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Education
2013 MFA in Studio Art, summa cum laude, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2009 BA in Art, magna cum laude, with honors, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
BA in English, magna cum laude, with honors, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Awards/Lectures/Residencies
2021 Humanities in the World Grant Recipient, Penn State Humanities Institute, Penn State University
2020 Conference Funding Recipient, Writing Program Committee's Mellon Grant, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2019 Guest Artist Lecturer - Senior Studio Seminar, Spring semester, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2018 Artist Lecture, Beyond the Screen, 3 person show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2017 Finalist for the Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2013 Guest Artist Lecturer - Senior Studio Seminar, Fall semester, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2012 Artist-in-Residence, Summer, Burren College of Art, Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2011 Studio Art Fellowship, 2 years, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Phi Beta Kappa inductee, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Selected Exhibitions
2021 Faculty Exhibition, Muhlenberg College Martin Art Gallery, Allentown, PA
Art Faculty Exhibition, Penn State Abington College Art Gallery, Abington, PA
Only If We Wish To, Equity Gallery, New York, NY, team-curated by: Hayley Ferber and Luciana Solano,
with curatorial residents Shane Allen, Cecilia André, Hadassah Backman, Shwarga Bhattacharjee,
Gosha Karpowicz, A. Morgan McKendry, and Alison Pirie
Capitolism: The Normalization of Political Violence in the United States, Maus Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2020 Going Sane, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA, curator: Jeremy Sims (moved online due to COVID-19)
Group Text, NAPOLEON (now Pink Noise Projects), Philadelphia, PA, curated by NAPOLEON members
2019 8th Annual Germantown Show, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
PAM Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2018 Beyond the Screen, 3 person show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Perennial Visions, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Dear Fleisher, invitational exhibition (within curated section), Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Creative Research, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
404: Category Not Found, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, juror: Eric Preisendanz
Under the Knife, Hicks Art Center Gallery, Bucks County Community College, Philadelphia, PA; curator: Sean Stoops
Connotations, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, juror: Gerard Silva
Hopelessly Hopeful, Gray Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, curator: Carole Loeffler
Paperscapes, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 4 person show, Philadelphia, PA, curator: Melissa Caldwell
2016 Don't Stop Me Now, Call for Bushwick, 195 Morgan Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Jurors: Sandro Bosi, Jeanne Brasile, Colin Thomas Darke, Benjamin Krause, & John Seed
Second Language, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, awarded honorable mention, Juror: Dr. J. Susan Isaacs
Drawing On and On, Wilson Gallery, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
tXtMe, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, Juror: Leisa Austin
2015 Small Works IV, Philadelphia Sculpture Gym Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Gilding Fissures: Variations on Existence, collaborative installation w/Yvonne Love & Laura Bernstein,
The Neighborhood House, Philadelphia, PA
Databody, Wilson Gallery, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Faculty Exhibition, Penn State Abington College, Abington, PA
The Symbiotic Relationship, Montgomery County Community College Art Gallery, Blue Bell, PA
2013 Dialogic, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ (exhibited with Lesley Dill, Jenny Holzer,
John Giorno, Glenn Ligon, Jaume Plensa, Meg Hitchcock, et al), curator: Mary Salvante
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2012 NASAD Qualifying Review, Widener Memorial Foundation Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Moore College Group Show, Studios at Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
MFA Sneak Peek, Wilson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ, Juror: Edwin Ramoran
2009 Hand Picked, Ken Jones Jr. Fine Art, Easton, PA
Group Show: Recent Works, JAG Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
2022 Muhlenberg Magazine, Spring 2022 issue, online and print versions, Allentown, PA
2020 Creative Quarterly, issue 60, November 2020, runner-up included in the online magazine
2015 "The Written Word", CODAmagazine, February 2015 issue, online magazine
2014 THE Magazine, March 2014 issue, online magazine, app publication for iPads
2013 Palimpsestual Responses, Moore College of Art & Design, Thesis, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Book of Burren, Vol. 2, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Muses: annual art/literary magazine, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2008 Muses: annual art/literary magazine, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Press
2017 "Essay: The changing nature of paper reflects the changing way we communicate," Pamela J. Forsythe for WHYY
NewsWorks, Feb. 28, 2017, web
2016 "Call for Bushwick 2016: Don’t Stop Me Now rises to the occasion in Bushwick Hipster Glory," Nick Rogers for Arte
Fuse, Oct. 4, 2016, web
2015 "Small but Mighty Artworks," Chip Schwartz for Knight Foundation Blog, Dec. 11, 2015, web
"Abington Artists, Poet Contemplate Loss and Renewal," Regina Broscius for Penn State News, September 25, 2015
CBS Philly News featured Gilding Fissures, host: Vittoria Woodill, September 9, 2015
"Five Philly Art Shows to See in June," Michael Tanenbaum for Philly Voice, June 9, 2015, web
2014 "InLiquid Artist Profile: Dawn Kramlich," Flying Kite Media Features, Nov. 4, 2014, online interview
"Benefit V. 14 Stand-Out Taste Artist: Dawn Kramlich," Erica Minutella for The InLiquid Blog, Jan. 28 2014,
online interview
Teaching/Relevant Experience
2014-22 Adjunct Professor, Painting/Drawing/Sculpture, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Lecturer, Art and Art Theory, Painting/Drawing/Sculpture, Penn State University, Abington College, Abington, PA
2019 Gallery Assistant for Maus Contemporary at EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017 Adjunct Professor, Visual Studies, Foundations 3D, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2017/18 Gallery Assistant for Maus Contemporary at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL
