DAWN DALE

Born in Alberta, Dawn Dale has lived and worked in the l'Outaouais-National Capital Region for the last 26 years. A graduate of the four year Fine Arts Bachelor Program at the University of Ottawa, she been teaching sculpture, both in the General and Diploma Programs at the Ottawa School of Art since 1990.

Her primary focus in her art practice is ecological art, realized in large scale outdoor, site-specific works, ephemeral organic installations in gallery spaces, often accompanied with experimental drawings. She has exhibited across Canada, in the United States, Mexico and, most recently, Bolivia. An active member in the arts community through the artist-run centres and artists¹ collectives, she has curated and facilitated exhibitions (Spirited  at Gallery 101 with Donna Quince, art fundraisers for Houseworks and Oxfam, and Divina et Femina with the Department of Religious and Classical Studies of the University of Ottawa) as well as writing on women and art for Breaking the Silence and Parallelogramme magazines.  Workshops and residencies with MASC and the Artists in the Schools Program of Québec allow her to bring her particular eco vision and sculptural skills to young students across Ontario and Quebec.

Recent projects include macro renderings on the sidewalks at Parc Imaginaire in the summer of 2005, an eco-art project at Beaupré Park in Markham, Ontario, as well as a solo performance piece on Rideau St. in Ottawa. A solo exhibition, Magan at the Sussex Gallery (the old Ottawa City Hall) in October, 2006 will bring her perspective of primary labour and global food production into the rarified world of art and the civil service.   

Her exhibition Régénération/Regeneration (2004) can be seen at
http://www.aregeebee.net/dawndale/  along with selected previous projects.