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Dawn Gavin is the inaugural Smith-Buonanno Family Director of Contemporary Practices. Her work investigates issues of loss, appropriation, identity, and displacement, employing a range of media from collage and installed drawings to digital video. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally, including at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and the DCA Visual Research Centre (Scotland). She received a Bachelor of Arts in Drawing and Painting, a Master of Fine Arts, and a Master of Science in Electronic Imaging from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Scotland.

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For more than 155 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers, and scholars. Located in downtown Chicago with a fine arts graduate program ranked number two in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, SAIC provides an interdisciplinary approach to art and design as well as world-class resources, including the Art Institute of Chicago museum, on-campus galleries, and state-of-the-art facilities. SAIC’s undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate students have the freedom to take risks and create the bold ideas that transform Chicago and the world, and adults, teens, and kids in our Continuing Studies classes have the opportunity to explore their creative sides, build portfolios, and advance their skills. Notable alumni and faculty include Georgia O’Keeffe, Nick Cave, David Sedaris, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Cynthia Rowley, Michelle Grabner, Richard Hunt, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Jeff Koons.

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