Dawn Dudek: Paintings



	Born in Winnipeg, Dawn moved to Toronto where she became a graduate and scholar of the Ontario College of Art. Dawn had her first solo exhibition in Toronto in 1993. The press coverage she received for this photographic installation included a live interview with CBC television, and led to a position as jr. art director for MAC cosmetics. Steering her career into the then new area of computer graphics, Dawn joined TOPIX/Mad Dog studio as director of broadcast animation. During these years Dawn partnered with award winning directors and animators to create leading edge broadcast design and animation for clients including Paramount Pictures, MTV and General Mills foods. Dawn moved to online media by joining Maclaren McCann Interactive as an art director creating web content for clients such as Nesquik and General Motors. Dawn remained at MMI until starting her business, 9 doors down in 2001. During her prolific career Dawn’s signature designs and illustrations were highly sought after for their innovative and striking appeal. As an artist she continues to push boundaries, first by bringing an art background into computer graphics, and now with exploring the influence of computer graphics on the traditional medium of painting. Currently Dawn continues to work on her painting series titled Filmscapes. In the past year her paintings have been on exhibition throughout France and in Zaragoza, Spain. 'Waiting' was also selected for exhibition at the 2009 Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris under the high patronage of Monsieur Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic of France. This is the second consecutive year that Dawn's work was selected for this annual exhbition, and it will be displayed as part of the Canadian delegation. The following is a commentary written by the artist describing her filmscape paintings. “For many years I have liked the look of film stills, and my experience in computer animation has made me even more interested in exploring the single removed from the whole. When selecting frames, I prefer to concentrate on the interpretation of the still within the context of my specific themes, as opposed to the relevance of the frame within the original narrative. Splitting and duplicating the composition is one of the most interesting aspects of my work. While making the subject matter more dynamic, it also represents the passage of time, the subjective recollection of memories and more literally the film frames frozen between one and the next.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS December 10 - 13, 2009 Paris, FRANCE - Carrousel du Louvre- Salle le Nôtre Salon 2009 de la Société Nationale des Beaux Arts (SNBA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT EXHIBITIONS Sept. 1 - Sept. 15, 2009. Hotel Boston Zaragoza Avda. de las Torres, 28 50008 Zaragoza Aragon, Spain July 1 - 15 August, 2009 Parcours Art & Vin International 2009 Le Domaine de la Dourbie Canet, France ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Press/Publications/Online: 2009 September Zaragoza Television, Spain. Presentación de la asociación de pintores y escultores Com2art en el hotel Boston de Zaragoza, video de la inauguración Culture blog Zaragoza - July 2009 Parcours Art & Vin International 2009 - July 2009 Art Cote d'Azur - April 2009 Trendhunter Magazine - April 2009 Gawker Artists Juxtapoz Online 2008 December Salon 2008 SNBA Catalogue Press Release for Paris Salon 2007 April MC1 - Radio interview Printed articles: Monaco Matin read article in full Monaco Hebdo read article in full The Monaco Times read article in full le Petit Journal read article in full 1993 CBC Television National television interview for solo exhibiton. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PAST EXHIBITIONS May 1 - May 10, 2009 53° Salon International Mail plein sud Espace Chapat Beziers, France April 25 - May 03, 2009 13 ème Salon International des Artistes Contemporains 2009 Saint-Tropez, France December 11- 14, 2008 Paris - Carrousel du Louvre- Salle le Nôtre Salon 2008 de la Société Nationale des Beaux Arts (SNBA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Solo Exhibitions 2007 April 5 - 21: Filmscapes L’Associaton des Jeunes Monégasques, Galerie du Métropole Monaco 2006 Toros: Egos and Icons Sponsored by UBS Monaco – La Rascasse Monaco 2006 Toros – Selected works Woodwork Showroom Monaco 1993 Selected Works. Photographic Installations Balfour Building – Toronto, Canada Sponsored by Mediawatch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Group Exhibitions: October 2008 St. James's Place - Monaco Colour Filmscapes 2007 April 19 - 22: Toros Top Marques Monaco Grimaldi Forum Monaco 2000 Focus Toronto Digital Media Competition and Exhibition Toronto, Canada Winner of competition by public vote. 1997 Fashion Cares Toronto, Canada Created wearable sculpture for fashion event 1990 Ontario College of Art: Open House Toronto, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Commissioned Work: 2005 Private Collection ‘Village Fountain’ Acrylic on Canvas 80 x 65 1996 MAC Cosmetics - Mixed media artwork for corporate offices - 10 graphic paintings for manufacturing facility lounge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corporate Collections: Edmiston Yachts – Monaco MAC Cosmetics Private Collections: Monaco France Italy UK USA Australia Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Education: 1986 – 1990 Ontario College of Art Graduated in 1990 with honourable mention in fourth year scholarship exhibition. Areas of study: painting, illustration, photography, sculpture, new media. 1985 – 1986 University of Winnipeg Bachelor of arts courses