Barbara Dawson

Originally from Canberra I have been living and creating art in the Jervis Bay area for five years.  I have just finished my role as  the Secretary/Publicity Officer for Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc. as this organisation has gone into recess until sufficient like minded and willing artists will take up the management  roles.   In 2018-2019 I was a community representative on the Shoalhaven Arts Board.

I gained my Visual Art Degree at the Canberra School of Art, ANU as a mature-age student and went on to study a Graduate Diploma and Master of Education. I spent twenty years in Canberra schools teaching visual art, media studies and photo media.

I have exhibited my art in selected, group and solo exhibitions since 1998. My work can be found in ACT Government and private collections around Australia and overseas. My most recent artwork can currently be found at Huskisson Gallery and Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra.

SELECTION OF RECENT WORKS AND EXHIBITIONS

2020

Making Community:JBBArts, online Exhibition https://seechangefestival.net.au/exhibition/

2019 

Revealed: SeeChange Art Path.  Joint 

The Haven: SeeChange.  Jervis Bay and Basin Arts.  

Selected 

Shoalhaven Art Society: Group show 2018-2019, awarded HC 

2018

A Sense of Place: Shoalhaven Regional Gallery.  Joint exhibition.

Seechange 2018: Group 

2017

Forest to Sea: Jervis Bay Maritime Museum and Gallery. Solo

NOW:  Shoalhaven Regional Art Gallery.  Selected 

2016

Summer X:  Jervis Bay Arts. JB Museum and Gallery. Group.  Winner 

From the Forest to the Sea: Belconnen Arts Centre Canberra. Joint 

‘Covet’:  Bratislava, Slovakia. ‘Covet’: Overstroom, Amsterdam. Travelling. Group. 

2015

Summer X:  Jervis Bay Arts. JB Museum and Gallery. Group.  Awarded HC

NOW:  National Shoalhaven Contemporary Art Prize. Selected

A  book on the history of my artistic practice can be purchased  from Blurb. https://au.blurb.com/b/7737836-an-art-history