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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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Collections:
Shiwan Ceramic Museum, Shiwan,
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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
MFA University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford MA 2007
BA University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 1993
HONORS
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Artist in Residence, Oregon 2008
Sacatar Institute Artist in Residence, Itaparica Brazil 2008
Invitational Slide Presentation China Academy of Art, China 2002
Vermont Studio Center Sculptor in Residence, Vermont 2000
Durham Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant, North Carolina 2000
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
Foshan Guangdong Province China, Foshan Ceramic Exposition China 2002
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Artspace, Raleigh, NC 2003
The Artscenter, Carrboro, NC 2000
THREE/FOUR PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Fayetteville Art Museum, Fayetteville, NC, Lynch, Martin, Stetzel and Thompson 2005
W.H. Moring Jr. Arts Center, Asheboro, NC, Mixed Matters 2004
Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC, Resonance in 3-D 2002
SELECT PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Cary Visual Arts, Cary, NC Downtown Cary Sculpture 2004
Exploris Museum, Raleigh, NC 2003
Raleigh Arts Commission, Raleigh, NC 2003
Greensboro Artists' League, Greensboro, NC, NCOSE 2003
NC Zoological Park, Asheboro, NC, Earthworks 2002
SELECT JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Ogle Gallery, Portland, OR, Innovation in Clay 2006
Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC, 31st Annual for NC Artists, Second Place 2003
Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, Tri-State Sculptors 2002
Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, The Sculpture Salmagundi V 2001
Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, 44th Annual National, 3-D First Place 2001
Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC, 29th Annual for NC Artists, Merit Award 2001
Art International Asheville, Asheville, NC, 1st Annual Southeastern Regional 2001
Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC, 46th Annual 2000
Spiers Gallery, Brevard, NC, Tri-State Sculptors 2000
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
University Gallery, Star Store, New Bedford, MA, MFA Thesis Exhibition 2007 2007
Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA, Glimpse 2004
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, Tri-State Sculpture 2003
J.E. Broyhill Park, Lenoir, NC, 18th Annual Sculpture Celebration 2003
Claymakers, Durham, NC, The Best of Clayworks 2003
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA, Crossing The Line 2002
Longwood Center For The Visual Arts, Farmville, VA, Tri-State Sculpture 2001
SELECT INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
Fayetteville Art Museum, Fayetteville, NC, Lynch, Martin, Stetzel and Thompson 2005
Columbus Art Museum, Columbus, GA, Southern Bent 2004
International Arts & Artists, St. Louis, MO, Southern Bent 2003
Elon University, Elon, NC, Off The Wall 2003
NC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC, 16th Annual Sculpture, Best In Show 2003
Chatham Label Mill, Pittsboro, NC, LOOM 2 2002
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Shiwan Ceramic Museum, Shiwan, Guangdong Province, China 2002
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