Artist Statement
My writing reflects my experiences with my radical miscarriage, difficult pregnancy, natural home water birth, and exclusive breastfeeding and how this relates to pop culture. I also explore topics of empathy, courage, vulnerability, loss, friendship and building community around these topics.
The Venus of Willendorf, the first sculpture/piece of art ever created by humans and also predates the concept of "Venus," plays a major role in my watercolors and pen drawings. Is she a fertility goddess? Is she floating in water? Is she an elder? Is she a self portrait? She has influenced my Little Lentil Landscapes, underwater alien other-worlds, My Animal, Grieving, Hairy, Alien Women and Warrior Mothers.
Bio
Dawn Victoria Mee Wah Stewart-Lookkin is an artist, writer, singer, activist, hapa, crafter and darner. She lives in her childhood neighborhood with her partner, newborn baby and cat. Her original illustrations are featured in the short film "Grandpa's Garlic" by Hye Yun Park. This fall, Dawn and her partner return to Joe's Pub as singers and activists with Rev. Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir. She is a native New Yorker.
DAWN STEWART-LOOKKIN, (b. 1982, USA)
dawn@dslookkin.com | www.dslookkin.com
EDUCATION
2005
BA in Studio Art, Smith College
2004
Kansai Gaidai University’s Academic Achievement Scholar, Hirakata City, Osaka, Japan
Studied traditional Sumi-e brush painting, ceramics and Japanese.
2001
US Congress-Bundestag Exchange Scholar, Karlsbad, Germany
Studied Art and German.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005
Senior Art Show, Smith College, Northampton, MA
The Laundry Show, Northampton, MA
1996
Chesapeake Bay Photo Exhibit, Chesapeake, MD
AWARDS
2001- 2005
Unitarian Universalist Stanfield and D’Orlando Art Scholarship, Northampton, MA
2000
Packer Collegiate Institute’s Art Excellence Award, Brooklyn, NY