New Artist in Residence, Georgia Dawkin!
We are ecstatic to welcome our newest Artist in Residence, Georgia Dawkin! Georgia is with us as an AiR from November 8th to December 14th.
During this residency I will be developing a new performance series titled PROFESSIONAL WOMAN: OFFICE HOURS, as well as further developing existing bodies of work as PROFESSIONAL WOMAN through printmaking and new media. PROFESSIONAL WOMAN is a performance character that is used to reflect upon systems of gendered expectation, performance, and barriers in work spaces. OFFICE HOURS will be an installation and interactive pop-up performance that uses classic bureaucratic tropes and hurdles to address gendered expectations of time management, access, and social pressures.
I will be using photography, printmaking, video and sculpture to create a set and props for the live performances. Conjointly I will be developing these prop and set aspects into both physical and new media pieces to further explore PROFESSIONAL WOMAN and expand this body of work.
Stay tuned for updates about upcoming engagement events, studio hours, and performances!!
Georgia Dawkin is an interdisciplinary artist who works with a wide range of media including
video, performance, printmaking, and installation. Originally from British Columbia, her art
practice began and developed in Newfoundland where she graduated from Grenfell Campus,
Memorial University with her BFA in 2022. Along with her first solo exhibition at the Eastern
Edge rOGUE Gallery (NL) in 2020, Dawkin has also previously shown in group exhibitions at the
Art Museum University of Toronto (ON), Art Mur (QC), the Grenfell Art Gallery (NL), and the Tina
Dolter Gallery (NL). A large part of Georgia’s practice (and heart) is working in collaboration with
Drew Pardy as HOT 4 THE MOMENT; and together have performed and shown across the
country including recently at The Rooms (NL). Dawkin currently resides and works in St.
John’s, Newfoundland.