EDUCATION
Illinois State University, Normal, IL, College of Fine Arts
M.F.A., Studio Art, May 2005
Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR, Department of Art
B.F.A., Photography, June 2002; Degree partially fulfilled through cooperative coursework at The Northwest Film Center, Portland, OR
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History (Fall, 2008 to present)
Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History (Fall, 2006 to Spring, 2008)
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Instructional Assistant Professor, School of Art (Fall 2005 to Spring 2006)
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Instructor of Record, School of Art, (Fall, 2003 to Spring 2005)
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Fall, 2002; Spring, 2003; Spring, 2004; Fall, 2004)
EXHIBITION RECORD
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
Goldfields, Screen Space, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (2012)
This Is Nowhere (Everybody Knows), Orange Coast College Photography Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA (April, 2011)
I-55 Back/Forth (Site-specific video installation), Violet Poe Projects, Bloomington, IL (March, 2011)
Benjamin Gardner and Dawn Roe: The Conjuring, Dog & Pony Projects, Buffalo, NY (January, 2011)
The Tree Alone (New Work: A Series of Monthly Exhibitions of Contemporary Art), Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL (September, 2010)
Dawn Roe - Art in Chambers, Winter Park City Hall, Winter Park, FL (January, 2010)
Dawn Roe and Catharine Stebbins, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR (June, 2009)
This Is Nowhere (Everybody Knows), SE1 Gallery, London, U.K. (April, 2009)
Interior Landscape, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo, TX (May, 2007)
Dawn Roe, “Imminent Significance(s)” and Suzanne Rose, “Close to Home”, Wisconsin Arts Board Lobby, Madison, WI (April, 2007)
Imminent Significance(s), MetroLex Gallery, Lexington, KY (October, 2006)
Dawn Roe – Recent Photographs – MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL (May, 2005)
Marshall-Dulaney Pitcher Art Award Recipient Exhibition (with co-recipient MatthewShalzi), University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
(May, 2005)
Selected Group Exhibitions
Change of Pace, (Juror, David Bram, Editor of Fraction Magazine), Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, Detroit, MI (June, 2012)
Fifth Annuale, (Juror, Kevin Miller, Director of the Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona FL), Light Factory Contemporary Museum of Photography and Film, Charlotte, NC (May, 2012) - Catalog
Too Close To Home, Coop Gallery, Asheville, NC (May, 2012)
SPE Women’s Caucus Exhibition, Minna Street Gallery, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA (March, 2012)
Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO (December, 2011)
From These Hills, (Curated by Amy Moorefield, Director and Chief Curator of the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University),
William King Museum, Abingdon, VA (October, 2011) - Catalog
Indefinite Boundaries, (106) Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI (September, 2011)
AGROUND: 16th Annual Exhibition, (Juror, Karen Irvine, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL), Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA (August, 2011)
Darkness on the Edge of Town, Beam Contemporary, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (July, 2011)
Transplanted, Launch Projects Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada (May, 2011)
Georgia 13 Video Exhibition,Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, GA (January, 2011)
InLight Richmond, Public Art Exhibition of Citywide Outdoor Projections, Sponsored by 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA (October, 2010) - Catalog
Hyper-Real World: Landscape as Commodity,Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (October, 2010) - Brochure
In Our Backyard, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL (July, 2010) - Brochure
Florida Contemporary 2010, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL (May, 2010)
New Directions 2010: Down+Out, (Juror, Dr. Carol McCusker, Curator of Photography, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA)
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR (February, 2010) and Wall Space Gallery, Seattle, WA (January, 2010)
Without a Trace: Artists Imagine a World Without Us, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL (January, 2010)
24th International Juried Show, (Juror, Susan Kismaric, Curator in The Department of Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY)
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ (January, 2010)
Biographic, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO (September, 2009)
Art in Academia – SECAC Members Exhibition, (Juror, Dr. Paul Richardson, Chief Curator of The Mobile Museum of Art), Space 301, Mobile, AL (September, 2009) - Catalog
Halpert Biennial, (Juror: Jeffrey Grove, The Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia), Turchin Center, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC (May, 2009) - Brochure
Faculty Biennial 1, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (April, 2009)
Geoff Delanoy, Dawn Roe and Gabriella Soraci, NFCC Art Gallery, North Florida Community College, Madison, FL (March, 2009)
(H)4U, Pearlman Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (February, 2009)
Newspace Juried Exhibition (Juror: TJ Norris, Artist), Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR (June, 2008) - Catalog
