Dawn Gavin - Foundations, Honors Program Director
Originally from Glasgow, Scotland, Dawn Gavin currently lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland. She holds an MFA in Fine Art and an MSc in Electronic Imaging from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, in Dundee, Scotland. She has taught in the Department of Art at the University of Maryland since 2001, and is currently an Associate Professor. Her studio practice investigates issues of identity and displacement, employing a range of media from collage and installed drawings to digital video.
Professor Gavin’s work has been exhibited in numerous venues, including the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Philadelphia Art Alliance, The John Michael Kohler Art Center, Maryland Art Place and Dundee Contemporary Arts Visual Research Center.
website: dawngavin.com & Drawing Center Viewing Program
email: dgavin@umd.edu
office: m2327 Art/Soc Bldg.
office phone# 301-405-1465
- ARTT 110 - Elements of Drawing I
- ARTT 418 - Advanced Drawing : A Contemporary Approach
- Professor Gavin is the Honors Program Director
Interstice (excerpt)
Untethered (excerpt)
Subduction III - Paper (map fragments), acrylic, vinyl and insect pins applied directly to gallery wall. 2008
Tract - Paper (map fragments) and insect pins applied directly to gallery wall. 2005-2008