Abbreviated Resume
D A W N   H U N T E R
E D U C A T I O N
1992
University of California, Davis, CA;
Master of Fine Art.
1990
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO;
Bachelor of Fine Art.
1989
Yale University Summer School of Art and
Music, Norfolk, CT.


H O N O R S,  G R A N T S,  F E L L O W S H I P S   and   R E S I D E N C I E S
2009
Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT.  May 2009.
2009
Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center.
2009
Work Exchange Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center.
2008
University of South Carolina Arts Institute Grant, Fire and Transformation project,
Columbia Museum of Art, SC.
2008
Think Tank 3: Emerging Educators’ Fellowship, Institute for Intergrative Teaching,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2008
University of South Carolina Research Opportunity Program Grant.  Category III.
2008
Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties Quarterly Grant.
2007
Puffin Foundation LTD Grant.
2006
Josephine Abney Research Fellowship, University of South Carolina.
2005
The Cooper Union Summer Residency, New York, NY.
2005
University of South Carolina Research Foundation Grant:  Cooper Union Summer
Residency.
2005
Research and Productive Scholarship Grant, University of South Carolina.  
Category III.
2004
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, A Sense of Place, Juror’s Award.
2002
Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum Purchase Award.
2000
Valdosta State University, Valdosta Works on Paper, Honorable Mention.
1994
Armitage Prize, First Place, Premiums at Sotheby's, London.
1993-94
The Starr Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK.
1993
Starr Foundation Artist-in-Residence Fellowship to Royal Academy of Art.
1992
Ellen Hansen Memorial Scholarship, University of California, Davis. First place.
1991
University of California Humanities Research Grant.
1990
University of California Graduate Regents Fellowship.
1990
Kansas City Art Institute Graduating Class Salutatorian.
1989
Thomas Hart Benton Scholarship to Kansas City Art Institute.
1989
Ellen Battel Stoekel Fellowship to Yale University.
1989
Peter T. Bohan Scholarship Competition, Kansas City Art Institute. First Place.
1988
Peter T. Bohan Scholarship Competition, Kansas City Art Institute. First Place.

S O L O   E X H I B I T I O N S
2009
Ithaca College, Handwerker Gallery, Spectacle Spectacular:  Cautionary Tales,
Ithaca, NY.  August 23-October 16, 2009.
2008
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Class of 1925 Gallery, Spectacle Spectacular:
Belle Machina
, Madison, WI.
2008
Rogue Community College, Wiseman Gallery, Spectacle Spectacular: Belle
Machina
, Grants Pass, OR.
2008
Brown University, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Spectacle Spectacular: Belle Machina,
Providence, RI.
2008
Mesquite Art Center, Spectacle Spectacular: Sitting Pretty, Dallas, TX.
2007
USC Upstate, Spectacle Spectacular: Sitting Pretty, Spartanburg, SC.
2007
University of South Carolina, McMaster Gallery, Spectacle Spectacular: Wonder
Woman’s Island,  
Columbia, SC
2006
University of South Carolina Arts Institute, Myriad Barbies, Columbia, SC.
2006
University of South Carolina Arts Institute Installation Space, Sitting Pretty,
Columbia, SC.
2005
Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, Frightened by Her Imagination, LaGrange, GA.
2004
Roswell Visual Art Center, Hyper Glamour, Roswell, GA.
2004
Roswell Visual Art Center, Annex Gallery, A Week of Violent Acts; an Extension of
Hyper Glamour
, Roswell, GA.
2003
Montana State University, Northcutt Steele Gallery, Dawn Hunter, A Ten Year
Survey
, Billings, MT.
2002
Living Arts of Tulsa, Myers Gallery, In Search of Normal Beauty, Tulsa, OK.
2001
Kansas City Artists Coalition, Charno Gallery, Barbie F@nt@sies and Domestic
Scenes
, Kansas City, MO.
2001
Kansas City Art Institute, Abridgement; Barbie F@nt@sies and Domestic Scenes,
Kansas City, MO.
2001
Kentuck Museum, Playing with Morals, Northport, AL.
2000
University of Montana, University Center Gallery, Belle Machina, Missoula, MT.

