Dawn Cerny
Born: Santa Barbara, CA Resides: Seattle, WA
Education:
MFA candidate Bard College Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Annandale-on- Hudson, NY class of 20122002 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna cum Laude, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
Award/Honors
2007 // Bumbershoot Mayor’s Office Fine Art Award Poster
2006 // The Behnke Foundation "Neddy" Artist Fellowship nominee, Seattle, WA
The Stranger Genius Award Shortlist, Seattle, WA
2007 // Artist Trust/ Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship, Seattle, WA
Artist Trust: Edge Program, Seattle, WA
2006 // Artist in Resident, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
1998-2001 // Cornish College of the Arts Merit Scholarship, Seattle, WA
Solo / * Two or Three Person Exhibitions:
2010 // *Every distance is not near,
Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NVNew Year; The Irish Wristwatch , Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
2009 // *100 years for better or worse, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2008 // We are all going to die (except for you), Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 // Schönbrunn (A Failed Attempt at Something Grand), Gallery 4Culture, Seattle
*An Artful Scheme of Happiness, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 // Storm and Stress, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2004 // *La La La La featuring: Dawn Cerny, Crawl Space, Seattle WA
2002 // Like a needle in the eye, Harmony Gallery, Hollywood, CA
2001 // The Image Is Beside The Point, Woessner Gallery, Seattle, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2010 //
Parallel Universe, Gray Gallery, Seattle, WA
What’s Happening Now, Elverhoj Museum, Solvang, CA
Sketch and Repeat, Gage Steele Gallery, Seattle, WA
Umbrella for the Arts: 40 years of Bumbershoot Artwork, Seattle City Hall Anne Focke Galleries, Seattle, WA2009 // The Death of Objects, Or Gallery, Vancouver B.C.
Intro the Archives, Library of Congress, and Bard College Stevenson Library Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
I do, Cupcake Royal, Seattle, WA
Private Circulation, Capricious Space, Brooklyn, NY
Grätüitöüs Umläüt, Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 // Dualities,
Cornish College of the Arts & Seattle Art Museum Rental Sales, Seattle, WAPrintmaker’s Showcase, Some Space, Seattle, WA
Small Works, Some Space, Seattle, WA
2007 //
But Seriously, Folks, Francine Seders Gallery, SeattleHelp me I’m Hurt. Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
For Our Readers, Catherine Person, Seattle, WAOn the Edge, Elverhoj Museum, Solvang, CA
2006 // Behnke Foundation Neddy Exhibition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Summer Introductions, SAM rental/sales, Seattle, WA
Works on Paper, Davidson Contemporary Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 // Catalog, Soil Gallery, 2005, Seattle, WA
New Age Old, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA
Capture and Release, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
2004 // Pattern Vs. Happenstance, Black Lab Gallery, Seattle, WA
Performance: Cass Corridor + Dawn Cerny, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
2003 // Cornish Alumni Show, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
Speak And Spell, Pound And SOIL, 2003, Seattle, WA
2002 // Figure Drawing, Old Dominion University Gallery, Norfolk, VA
2000-01 // Next Generation, Northwest Print Show, traveling exhibition
1996 // Photofeish, International Photo Exhibition, Street Level Gallery, Scotland
Professional Activities
Workshop: Bury Your Shame In a Sculpture Park (Where no one can touch it), 2010, Seattle Art Museum,
Guest speaker at Harrell Fletcher’s Come Together, 2007, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle,WA
Reading with KHV, Instant Coffee at Bumbershoot, 2007, Seattle, WA
Studio Assistant at +=Studio Blu=+, Seattle, WA, 2005 to Present
Contributor to Rivet Magazine 2005, 2006
Artist talk at the Tacoma Art Museum, Cornish College of the Arts, 2005
Washi Workshop, Abbey of San Vincenzo, Rocceta, Italy, 2004
Co-Creator of the S. S. Marie Antoinette Press letterpress studio 2003,2004