Curriculum vitae
| Born | |
| 1960 | Melbourne, Victoria |
| 1993-2005 | Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2005 | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Education and Professional Experience | |
| 2007 | Artist in residence, Pickle Art Centre, Beijing, China |
| 2006 | Study Tour - Hong Kong, Europe, Morocco, New York, San Francisco |
| 2003 | Art Project Coordinator - Fitzroy Crossing, Kimberleys, Western Australia |
| Artist Residency - Oncology Ward, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Artist/Project Coordinator for The Wilderness Society, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Tour and Exhibition - Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2001-2007 | Council of Adult Education Tutor, Melbourne, Victoria and Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2002-2003 | Arts Project Officer, Strathcare, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2002 | Director/Tutor, Creative Art Classes for Children, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2001 | Tour and Exhibition - Tokyo and Kurashiki, Japan |
| 1999 | Relief Teacher, Elizabeth College, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 1996 | Study Tour - Europe, New York, Los Angeles |
| 1995-1998 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
| 1982-1985 | Art and General Classroom Teacher, Melbourne, Victoria Education Department |
| 1979-1981 | Diploma of Teaching, State College of Melbourne, Victoria |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2007 | Poetics of Space, Dickerson Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 2005 | Liminal - Thresholds of Being, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Place of Mind, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 2003 | Dawn Csutoros, Genkan Gallery, Tokyo America Club, Tokyo, Japan |
| Liminal - Thresholds of Being, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 2001 | Illumination, Mira Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria |
| New Works, Australian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan | |
| New Works 2000, Gallery Tanaka, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Works on Paper, El Patio Gallery, Kurashiki, Japan | |
| 2000 | Silent Friction, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania |
| Silent Friction, Soho Gallery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 1999 | Edge of Possibilities, Bulle Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria |
| 1998 | A Selection, Maldinis Restaurant, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 1996 | Of Silence, Solitude & Roses, Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria |
| 1994 | Paintings 1989 -1994, Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2007 | Built Perceptions, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne |
| Hutchins Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Long Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 2006 | Redbull Music Academy 06, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Art Melbourne 06, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| The Winniowing of the Grain, Red Wall Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Native Australian Timber Art, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 2005 | Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Art and the Sacred and Tasmania, Schoolhouse Gallery, Rosny Historic Centre, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Hutchins Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 2004 | Barking up the Wrong Tree, Spacement Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Barking up the Wrong Tree, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 2003 | Barking up the Wrong Tree, Mori Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| Future Perfect, Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Tasmanian Living Artists Week, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 2002 | Tachikawa Festival, international artists, Tachikawa, Japan |
| Synergy, collaboration between artists and scientists, CSIRO, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Works on Paper, Mira Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Art Access: Contemporary Art at ANZ Tokyo, ANZ Gallery Pavilion, Tokyo | |
| 2001 | Joyeux Noel Exhibition, Gallery Chika, Tokyo, Japan |
| 3D Exhibition, Mira gallery, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| The Next Exhibition, Gallery Tanaka, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Food in Art, 10 Days on the Island Festival, Tasmania, Devonport Regional Gallery | |
| Postcard Show, 10 Days on the Island Festival, Tasmania, State Library, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Southern Island Art Prize, 10 Days on the Island Festival, Tasmania, Stanley Town Hall, Tasmania | |
| 2000 | Melbourne Art Fair 2000, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Axis, Bett Gallery Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 1999 | The 10th Alice Prize, The Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory |
