Artist Information:
Dawn Stetzel
varies,
Australia
Member Since: Sep 2001
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Artist Statement:
FRAGILE ENVIRONMENTS is the
title of my 2007 MFA thesis
body of work:
www.dawnstetzelthesis.blogspot.
com
And my most recent work:
www.dawnstetzeljanuary2009art.b
logspot.com
FRAGILE ENVIRONMENTS
I remember myself at nine
years old, on a warm summer
day, walking through a dense,
moving carpet of seven hundred
and fifty yellow goslings at
my neighbor's apple orchard.
The goslings' fuzzy,
delicately small bodies,
huddled together, creating a
widespread layer of fragile
life. My steps were careful as
I walked within this sea of
life, and at the same time,
the goslings responded to my
movement through their mass.
The awareness, and the quiet,
gentle responsive motion
between the goslings and
myself, continues to inspire
and influence my work.
FRAGILE ENVIRONMENTS Abstract
from thesis paper
I feel isolated and
disconnected from other
humans. I show this in my
work through placing a
vulnerable element within a
fragile landscape or
structure. These landscapes
or structures allow for the
survival of the vulnerable
item, but just barely, as the
tenuousness or fragility of
these spaces create a
situation of peril.
I use the natural environment
as a base for my visual
language. Nature becomes a
metaphor in which I reflect my
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Artist Exhibitions:
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
MFA, University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth, New
Bedford, MA 2004-2007
BA, University of Iowa, Iowa
City, IA 1993
HONORS
Elsewhere Artist
Collaborative, Artist in
Residence, NC 2011
Sitka Center for Art and
Ecology, Artist in Residence,
OR 2008-2009
Sacatar Institute, Artist in
Residence, Itaparica, Brazil
2008
Invitational...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Shiwan Ceramic Museum, Shiwan,
Guangdong Province, China,
2002...
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Commissions:
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Dawn Stetzel's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Dawn Stetzel's Portfolio.
FRAGILE ENVIRONMENTS is the title of my 2007 MFA thesis body of work:
www.dawnstetzelthesis.blogspot.com
And my most recent work: www.dawnstetzeljanuary2009art.blogspot.com
FRAGILE ENVIRONMENTS
I remember myself at nine years old, on a warm summer day, walking through a dense, moving carpet of seven hundred and fifty yellow goslings at my neighbor's apple orchard. The goslings' fuzzy, delicately small bodies, huddled together, creating a widespread layer of fragile life. My steps were careful as I walked within this sea of life, and at the same time, the goslings responded to my movement through their mass. The awareness, and the quiet, gentle responsive motion between the goslings and myself, continues to inspire and influence my work.
FRAGILE ENVIRONMENTS Abstract from thesis paper
I feel isolated and disconnected from other humans. I show this in my work through placing a vulnerable element within a fragile landscape or structure. These landscapes or structures allow for the survival of the vulnerable item, but just barely, as the tenuousness or fragility of these spaces create a situation of peril.
I use the natural environment as a base for my visual language. Nature becomes a metaphor in which I reflect my ... |
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just barely, 2008
Other Sculpture,
9 x 11 X 3 feet
Not for Sale
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just barely, 2008
Other Sculpture,
9 x 11 X 3 feet
Not for Sale
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just barely, 2008
Other Sculpture,
9 x 11 X 3 feet
Not for Sale
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Tower, 2007
Other Ceramics,
6 x 72 X 6 inches
Not for Sale
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Tower, 2007
Other Ceramics,
6 x 72 X 6 inches
Not for Sale
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