ArtFutura 2008 (Juror: James Rondeau, Francis & Thomas Dittmer Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago), Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (May, 2008)
Self Evident: Contemporary American Self Portraiture, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY (February, 2008)
...and I am Blue…(Invitational Exhibition), McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL (May, 2007)
Physical Presence: The Figure in Contemporary Art (Juror: Ann Wolfe, Curator oExhibitions and Collections, Nevada Museum of Art), Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, AZ (April, 2007) - Brochure
Biennial 24 (Jurors: Meg Sheehy & Myra Casis, Co-Owners and Directors, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL), South Bend Regional Museum of Art,
South Bend, IN (March, 2007)- Brochure
Illuminance, (Juror: Cliff Deal, Division Director-Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Museum), Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX (February, 2007) - Catalog
Society for Photographic Education Northeast Invitational, Schumacher Gallery, Westover School, Middlebury, CT (January, 2007)
3rd LUC Print Biennial, Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL (October, 2006)
Alumni Biennial, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL (June, 2006)
Mighty Midwest Biennial, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI (June, 2006) - Catalog
Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition (Juror, Blake Fitch, Artist), Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX (January, 2006)
Intimate Immensities, Transpace Gallery, Normal, IL (March, 2006)
Being in Body, Kimball Visual Arts Center, Weber State University, Ogden, UT (January, 2006)
Faculty Biennial, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL (November, 2005)
Dorothy’s Red Shoes (Invitational Exhibition), McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL (October, 2005)
2005 Open Exhibition (On-line Exhibition), Photomedia Center, Erie, PA (September, 2005)
Lure of the Local, (Juror: Sean Ulmer, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, University of Michigan Museum of Art), River Gallery,
Chelsea, MI (June, 2005)
MFA Biennial, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL (October, 2004)
Emerging Illinois Artists (Juror: Staci Boris, Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL), McLean County Arts Center,
Bloomington, IL (May, 2004) - Brochure
Student Annual (Juror: Lane Relyea, Assistant Professor of Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL), University Galleries,
Illinois State University, Normal, IL (April, 2004)
Modus Vivendi – MFA Biennial, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL(October, 2002)
Recent Graduates (Invitational Exhibition), Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR (June, 2002)
BFA Thesis Exhibition, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR (June, 2002)
FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
Artist Development Grant, United Arts of Central Florida, Maitland, FL (February, 2012)
3rd Place Award, AGROUND: 16th Annual Photo Competition Exhibition (Selected by Juror, Karen Irvine, Curator at The Museum of Contemporary iiiiiPhotography, Chicago, IL), Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA (August, 2011)
The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Fellowship, Rabun Gap, GA (December, 2011)
Artist-in-Residence, Visual Arts Centre at LaTrobe University – Bendigo Campus, Victoria, Australia (May, 2011)
Critchfield Research Grant, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (February, 2011)
Critchfield Research Grant, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (February, 2010)
ACS/Mellon Foundation Faculty Renewal Grant, Collaborative Participant, ACS Faculty Renewal Initiative, Atlanta, GA (February, 2010)
President’s International Initiative Grant, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (December, 2010)
Palazzo-Rinaldi Summer Artist’s Residency, Noepoli Italy (June, 2009)
The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Fellowship, Rabun Gap, GA (May and December, 2009)
Faculty Technology Grant, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (April, 2009)
Critchfield Research Grant, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (February, 2009)
ACS/Mellon Foundation Faculty Renewal Grant, Principal Investigator, ACS Faculty Renewal Initiative, Atlanta, GA (February, 2009)
Service-Learning Grant, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (November, 2008)
Program and Professional Development Research Grant (Travel support to UNC-Chapel Hill for Aphasia and Photography course development), Beloit iiiiiCollege, Beloit, WI (March, 2008)
Program Funding and Exhibition Support (Support for Asheville Aphasia and Photography Workshop and Exhibition), Care Partners,
iiiiiAsheville, NC (May, 2008)
Program and Professional Development Research Grant (Support for exhibitions at Wisconsin Arts Board and Southern Light Gallery), Beloit College, iiiiiBeloit, WI (April, 2007)
Community Arts Assistance Grant (Support for exhibitions at Wisconsin Arts Board andSouthern Light Gallery), City of Chicago Department of Cultural iiiiiAffairs, Chicago, IL (May, 2007)
Program and Professional Development Research Grant (Support for exhibition at MetroLex Gallery), Beloit College, Beloit, WI (October, 2006)
Purchase Award, Being in Body, Kimball Visual Arts Center, Weber State University, Ogden, UT (February, 2006)
Alden B. Dow Creativity Center Fellowship and 10-Week Residency, Northwood Institute, Midland, MI (June, 2006)
Excellence Award, Mighty Midwest Biennial, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI (June, 2006)
Marshall-Dulaney Pitcher Art Award (Highest Honor in The School of Art), IllinoisState University, School of Art, Normal, IL (April, 2005)
