Exhibition floor talk | Distance + Displacement
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Publication Title
Exhibition floor talk | Distance + Displacement
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
School
School of Arts and Humanities; ECU Galleries
Description
Exhibition Statement | I make work that feels like I’ve discovered a hidden portal in the forest and walked through it. Creating pieces with dimension and storybook style narratives pull me along until I fall out the other side with twigs in my pockets and moss on my shoes. Photographs and drawn pictures are my tools used to create these places, sculpting with time and imagery, documenting, then revealing the moments of discovery. When something inspires me I want to move around it, sit beside it, touch it and listen...beyond this there is always a faint path with footsteps to follow.
Artist Bio | Born in Winnipeg, Dawn Dudek moved to Toronto where she became a graduate of the Ontario College of Art. Her career began as Jr. Art Director for MAC cosmetics after which she joined TOPIX/Mad Dog studio as Director of Broadcast Animation for clients including Paramount Pictures, MTV and General Mills foods. A move to online media at Maclaren McCann Interactive (MMI) followed as Art Director for clients such as Nesquik and General Motors. In 2001 Dudek relocated to France to focus on her art.
Currently based back in Canada, her multi-disciplinary work reflects a contemporaneous awareness of her environment with a tension between the familiar and the unknown. The animated loops shown in the BLUE MINDS exhibition were made to encapsulate and highlight the mystery and reverence of marine life and our oceans. These images were developed with corresponding messages to help educate and raise awareness for conservation efforts and were developed with the Marine Education and Research Society (MERS), British Columbia, Canada.
Dawn has exhibited throughout France, Spain, Monaco, Canada, Italy, UK and twice at the prestigious Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris followed by a solo exhibition of her Filmscapes paintings at the 63rd FESTIVAL DE CANNES. For 6 months in 2020 Dawn was Artist In Residence at the Fremantle Arts Centre and AIR at Sointula Art Shed on Malcolm Island, Canada for August 2022. During both residencies she continued to work on paintings for her project “Distance & Displacement” which will be exhibited at ECU Gallery 25 for Fringe World Perth in February 2023. Recently included in Artlyst’s “Contemporary Artists In The Spotlight 2023”, Dawn is currently working with AH Studios, London and continues to assist MERS with visual storytelling while creating artwork for a future animated short film project.
Additional Information
Exhibition dates: 2 February to 30 March 2023 | Artist’s floor talk: 22 February 12:30pm–1:30pm