Dawn Nichols Walden

Dawn Nichols Walden
Born1949 (1949)
Vulcan, Michigan
Known forBasket weaving

Dawn Nichols Walden (b. 1949, Vulcan, Michigan)[1] is an artist known for her basketry and fiber art. She studied at Ferris State University. In 2014 her work was included in the exhibition Elementals: Women Sculpting Animism at the Cavin-Morris Gallery in New York City.[2][3] In 2016 her work was included in the exhibition Woven: The Art of Contemporary Native Basketry at Clark College. It was curated in collaboration with the I.M.N.D.N. Exhibition Series.[4][5] In 2017 her work was included in the exhibition Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art.[6] The show traveled to the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.[7] In 2018 she received a United States Artists Fellowship.[8]

Her work, Random Order XIII, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Dawn Nichols Walden". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "Dawn Walden". National Basketry Organization. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Soulé, Barbara (February 7, 2018). "Woven: The Art of Contemporary Native Basketry". Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "Woven: The Art of Contemporary Native Basketry". I.M.N.D.N. – Native Art for the 21st Century. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  5. ^ "Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America – LRMA". Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America". Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  7. ^ "Dawn Nichols Walden". United States Artists. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  8. ^ Savig, Mary; Atkinson, Nora; Montiel, Anya (2022). This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. pp. 228–238. ISBN 9781913875268.
  9. ^ "Random Order XIII". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved January 9, 2023.