T W O - P E R S O N  and  T H R E E - P E R S O N    E X H I B I T I O N S
2009
Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, New Works (three-person show), Sam Huston State
University, Huntsville, TX.  Nov.9 - Dec. 3rd 2009.
2008
Columbia Museum of Art, Fire and Transformation, collaborative works by Dawn
Hunter and Natalie Askew, Columbia, SC.
2006
SUNY Geneseo, Inspired by Her, works by Dawn Hunter & Kate Kretz, Geneseo,
NY.
2005
University of South Carolina, McMaster Gallery, Dawn Hunter & Kathleen Robbins,
Columbia, SC.
2005
Monterey Peninsula College, Souls, Myths and Icons, works by Dawn Hunter &
Lydia DeGarrod, Monterey, CA.
2004
University of Eastern Kentucky, Giles Gallery, Dawn Hunter, Steven Loidolt,
Richmond, KY.
1999
Fort Lewis College, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, Concerning the Psyche,
three-person show. Durango, CO.  September 27-October 14, 1999.  Curator: Mary
E. Tso.  
E X H I B I T I O N S   I N   P R I N T
2008
Her Mark 2008 Datebook, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2005
New American Paintings 53rd Edition. Juror Beth Venn, Independent Curator.  
June/July 2005.
2002
New American Paintings 40th Edition. Juror Linda Norden, Associate Curator of
the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard. June/July 2002.

V I S I T I N G   A R T I S T  &  P R O F E S S I O N A L   P R E S E N T A T I O N S
2009
FATE Conference.  Presenter:  The Emerging Educator: The MFA Transition. 2009
Biennial Conference, Portland, OR.  April 1-4, 2009.
2008
Columbia Museum of Art, Visiting Artist: Fire and Transformation workshop and
lecture, Columbia, SC. September 26 & 27, 2008.
2008
University of Wisconsin-Madison,  Visiting Artist Lecture, Wisconsin Union Library,
Madison, WI. September 14, 2008.  Ken Frazier, Director of Communications and
UW Library Systems.
2008
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Visiting Artist: Gallery Talk Spectacle Spectacular
exhibition.  August 1, 2008. Robin Schmolt, Wisconsin Union Art and Film Advisor.
2008
Rogue Community College, Visiting Artist: Artist Talk and Collage Workshop,
Grants Pass, OR. May 12 &13 2008. Tommi Drake, Professor.
2008
Mesquite Art Center, Visiting Artist: Artist Talk, Dallas, TX. March 11, 2008. Michael
Templeton, Director.
2008
Mesquite Area High Schools, Visiting Artist: Collage Workshop. Dallas, TX. March
10, 2008. Debi Jenkins, Fine Arts Facilitator.
2008
Brown University, LIST School of Art, Visiting Artist: Collage Workshop & Lecture.  
March 3 & 4, 2008.  Joan Backes, Visiting Professor and Jay Stuckey, Lecturer.
2008
Brown University, Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, Visiting Artist Gallery Talk.  March
4, 2008. Gail Cohee, Professor and Sarah Doyle Women's Center Director.
2008
Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Conference. Session Chair and Presenter:  
Women in the Media.  2008 Annual
Conference. Albuquerque, NM.  February 13-16, 2008.
2007
USC Upstate, Department of Art, Spartanburg, SC. Visiting Artist: Artist's Talk.
August 27, 2007. Jane Nodine, Professor.
2007
USC Upstate, Upstate Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, Visiting Artist:
Collage Workshop on Gender and Advertising and artist lecture. August 27, 2007.
Dr. Lisa Johnson, Assistant Professor.
2007
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Presenter: Spectacle Spectacular, Cross
Cultural Perspectives on Visual Communication Conference, Eau Claire, WI. April
21-22, 2007.
2007
University of South Carolina, 2006 Josephine Abney recipient keynote luncheon
speaker:
Spectacle Spectacular, Annual Women’s Studies Conference, Columbia,
SC.  March 2, 2007.
2006
Vanderbilt University, SECAC Annual Conference, Presenter: Spectacle
Spectacular, Propaganda Now: CO OP or Submit, Nashville, TN.  October 25-28,
2006.
2006
Winston Salem State University, Presenter: FATE: Foundations Art Theory and
Education Regional Conference, Winston Salem, NC. March 24, 2006.
2005
The Cooper Union, Artist in Residence, Summer Residency Presentation, New
York, NY. June 2005. Margaret Wray, Program Director.
2005
Kansas City Art Institute, Visiting Artist, Kansas City, MO. April 19-21, 2005. Michael
Walling, Professor.
2004
Atlanta College of Art, Visiting Artist, Atlanta, GA. October 8, 2004. Larry Anderson,
Professor.
2003
University of Montana, Visiting Artist: Figure Drawing Workshop, Billings, MT,
October 9, 2003. Peter Warren, Professor.
2002
Agnes Scott College, Visiting Artist: Slide Lecture of Personal Work In conjunction
with
No Agenda but Their Own Exhibit,  Decatur, GA, September 25, 2002. Jerry
Cullum, curator.
2001
Kansas City Art Institute Painting Department, Visiting Artist: Artist’s Talk, Kansas
City, MO. November 2001. Leeah Joo, Assistant Professor.
2000
University of Montana, Visiting Artist: Artist’s Talk, UC Gallery, Missoula, MT.
September 28, 2000.

