Education
2019 MFA Painting, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2013 BFA, Painting, University of Louisville
2007-2008 Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art
Teaching Experience
2019-2020
Full-Time Instructor (ART 1103 Drawing 1, ART 1113 Drawing 2, ART 4100 Advanced Drawing, ART 2223 Oil Painting 1, ART 4800 Oil Painting for Non-Majors, ART 4900 Directed Study in Art), Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK
2016- 2019
Instructor of Record (AD100A, Foundation Studio A, AD 110 Intro to Drawing, AD 200 Beginning Figure Drawing, AD 300 Intermediate 2D Studio Drawing), Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL
2013-2014
Art Teacher for Young Rembrandt’s After School Program, Louisville KY
Substitute Teacher and Teaching Assistant, St. Francis High School, Louisville KY (Studio Art)
Related Experience
2018-2019
Graduate Research Assistant, Pullium Design Lab, Southern Illinois University Carbondale IL
2014
Co-Curator of The College Collective Exhibition, Spot 5 Gallery, Louisville KY
Solo Exhibitions
2019
The Rotten Ones, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale IL
2017
Reflection, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Momentum, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City OK
2019
Small Works Juried Exhibition, Five Points Gallery, Torrington CT
Oklahoma State University Faculty Exhibition, Modella Gallery, Stillwater OK
notBIG(5): Small Works Juried Exhibition. MS Rezny Gallery, Lexington KY (Juried by Becky Alley)
Pollinators: Through the Artist’s Eye, Artspace 304, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale IL
Love at the Glove, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale IL
2018
In the Meantime, GAPP, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale IL
MFA Thesis Preview Exhibition, University Museum, Carbondale IL
C4 Juried Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale IL (Juried by Brian Jobe)
Mini-Print Showcase, Corridor Gallery, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale IL
7 Seconds, 2nd Year Graduate Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale IL
Love at the Glove, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale IL
2017
Opening, GAPP, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale IL
We Are Enough, Oak Park Art League: Carriage House Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (Juried by Susan Sensemann)
Meet Your Neighbors: Feminine and LGBTQ Perspectives, 1619 Flux Gallery: Art + Activism, Louisville KY (curated by Jesse Levesque, Kara Nichols, and Jessica Oberdick) (Catalogue)
Locality, Artspace 304, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale IL
2016
Cross/Pollination, Artspace 304, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale IL
Criss-Cross, GAPP, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale IL
Art[Squared], Louisville Visual Art, Louisville KY
2015
Open Studio Weekend Exhibition, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville KY
DuPont Manual Visual Art Alumni Exhibition, Norma E. Brown Gallery, Louisville KY
Start the Collection, Tim Faulkner Gallery, Louisville KY
2014
Analog/Analogy, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville KY (curated by Ryan Daly, Jacob Heustis and Suzanne Weaver) (Catalogue)
Artebella Invitational Exhibition, Public Gallery, Louisville KY (curated by Keith Waits)
College Collective Exhibition, Spot 5 Gallery, Louisville KY
2013
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Belknap Gallery, University of Louisville, Louisville KY
Awards
2020
Momentum, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK (Downtown OKC Award)
2016-2019
Full-Time Graduate Assistantship with Tuition Waiver, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale IL
2018
Windgate Foundation Research Award, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale IL
Art History Travel Award, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale IL
2015
Artist Enrichment Grant Recipient, The Kentucky Foundation for Women, Louisville KY
Service
2017-2018
Donation of a Painting to Art Over Easy Gala and Auction, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL
Secretary of the Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers (GAPP), Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL
2016-2017
Donation of Painting to Art Over Easy Gala and Auction, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL
Vice- Secretary of the Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers (GAPP), Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL
2012
Participation in Installation “Revisiting the Dinner Party: A Place at the Table”, International Women’s Day Celebration, Anne Braden Institute of Social Justice Research, University of Louisville, Louisville KY
Commissions
2014
Solo Mural Painter for The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Louisville KY
Bibliography
"Artist of the Quarantine: Ann Dawkins", Oklahoma Gazette, Oklahoma City, OK, April 3, 2020.
Featured Artist in Bougie Art Gallery Magazine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Issue No. 1. June 2019
Paintings Featured in Exhibition “Body as a Language”. Online Gallery. Bougie Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2019.
Painting Featured and Interviewed for “Love at the Glove Art Show Features Unorthodox Displays of Love and Lust”. Kallie Cox. Daily Egyptian. Carbondale IL. February 10, 2019.
Painting Featured. Sara Havens, “1619 Flux Gallery Features More Than a Dozen Artists in ‘Meet Your Neighbors: LGBTQ Perspectives” Insider Louisville, Louisville, KY, August 4, 2017.
Installation Featured, Art And Activism Collide In West Louisville”, WHAS11 News- ABC, Interview with Kara Nichols of 1619 Flux Gallery, Louisville KY, August 25, 2017.
Featured Artist, Artebella Daily, Online Gallery, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville KY, March 25, 2015.
Emily Markanich, Interviewed for “Studio Shot”. Louisville Magazine, Louisville KY. August 2014. 122.
Featured Invitational Artist, Artebella Daily, Online Gallery, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville KY, June 10, 2014. (Awarded Group Exhibition).
Featured Artist, Artebella Daily, Online Gallery, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville KY, March 21, 2014. .
Interviewed as “Hite Art Institute’s Student of the Week” (Published Online at www.louisville.edu), University of Louisville, Louisville KY, September 30, 2013.
Publications as Author
“Things I Do and Do Not Need”, 1619 Flux: Art + Activism Blog, Louisville, KY, October 26 2017.
Lectures
2017
Artist Talk, “Meet the Artists”, 1619 Flux Gallery, Louisville, KY
Affiliations
All She Makes, Curated Online Directory, <www.allshemakes.org>