musician and guitarist, though he has remained outside the public spotlight. Peter Brant, by contrast, is a well-known figure in the American art world, and his influence likely shaped Dylan’s early exposure to collecting and the gallery scene.

It is worth being clear: Peter M. Brant is Dylan’s adoptive father, not his biological father. Dylan’s connection to the Brant name comes through adoption, not birth.

Building a Career in the Art World

Dylan’s professional path has centered on supporting and promoting contemporary art. While still at Bard College, he co-founded a nonprofit organization called Young & Starving alongside Vivian Brodie in 2009. The organization was set up specifically to support emerging artists who lacked the backing of an established gallery — a practical response to a real gap in the art ecosystem.

The New York Times took notice in 2015, profiling Dylan and describing him as someone who had developed a genuine reputation as an art curator and dealer, separate from the family name attached to him. That recognition came while he was still relatively young and pointed toward a career he had been building deliberately rather than inheriting.

He has since worked under the name Dylan Brant in curatorial and advisory roles within the contemporary art market. His professional focus, as documented in available sources, sits at the intersection of fine-art sales and exhibition-making — areas where he can engage directly with artists and collectors rather than simply benefiting from proximity to established institutions.

Readers interested in broader coverage of the art business and cultural figures like Dylan can find related reporting at First Business Mag.

Dylan’s Half-Siblings and Family

Through his mother’s marriage to Peter M. Brant, Dylan has three maternal half-siblings: Peter Brant Jr., Harry Brant, and Lily Margaret Brant.

Harry Brant, who became publicly known alongside his brother Peter Brant Jr. as a model and socialite, died in January 2021 at the age of 24. His death had a visible impact on the family. In October 2022, Dylan welcomed a son and named him Harry — a tribute, according to ABC News reporting, to his late half-brother. The gesture offered a rare glimpse into the personal dimension of a family that, in Dylan’s case especially, has largely stayed out of the tabloid spotlight.

A 2023 event at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale brought Dylan together publicly with his mother Stephanie Seymour, his half-brother Peter Brant Jr., and his half-sister Lily Brant — a rare joint appearance that placed the family in a cultural rather than social context.

Unlike his younger half-brothers, who pursued modeling and became fixtures in fashion media, Dylan gravitated toward the art world’s less visible infrastructure: the curators, dealers, and advisers who shape what gets shown and sold rather than what gets photographed.

A Lower Profile, A Distinct Path

Dylan Thomas Andrews, known professionally as Dylan Brant, represents a figure who made deliberate choices about how to engage with a world he was born into. The family around him — a supermodel mother, a well-connected adoptive father, and siblings who became public figures in their own right — provided an unusual starting point. What he did with it was largely his own.

His documented work, from co-founding Young & Starving as a college student to building a curatorial and dealing practice as an adult, shows a consistent interest in art that goes beyond collecting as a status symbol. The nonprofit he helped start was designed to reach artists before they had gallery representation — the people who need support most and attract attention least.

That orientation has defined what is publicly known about him: a career built around contemporary art, a family background that is anything but ordinary, and a personal life that has stayed mostly out of view.

Sources

• The New York Times — “Dylan Brant: A Young Champion of Young Artists”
• W Magazine — “Dylan Brant and Chloé Perrin”
• Harper’s Bazaar — “Stephanie Seymour: Mum’s the Word”
• ABC News — “Stephanie Seymour opens up about late son in first interview since his death”
• NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale — 2023 Celebration Dinner Press Release