Society for Photographic Education National Conference Student Scholarship, Society for Photographic Education, Miami University,
iiiiiOxford, OH (February, 2005)
Emerging Illinois Artists Merit Award (Selected by Juror, Staci Boris, Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL), McLean County Arts iiiiiCenter, Bloomington, IL (May, 2004)
Friends of the Arts Merit Award Scholarship, Illinois State University, School of Art, Normal, IL (April, 2004)
Full Tuition Waiver Fellowship and Graduate Assistantship, Illinois StateUniversity, School of Art, Normal, IL (August, 2002 to May, 2005)
Knight Opportunity Fund Scholarship, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR (October, 2002)
Mayer Scholarship, Marylhurst University Art Department, Marylhurst, OR (May, 1999 to May, 2002)
Jerome B. Steinbach Scholarship, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR (May, 1999)
Portland Teacher’s Credit Union Scholarship, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR (May, 1998 to May, 2002)
REFEREED PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS
Roe, D., Friedman, E. “Hold Still/Keep Going: Time and Memory in Contemporary Lens-Based Media”, Session Co-Chair for conference panel at Southeast College Art Conference, Meredith College, Durham, NC (October, 2012)
Whiteside, J., Pak Hin Kong, A., Helm-Estabrooks, N., Queen, J., Roe, D. “The Photograph as Language – Workshops for People with Chronic Aphasia”, Seminar prepared for presentation at The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference,
Philadelphia, PA (November, 2010)
Reed, J., Menjivar, M., Sprott, R., Roe, D. “Speaking for Myself: Shifting Narrative Power through Participatory Photography,” Panel Presentation, The American Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX (November, 2010)
Roe, D. “The Tree Alone”, 2010 Joint Annual Conference of Southeastern College Art Conference and Mid-America College Art Association, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (October, 2010)
Roe, D. “The Photograph as Language – Developing Communicative Methods of Camera Use for People With Aphasia”, Poster Presentation at The College Art Association National Conference, Chicago, IL (February, 2010)
Roe, D. “This Is Nowhere”, Southeastern College Art Conference National Conference, University of Southern Alabama, Mobile, AL
(October, 2009)
Helm-Estabrooks N., Roe D., Whiteside J., Queen J., Drew R. “Photography as a Means of Expression: Performance as Related to Aphasia Severity and Nonverbal Cognitive Status”, Poster Presentation for The Academy of Aphasia National Conference, Boston, MA (October, 2009)
Roe, D. “From Time to Time”, Framing Time and Place: Repeats and Returns in Photography, University of Plymouth, Plymouth U.K. (April, 2009)
INVITED LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS
Presenter, Interdisciplinary Scholarship Series, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (March, 2012)
Visiting Artist Lecture, Singer Lecture Series, Chambrel at Island Lake, Longwood, FL (February, 2012)
Panel Member, Likewise, as technical experts, but not (at all) by way of culture/an installation by Leigh-Ann Pahapill, Cornell Fine Arts
iiiiiMuseum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (January, 2012)
Visiting Artist Lecture (with co-resident Ann Shelton), The Visual Arts Centre of La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC, Australia (June, 2011)
The Tree Alone, Visual Culture Colloquium, Illinois State University, University Galleries (March, 2011)
Visiting Artist Lecture, Texas State University, School of Art & Design, San Marcos, TX (November, 2010)
Visiting Artist Gallery Talk, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR (July, 2009)
Presenter, Summit on Transforming Learning, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (March, 2009)
Inspired By: Works that Propel Academic Inquiry (Instances of Now – Representations of Time in the Still and Moving Image), Beloit College, iiiiiBeloit, WI (October, 2007)
Alden B. Dow Creativity Center Fellows Presentation, Center for the Arts, Midland, MI (August, 2006)
Visiting Artist Lecture, Illinois State University, School of Art, Normal, IL (April, 2006)
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Contributor, MetaData, an editorial segment of Urbanatica - http://www.urbanautica.com/ (February, 2012 to Present)
Curator of Photographs and Video, Likewise, as technical experts, but not (at all) by way of culture/an installation by Leigh-Ann Pahapill, Cornell iiiiiFine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (January, 2012)
Co-founder (with Dr. Nancy Helm-Estabrooks), Asheville Aphasia and Photography Workshops, Care Partners, Asheville, NC (June, 2008 to Present)
Co-curator (with Kristoffer Holmgren, artist), Intimate Immensities, Transpace Gallery, Normal, IL (March, 2006)
Gallery Intern, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR (September 2001 to June, 2002)
Gallery Assistant, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR (September, 1998 to December, 1999)
Freelance Photographer, Portland, OR (August, 1998 to June, 2002)
PUBLICATIONS
Urbanautica, December, 2011.(http://www.urbanautica.com/post/13724018871/dawn-roe)
Fraction Magazine, Issue #29. August, 2011. http://www.fractionmagazine.com/artist/dawnroe
Fototazo Online Gallery, Fototazo #11. August, 2011. http://www.fototazo.com/p/gallery.html
F-Stop: A Photography Magazine, Issue #46. June, 2011. http://www.fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/46/contributors.html
Newspace Center for Photography: Exhibitions 2001 – 2011. Publication Studio: Portland, OR. 2011.