| Contemporary Art Services Tasmania Members Exhibition, CAST Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| New Abstractions, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Folksong, collaborative performance with Brigita Ozolins, Peacock Theatre, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 1998 | Dick Bett Galley, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Contemporary Art Services Tasmania Members Exhibition, CAST Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| A Flourishing Ecology, a survey of Tasmanian Printmakers, Long Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 1997-98 | Odyssey, collaboration with Brigita Ozolins, installation in a shipping container, School of Art, University of Tasmania, and Hobart Summer Festival |
| 1997 | Affinity, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 1998 |
| Hues Hue?, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Consuming the Feminine, collaborative performance with Helen English & Jenna Meade, Recital Hall, Conservatorium of Music, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Have a Seat, collaboration with Antoanette Ivanova, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 1996 | Pilgrimage, collaboration with Brigita Ozolins, series of landscape installations, Tasmania |
| Exhibition of Essence, Swingbridge Gallery, Tasmania | |
| Multicultural Art Award, Swingbridge Gallery, Tasmania | |
| 1995 | Fringe Festival, Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Trust Bank Art Exhibition, Launceston, Tasmania | |
| Tasmania Day Art Award, Swingbridge Gallery, Tasmania | |
| 1992 | Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Group Show, Eltham Wiregrass Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Group Show, Reflections Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Not the Archibald Prize, Fringe Network, Fitzroy Fringe Festival, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Richmond Off Peak Festival, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Contemporary Artists Society of Victoria Members Exhibition, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Burke Hall Art Exhibition, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 1991 | Not the Archibald Prize, Fringe Network, Fitzroy Fringe Festival, Melbourne, Victoria |
| 1989 | VTU Credit Union Art Show, Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Group Show, The Studio, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Grants & Awards | |
| 2005 | Art for Public Building Scheme, Arts Tasmania, Tasmanian Fire Service Training Commission , Cambridge, Tasmania |
| 2003 | Export Marketing Assistance Scheme, Touring and Development Grant for Tokyo, Department of State Development, Tasmania |
| Artist Project Coordinator, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, Mangkaja Arts Centre, Western Australia | |
| Tasmanian Export Awards, Department of State Development, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 2002 | Arts in Public Buildings Scheme, Arts Tasmania, Northern Regional Hospital, Burnie, Tasmania |
| Tasmanian Export Awards Department of State Development, Nomination, Tasmania | |
| 2001 | Export Marketing Assistance Scheme, Development Grant for Tokyo, Department of State Development, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2000 | Export Marketing Assistance Scheme, Touring and Development Grant for Tokyo, Department of State Development, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Research and Development Grand, for Tokyo, Department of State Development, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 1999 | Artsbridge Grant, Arts Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 1996 | Mulicultural Art Award, Swingbridge Galley, Tasmania |
| 1992 | Sock it to me Baby, Not the Archibald Prize, Fitzroy Fringe Festival, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Public & Private Collections | |
| Marriot Hotel, Beijing, China | |
| City Limits Motel, Melbourne, Australia | |
| Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW | |
| ARTaccess, Tokyo, Japan | |
| CSIRO, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Westmead Childrens Hospital, Sydney, NSW | |
| Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| North West Regional Hospital, Burnie, Tasmania | |
| Cambridge Fire Training Services, Cambridge, Tasmania | |
| Public Commissions | |
| 2006 | Book cover image, The Winnowing of the Grain, Art and Craft Magazines In Australia 1963 - 1996, Michael Denholm, Carlton Street Press, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2004 | Book cover image and article Tree hugs, Antipodes, A North American Journal of Australian Literature, New York, December, USA |
| Front cover image and article, Correspondances Oceaniennes, Revue Cullturelle Neo-Caledonienne, New Caledonia | |
| 2002 | Front cover image, Human Sexuality, Simon LeVay, Sharon M Valente, Sinauer Associates In, USA |
| Artwork, Artes: Tidskrift for Litteratur, Konst och musick, Press Data, Stockholm | |
| Article, Art in Palliative Care, National Palliative News, Palliative Care Australia | |
| 2001 | Front cover image, Antipodes, A North American Journal of Australian Literature, New York, June, USA |
| The Visitors, Mural, Elizabeth College, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Bibliography | |
| 2006 | Sunday Arts Program, ABC TV |
| 2005 | Hungarian World in Australia and New Zealand, Panorama Media Mix, Budapest, Hungary |
| 2004 | Art craft and ecology meet at the Styx Forest, Adam Geczy, Art Monthly Australia, May 2004, No. 169 Art Monthly Australia |
