Dawn Cerny
 
Education:

2002   Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna cum Laude, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

 

Award/Honors

2007          Bumbershoot Poster Mayor’s Office Fine Art Award    

2006          The Behnke Foundation Neddy Artist Fellowship nominee, Seattle, WA

                 The Stranger Genius Award Shortlist, Seattle, WA

2004          Artist Trust/ Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship, Seattle, WA

                 Artist Trust: Edge Program, Seattle, WA

2001          Artist in Resident, Cornish College of the Arts,  Seattle, WA

1998-2001  Cornish College of the Arts Merit Scholarship, Seattle, WA

 

Solo / *2 Person Exhibitions 

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, WA

            *An Artful Scheme of Happiness, collaboration with Alice Tippet, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

            Silhouettes, Mario’s downtown Seattle, WA & Mario’s downtown Portland, OR

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:

 

2009      Private Circulation, Capricious Space, Brooklyn, NY

             Grätüitöüs Umläüt, Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

2008       Dualities, Seattle Art Museum Rental Sales and Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

              Printmaker’s Showcase, Some Space, Seattle, WA

  Awwwww Dude, Sweet, Fancy, Seattle, WA

              Small Works, Some Space, Seattle, WA

              Flash Forward Coupling VI, Ouch My Eye Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

2007       But Seriously, Folks, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle

  Help me I’m Hurt. Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA

  For Our Readers, Catherine Person, Seattle, WA

  On the Edge, Elverhoj Museum,  Solvang, CA

  Silent Auction, Not So Silent Rock Show, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY

  Art market Mini, Taste like Chicken Art Space, Brooklyn, NY

 

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

 

 

 

 

Professional Activities/ Performance

Guest speaker, 2008, Open Floor, 2008, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

Guest speaker at Harrell Fletcher’s Come Together, 2007, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

Reading with KHV, Instant Coffee at Bumbershoot, 2007, Seattle, WA

Contributor to Rivet Magazine 2005 to 2006

Artist talks at the Tacoma Art Museum, Cornish College of the Arts, and the Frye Art Museum, 2005

Japanese papermaking workshop, Abbey of San Vincenzo, Rocceta, Italy, 2004

Cass Corridor + Dawn Cerny, Consolidated Works, 2004, Seattle, WA

Cornish College of the Arts Print Art Studio Supervisor, 2001-present, Seattle, WA

Printmaking Assistant,  2004- present, +=Studio Blu=+, Seattle, WA.