Art Residency: Pickled Art Centre, Beijing

Dawn working in studio at Pickled Art Centre, Beijing, November, 2007

Following on from her commission for the Marriott Hotel in Beijing, Dawn undertook a 7 week residency at the Pickled Art Centre in Beijing working alongside local and international artists. Within this time Dawn was able to create and exhibit a new body of work using ink, tea and coal on traditional xian papers, and also acrylic paintings on linen.

This collection will be displayed at the Australian Embassy in Beijing in the coming months.

A long time student of Lao Tsu and the Tao Te Ching, along with twenty years of tai chi practice, Dawn felt at home in Beijing and loved her time painting, exploring Beijing and touring north to Cheng De, the Emperor’s winter resort with its many temples, Quing Queng Shan, a sacred taoist mountain in southern China and onto Shanghai.

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JW Marriott, Beijing

Zing, pastel + pigment on paper, 1300 x 1100 cm, 2007

The Marriot Hotel in Beijing, China now has a large pastel drawing by Dawn Csutoros in their public space. The commission was completed early September and is being installed this month.Dawn has been accepted as artist in residence at the well known Pickled Art Centre in Beijing this year. She will begin her residency on the 31st of October, continuing on until the 12th December. China is undergoing tremendous changes in economic and social life. Chinese people are living in a period that is politically more open than ever since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Along with the preparations for the 2008 Olympics, these dramatic changes have a large impact on Chinese culture and daily life.

Dawn will be immersing herself and responding to the richness, beauty and diversity of the Chinese culture. She has studied Mandarin for two years, practiced tai chi for twenty years, is a lover of taoist philosophy and Lao Tzu’s Tao te Ching and is looking forward to developing skills and creating a new body of work for exhibition early December.

Poetics of Space

Dawn’s upcoming show Poetics of Space will be exhibitied in Sydney at Dickerson Gallery.

Presence, acrylic on linen, 90 x 122 cm

exhibition dates	24 April – 20 May, 2007
opening night	Tuesday 24 April, 6pm – 8pm
gallery hours	Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 6pm Sunday 1pm – 6pm
	34 Queen st Woollahra, Sydney, NSW 2025 t +61 2 9363 3358 f +61 2 9362 9555 e sydney@dickersongallery.com.au w www.dickersongallery.com.au

Gumbalanya, Arnhamland

Dawn recently had the opportunity to visit the community of Oenpelli (Gumbalanya) in Western Arnhem Land. She spent time exploring the landscape, studying traditional rock art, visiting ancient sites and creating some drawings which subsequently turned into a series on her return to Melbourne. Dawn hopes to return to Gumbalanya early next year to further develop her painting series.

Dawn is pictured on Injalak Hill overlooking the Gumbalanya community.

Bookcover Launch & Exhibition

Dawn’s pastel and pigment artwork “Mandala, A new view of DNA” features on the front cover of Michael Denholm’s newly released book “The Winnowing of the Grain, Art and Craft Magazines in Australia, 1963-1996”, published by Carlton Street Press.

The book was officially launched July 30th, at the Red Wall Gallery, The Republic Bar and Cafe, North Hobart, Tasmania, along with an exhibition of artworks by Dawn Csutoros, Geoffrey Dyer, David Nash, and other prominent Tasmanian artists.

ABC Sunday Arts program has interviewed Dawn about the “tree hugs project’. Wach out for the program, due to be aired on the 20th August at 4 pm

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