| Dawn Csutoros: a' l'aube d'une nouvelle creativite, Jean Francoise Vernay, Correspondences Oceaniennes, Revue culturelle ne'o-caledonienne, La Creation, Avril | |
| Tree Hugs, Leatherwood Online, Tasmanian magazine, www.leatherwood.com | |
| 2003 | Dawn Csutoros art Her Art Projects, Stateline, ABC TV, 5 December |
| Art Reaches out to Community, Penny Thow, Glenorchy Gazette, January, Tasmania | |
| 2002 | A Creative Guru is helping revolutionise aged care, Margareta Poss, The Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Synergy, catalogue of collaboration between artists and scientists, CSIRO, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Art in Palliative Care, Dawn Csutoros, Palliative Care Australia | |
| Art in Health, Dawn Csutoros, Australian Network Art and Health Journal | |
| Art Monthly, Australia, July | |
| Magic Happens in Art Collaboration, Danny Rose, April 19, The Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 2001 | Life of an Artist, Hungarian Magazine, Community Television, Melbourne, Victoria |
| A Sense of Heightened Experience, Naohiko Doki, July 5, Asahi Newspaper, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Sea of calm washes over drab grey wall, Patrick Cranny, July 21, The Saturday Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| 2000 | Silent Friction, Joerg Andersch, May 27, The Saturday Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 1999 | Hungarians in Focus, Marffy Attila, July, Magyar Elet, Budapest, Hungary |
| 1997 | Fine Arts School Exhibit, October 16, The Star, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Hue's Hue, Joerg Andersch, October 11, The Saturday Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Affinity, Joerg Andersch, October 11, The Saturday Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Have a Seat, Joerg Andersch, September 27, The Saturday Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| Well-travelled Couch Takes Art to the Streets, Georgia Warner, August 28, Bay-City Star, Hobart, Tasmania (front page) | |
| Community/Cultural Public Art | |
| 2003 | The River — Life Force of Fitzroy A giant groundpainting (380 sq metres) at Guwardi Ngadu Frail Aged Hostel, Fitzroy Crossing . Due to the multiple modes of' being of a place', a strong sense of connectedness to the land can continue through the creative collaboration across all generations and the four different language groups within the Fitzroy Crossing community. |
| 2003 | Tree Hugs An art project with the Wilderness Society involving community members, local Tasmanian, national and international. People young and old, male and female, knitted red sections which were pieced together to form metre long hugs. These 'hugs' were then wrapped around a part of old growth forest in the Styx Valley, Tasmania, to form a straight red line through the forest, A line of protection, of care, of no to further logging. Knitting has been part of our cultural heritage for generations and is an intimate and caring form of making. The Knitted red hugs also played against the coloured tape used to earmark the trees for harvesting. This panorama of hugs was then filmed over a 19 hour period and then condensed to form a video of 15 minutes, showing the beautiful hugs made from the community in the forest through the shifting light of night to day. |
| 2003 | Liminal — Thresholds of Being An eight week residency on the Onology Ward, creating a body of large pastel and pigment pictures in response to the patients their families, friends and staff at the Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania. |
| 2003 | Kosagi — Little Egret Bridge to Japan International art collaboration between elderly residents from aged care facilities in Akashi, Japan and Strathcare, Hobart. This projected featured paper based artworks around the theme of the little egret which migrates between the two countries. Works included life size papier mache sculptures, origami, composite photography, aural histories, sound scapes, recordings of community radio programmes, and the setting up of a recording station by the Hobart residents themselves and local school children. |
| 2002 | Creative Guru Position of creative arts project officer with all three facilities of Strathcare Aged Care Facilities around Tasmania reconfiguring the face of the elderly within the broader community using the arts as the main vehicle of expression. |
| 2002 | Older Persons and Disabled Sector Officer - Position held with Cadence 99.3FM community radio. |
| 2002 | Mountain Magic Collaborative project with elderly and schoolchildren, Vaucluse Gardens Lodge Pty Ltd (aged care facility) and school children from Goulburn St, Primary School. |
| Teaching Experience | |
| 2001-2007 | Art tutor, TAFE, Council of Adult Education, Melbourne, Victoria and Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2000 | Manager and teacher, Creative Art Classes for Children, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 1999 | Relief teacher, Elizabeth College, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 1993/2 | Part time primary school teacher, Melbourne, Victorian Education Department |
| 1982-5 | Full time art room and classroom teacher, Melbourne, Victorian Education Department |
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