2008
- 2009 Show Schedule:
Oct 25 & 26 Ocala Arts Festival, Ocala, FL, Booth C21
Nov 1 & 2 Lake Mary Heathrow Festival of the Arts, Lake Mary,
FL
Nov 8 & 9 Heritage Isle, Viera, FL
Nov 22 & 23 16th Annual DeLand Festival of the Arts, DeLand,
FL
Nov 29 & 30 45th Annual Space Coast Art Festival, Cocoa Beach,
FL, Booth 143
Dec 14 Art in the Park (Humiston Park, Ocean Dr), Vero Beach, FL
10 am - 4 pm
2009
April
14 – May 16 A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery, FT. Pierce,
FL (All new paintings)
Dawn
Grackles
Educational
and Professional Background:
•
Salem State College, Massachusetts, USA, BS
• University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA, MA
• Professor of Geography (1997 to present)
• Artist in Residence, Coquina Elementary School, Titusville,
2006
• Staedel Museum’s school, Frankfurt/M, Germany
• Private Lessons from notable artists in Florida
• Workshops: Sue Archer, Don Getz, Judi Betts, Jean Grastorf,
Steve Rofers,and others.
Gallery
Representation:
• 5th Avenue Gallery, Melbourne
• Brevard Cultural Alliance
• Sand and Sea Gallery, Cocoa Village
• Corporate Offices Avenue Viera, Viera
• TREIB-ART Gallery, Germany
• Art Shows
Hunter's
Nest
List
of Shows and Awards:
•
Festival in the Park, Charlotte, NC, Judges’ Choice Award,
2008
• Horse and Healing, Casselberry, 2008
• Florida Biennial, Museum of Florida Art, DeLand, 2008
• Maggie Mae Magazine, Florida, March 2008 front cover
• Vero Beach, Spring Show, 2008 Merit Award
• Backusfest, Ft. Pierce, FL, second place, 2008
• CBAA Heritage Isle Show, first place 2007
• BWS ‘Watercolor Images from the Refuge’, Merritt
Island Nat’l Wildlife Refuge Award, 2007
• Solo show German Consulate General, Miami, FL, 2007
• Equus III, ‘The Art of the Horse,’ Museum of
Florida Art, DeLand, FL, 2007
• “Mixed Up Media”, group show at A.E.Backus Gallery,
Ft. Pierce, FL, 2007
• SPLASH 2007, Brevard Watercolor Society, 2007, two awards
• Heritage Isle show CBAA, second place, Dec 2006
• Solo show Vero Beach Museum of Art, Aug-Dec 2006
• Florida Biennial, DeLand Museum of Art, Award of Excellence,
July 2006
• “Equus” the Art of Horses, Museum of Florida
Art, group show, Honorable Mention, 2006
• An Affair with the Arts, Cocoa, Award of Merit, March 2006
• A. E. Backus Festival, Award of Merit, March 2006
• Splash 2006 Brevard Watercolor Society member show, Award
of Merit, February 2006
• “Women on the Cutting Edge,” group show A.E.
Bean Backus Gallery, Ft. Pierce, 2006
• Art by the Sea, Vero Beach, FL, Chuck McLachlan Award, 2006
• “Kaleidoscope”, group show A.E. “Bean”
Backus Gallery and Museum, Ft. Pierce, 2005
• Solo exhibit at Leu Gardens, Orlando, 2005
• A.E. Bean Backus Festival, Ft. Pierce, Award of Merit, 2005
• Art by the Sea, Vero Beach, FL, second place in watercolors,
2005
• Watercolors of Wild Things II, Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge,
first place, 2004
• Brevard Zoo Art Show, Melbourne, FL, second place, 2004
• Florida Watercolor Society, juried member show, 2004
• Watercolors of Wild Things, Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge,
first place, 2003
• Due Sorelle – Due Paesi, San Stefano Belbo, Italy,
2003
• Olde Brevard III, Melbourne, FL, USA, juried group exhibit
– Best of Show, 2003
• Olde Brevard II, Melbourne, FL, USA, juried group exhibit
– Honorable Mention 2002
• Mittelrheinmuseum, Koblenz, Germany, group exhibit, 2001
• Koelnische Stadtmuseum, Koeln, Germany, group exhibit, 2001
• Historische Muehle im Park von Sanssouci, Potsdam, 2001
• Das verborgene Museum, Berlin, 2000, group exhibit (installation)
Private and public collections:
Siesta