E X I B I T I O N   R E V I E W S   a n d   C A T A L O G U E S  
2008
Tiffany Brand, Free Times, "Arts Institute Looks East," issue 21:39, September  
24-30, 2008.
2008
Jeffrey Day, The State, "Arts, glass creation inspires project blending art, poetry,"
pp. E, September 26, 2008.
2007
Jeffrey Day, The State, “Wonder of Art” ARTS W, pp. 9, August 31, 2008.
2007
Jeffrey Day, The State, “Arts Ahead, The A List, pp. E2, July 29, 2007.
2007
Mary Bentz Gilkerson, Free Times, “Who’s Subverting Whom”, pp. 28, August 8-14,
2007
2007
Judit Trunkos, citypaper, “Misleading Appearance”, pp. August 29, 2007.
2007
Mary Bentz Gilkerson, Free Times, “Time, Space Key Themes in USC Faculty
Exhibit”, pp. 22, January 24-30, 2007.
2005
Jeffrey Day, The State, “Teacher/Artist”, The Arts, pp. E9, October 7, 2005.
2005
Jeffrey Day, The State, “Great Show”, Weekend, pp. E20, June 17, 2005.
2004
Rudy Zapf, You are Here; Art Happens, We’re There, “Stoking the Forges, The
Foundry Fires up Artist in St. Charles." November 2004.
2004
absolutearts.com, “Fabrications: Cat Chow, Anne Elizabeth, and Jill Ziccardi”.
October 2004.
2002
Catherine Fox, Atlanta Journal Constitution, “In Agnus Scott, Show Feminism and
Other Issues”, pp. Q 6, September 20, 2002.
2002
James D. Watts Jr., Tulsa World, Sketchbook, “ ‘Normal Beauty’ Exhibit Opens at
Living Arts” , pp. 1. March 7, 2002.
2001
Mark Hughes Cobb, The Tuscaloosa News, Life Features, "Still life in plastic: Art
Night at Kentuck will Feature Myriad Barbies," section C, pp. 1, March 1, 2001.
2000
Nell O'Briant Bednarz, Artlines, "Traveling Show Opens with 1-2-3 Punch," pp.1,
pp.4, Autumn 2000.
2000
Dawn Perkins. Montana Kaimin, Eye Spy, Arts & Entertainment, "Painting with
Barbie: Artist takes a critical eye to the nation's plastic sweetheart," pp. 6,
September 28, 2000.
2000
Artspirit Magazine, Corvallis Art Center's on-line publication. May, 2000.
1999
Suzan Thomas. The Independent, The Arts, "Psyche" exhibit provides artists with
freedom, pp. 10. October 8, 1999.
1998
Artspirit Magazine, Corvallis Art Center's on-line publication. October, 1998.
1994
Final Year Show Exhibition Catalog, Royal Academy Schools. pp. 32, pp. 55.
Summer, 1994.
1992
Painting and Printmaking, Kansas City Art Institute Catalog.
1991
Assemblage, Kansas City Art Institute Magazine. pp. 2. Fall, 1991.

C U R R E N T    P R O F E S S I O N A L    A P P O I N T M E N T
2004-present
Associate Professor and Foundations Coordinator, Department of Art, University of
South Carolina, Columbia,  SC 29208.
Portfolios
My Barbie Series:
The Zita Drawings:
Spectacle Spectacular Portfolios:
Zita drawing detail, 2004
Barbie Sacrifice, 2000
Blue with Envy, 2008
Touch Your Woman, 2002
Bling, Bling:  Boobatopia, 2007
Fly Boys, 2006
Zita drawing detail, 2004
Usual Suspects, 2005
Zita drawing detail, 2004
Barbie Cabaret, 2000
They Investigated with Intensity, 2006
Zita drawing detail, 2004
Sid and Nancy Go Back to the Beach, 2007
Drowning, 2004
Zita drawing detail, 2004
Unequal Equation, 2009
Lasting Valor, 2005
Zita drawing detail, 2004
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