Debra Dawes

Dawes combines simplicity of form with the complex of seeing, feeling and thinking. Her geometric systems embody the legacy of formalist and conceptual practices, enabling an invigorated perceptual response based on the philosophy of inclusion. Dawes’ approach to painting assumes and consumes the social, the political and the subjective forces underpinning our contemporary reality.

Debra Dawes holds a Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong and a Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts from Sydney College of the Arts, where she studied painting in the mid 1980s and was at the same time co-director of Union Street Gallery in Sydney. In 1982 she was awarded a Diploma in Visual Art from the Newcastle College of Advanced Education.

Dawes’ work has been included in major exhibitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Museum of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia, University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane and Monash University Gallery, Melbourne.

Dawes' work is represented in major collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery and Art Gallery of Western Australia.

Dawes has been a recipient of numerous Australia Council grants.

For a detailed CV and illustrated information about Dawes' work please go to www.debradawes.com.au

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