“Toward a More Familiar Ontology of Melancholia.” Methods of Being, Issue #2, p. 4. May, 2011. (http://www.methodsofbeing.com/)
F-Stop: A Photography Magazine, Issue #40. April, 2010. http://www.fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/40/contributors.html
Shots Magazine, The Self Portrait Issue #87, p.8. Spring, 2004.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bisson, Steve, Interview. Urbanautica: Metadata #5, 16 December, 2011. (http://www.urbanautica.com/post/14314689778/dawn-roe)
Johnson, Brittni, “Seniors With Dementia Take Rollins Photo Class”, Winter Park/Maitland Observer, 2 November 2011.
Broughman, Bridgette, Interview. Art Talks. GRTV Channel 25, Grand Rapids, MI. 16 August 2011.
“More Than Meets The Eye With Artists in Residence” (Radio interview with co-resident, Ann Shelton). 92.7 ABC Central Victoria, Bendigo, VIC iiiiiAustralia. 6 June 2011.
“Generation to Generation.” (Segment on the course, The Photograph as Language). Central Florida News 13. Bright House Networks, Orlando.
iiiii12 May 2009.
Staff. “Stroke Survivors Tell Their Stories With Photos.” UCF Newsroom. 29 April 2009. University of Central Florida.
iiiiihttp://news.ucf.edu/UCFnews/index.
Ingalls, Hunter, “Intentional Contradictions Stimulate Artist”, Amarillo Globe News, 23 June 2007.
Gillespie, Evan, “Outward Orientation: Local Museum’s Exhibition Looks to Environment, Culture, Technology”, South Bend Tribune, 25 March 2007.
Guzman, Monica, “Alden B. Dow Fellows to Explore Film, Poetry, Photography”, Midland Daily News, 15 June 2006.
CAMPUS LEADERSHIP/SERVICE EXPERIENCE
Judge, Spring Photography Exhibition, Lake Brantley High School, Altamonte Springs, FL (April, 2011)
Judge, Edible Book Contest, Olin Library, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (March, 2011)
Cornell Fine Arts Museum Academic Initiatives Committee Member, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (August, 2010 to Present)
Search Committee Member, Tenure-Track Reference Librarian Position, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (December, 2009 to Present)
Academic Appeals Committee Member, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (August, 2009 to Present)
Expressive Arts Representative, Academic Affairs Committee, Rollins College, Winter Park,FL (August, 2009 to Present)
Department of Art & Art History Representative, Cornell Fine Arts Museum Board of Visitors, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (August, 2009 to Present)
Editorial Board Member, specs Journal: Contemporary Arts and Culture, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (March, 2009 to Present)
Faculty Advisor, Brushing Journal, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (October, 2008 to Present)
Scholarship and Recruitment Committee Member, Illinois State University, Normal, IL (Fall, 2005 to Spring, 2006)
Photography Lab Manager, Illinois State University, School of Art, Normal, IL (Fall, 2005 to Spring, 2006)
Judge and Portfolio Reviewer (Representing Illinois State University School of Art), Chicago Public Schools All City High School Arts Competition,
iiiiiChicago, IL (October, 2005)
SEMINAR/WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION
Participant, Creating and Sustaining Respectful Teaching and Learning Environments, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL IIIII(September, 2011)
Participant, Rollins Diversity Committee Workshop, Recruitment and Retention of Faculty of Color, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
iiiii(September, 2008)
Commentator, Women Behind the Lens, Women’s and Gender History Symposium, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (October, 2005)
COLLECTIONS
Fulton County Arts Commission, Atlanta, GA
Weber State University, Ogden, UT
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Studies Association (2010 to Present)
College Art Association (2005 to Present)
Society for Photographic Education (2004 to Present)
Southeastern College Art Conference (2008 to Present)