Dawn Beasley
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    • The Peninsula Diaries
    • Landcombing
    • Visual feast
    • Discarded
    • leaf litter
    • Dinner with DeHeem
    • Darwin Fridge Festival 2010
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Dawn Beasley 
British Born Australian Artist

Born 1967, Portsmouth, England.
Lives and works in Darwin Australia.

Qualifications
2000    Post Grad Certificate PES Art and ICT in education, University of Brighton, Brighton, East Sussex, England.
1993    Post Grad Certificate of Education in Art and Design, University of Brighton, Brighton, East Sussex, England.
1990    BA (Hons) Art and Educational Studies(Fine Art:Painting and Ceramics), Christ Church University, Canterbury, England.

Australian Exhibitions
The Garden of Alchemy (solo show) 30th April - 16th May 2021, Tactile Arts Gallery, Darwin.
Reef, (group show) 19th February - 21st March 2021, Tactile Arts Gallery, Darwin.
Symbiosis (solo show) 27th August - 15th September 2019, Tactile Arts Gallery, Darwin.
The Australian Ceramics Triennale, 1st - 4th May 2019, Hobart, Tasmania.
True North, (group show) 15th February - 3rd March 2019,Tactile Arts Gallery, Darwin.
Botanical, (group show)
16th November – 8th December 2018,Tactile Arts Gallery, Darwin.
​In The Dry,(group show)
17th August – 3rdSeptember 2018, DVAA, Darwin.
43rd Katherine Prize (group show), 26th July - 1st September 2018, GYRACC, Katherine.
7 Skins (before Envious Time Has Fled), (solo show)18th May - 1st June 2018, Tactile Arts Gallery, Darwin.
Little Wonders (group Show) 24th November -10th December 2017, Tactile Arts Gallery, Darwin.
Tropical Takeover (group show) 19th October - 19th November 2017, Darwin Waterfront.
41st Katharine prize (group show) 22nd July - 10th September 2016, GYRACC, Katherine.
Landcombing (solo show) September 2013, Framed Gallery, Darwin.
Afterlife II (group show) August 2013, DVAA, Darwin.
Leaf Litter (solo show) 2010, DVAA, Darwin.
Darwin Fridge Festival 2009.
24 Hour Art Members show 2009, Darwin.

Professional Affiliations
NAVA
Australian Ceramics Association

Community Affiliations
Tactile Arts (The NT Crafts Council).
​DVAA (Darwin Visual Arts Association).
NCCA (Northern centre for Contemporary Arts).

Prizes and Awards
2018 Peoples Choice Award: 43rd Katherine Prize 
2020 The Bob and June Pricket Sponsored Churchill Fellowship for Excellence in the Visual Arts
2020 Australian Council for the Arts Grant: Project for Individuals and Groups: Botanically Porcelain


Related work experience/ Professional experience
2015 - present     Artist
2009 – 2015        Head of Creative Arts. O’Loughlin Catholic College, Darwin, NT Australia.
2006 – 2009        Teacher of Art and Design. Kormilda College, Darwin, NT, Australia.                                            
2000 – 2006        Head of Faculty: Art and Design. Garden International School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 
1997 – 2000        Head of Art. Heathfield Community College, East Sussex, England.                                       
1996 – 1997        Coordinator of Art. Ramotswa CJSS, Ramotswa, Botswana.                                                       
1993 – 1996        Teacher of Art and DT. Heathfield Community College, East Sussex, England.                                      
1986 – 1987        Silk screen print supervisor. Wellingtons Ltd, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.



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  • Homepage
  • About
  • Churchill Fellowship
  • Garden of Alchemy
  • Botanically Porcelain
  • Botanically Creative
  • Gallery
    • Symbiosis
    • In The Dry
    • Katherine Prize 2018
    • 7 Skins
    • The Peninsula Diaries
    • Landcombing
    • Visual feast
    • Discarded
    • leaf litter
    • Dinner with DeHeem
    • Darwin Fridge Festival 2010
  • Contact me