2016/17 Gallery Assistant for Maus Contemporary at VOLTA NY, New York City, NY
2015 Part of the PR Team for VOLTA NY, New York City, NY
2012 Teaching Assistantship, Painting 1, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, Assistant Instructor, Family Jams program, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Guest Critic for Design I, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
Public Collections
2015 Laser-cut Commission, The Logan Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Private Collections
2021 Grant F. Scott Collection, Allentown, PA
Sampson/Kim Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Private Collection, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Private Collection, Jonestown, PA
2019 Arlene and Bernie Solomon, Philadelphia, PA
2018 commissioned painting based on William Cullen Bryant's poem "Thanatopsis," SaraLouise Howells, Morgantown, PA
2017 Private Collection, Walnutport, PA
2017 Timothy Schwartz, Allentown, PA
2014 Synergy #1, #2 and #3, laser-cut edition prints commissioned by InLiquid for their 15th anniversary, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Fusion: Unify and Evolve, commissioned painting, Glenys and Mike McMenamy, Houston, TX
2009 Private Collection, Emmaus, PA
2009 Private Collection, Catasauqua, PA
2013 MFA in Studio Art, summa cum laude, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2009 BA in Art, magna cum laude, with honors, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
BA in English, magna cum laude, with honors, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Awards/Lectures/Residencies
2021 Humanities in the World Grant Recipient, Penn State Humanities Institute, Penn State University
2020 Conference Funding Recipient, Writing Program Committee's Mellon Grant, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2019 Guest Artist Lecturer - Senior Studio Seminar, Spring semester, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2018 Artist Lecture, Beyond the Screen, 3 person show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2017 Finalist for the Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2013 Guest Artist Lecturer - Senior Studio Seminar, Fall semester, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2012 Artist-in-Residence, Summer, Burren College of Art, Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2011 Studio Art Fellowship, 2 years, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Phi Beta Kappa inductee, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Selected Exhibitions
2021 Faculty Exhibition, Muhlenberg College Martin Art Gallery, Allentown, PA
Art Faculty Exhibition, Penn State Abington College Art Gallery, Abington, PA
Only If We Wish To, Equity Gallery, New York, NY, team-curated by: Hayley Ferber and Luciana Solano,
with curatorial residents Shane Allen, Cecilia André, Hadassah Backman, Shwarga Bhattacharjee,
Gosha Karpowicz, A. Morgan McKendry, and Alison Pirie
Capitolism: The Normalization of Political Violence in the United States, Maus Contemporary, Birmingham, AL
2020 Going Sane, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA, curator: Jeremy Sims (moved online due to COVID-19)
Group Text, NAPOLEON (now Pink Noise Projects), Philadelphia, PA, curated by NAPOLEON members
2019 8th Annual Germantown Show, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
PAM Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2018 Beyond the Screen, 3 person show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Perennial Visions, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Dear Fleisher, invitational exhibition (within curated section), Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Creative Research, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
404: Category Not Found, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, juror: Eric Preisendanz
Under the Knife, Hicks Art Center Gallery, Bucks County Community College, Philadelphia, PA; curator: Sean Stoops
Connotations, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, juror: Gerard Silva
Hopelessly Hopeful, Gray Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, curator: Carole Loeffler
Paperscapes, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 4 person show, Philadelphia, PA, curator: Melissa Caldwell
2016 Don't Stop Me Now, Call for Bushwick, 195 Morgan Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Jurors: Sandro Bosi, Jeanne Brasile, Colin Thomas Darke, Benjamin Krause, & John Seed
Second Language, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, awarded honorable mention, Juror: Dr. J. Susan Isaacs
Drawing On and On, Wilson Gallery, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
tXtMe, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, Juror: Leisa Austin
2015 Small Works IV, Philadelphia Sculpture Gym Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Gilding Fissures: Variations on Existence, collaborative installation w/Yvonne Love & Laura Bernstein,
The Neighborhood House, Philadelphia, PA
Databody, Wilson Gallery, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Faculty Exhibition, Penn State Abington College, Abington, PA
The Symbiotic Relationship, Montgomery County Community College Art Gallery, Blue Bell, PA
2013 Dialogic, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ (exhibited with Lesley Dill, Jenny Holzer,
John Giorno, Glenn Ligon, Jaume Plensa, Meg Hitchcock, et al), curator: Mary Salvante
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2012 NASAD Qualifying Review, Widener Memorial Foundation Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Moore College Group Show, Studios at Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
MFA Sneak Peek, Wilson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ, Juror: Edwin Ramoran
2009 Hand Picked, Ken Jones Jr. Fine Art, Easton, PA
Group Show: Recent Works, JAG Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
2022 Muhlenberg Magazine, Spring 2022 issue, online and print versions, Allentown, PA
2020 Creative Quarterly, issue 60, November 2020, runner-up included in the online magazine
2015 "The Written Word", CODAmagazine, February 2015 issue, online magazine
2014 THE Magazine, March 2014 issue, online magazine, app publication for iPads
2013 Palimpsestual Responses, Moore College of Art & Design, Thesis, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Book of Burren, Vol. 2, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Muses: annual art/literary magazine, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2008 Muses: annual art/literary magazine, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Press
2017 "Essay: The changing nature of paper reflects the changing way we communicate," Pamela J. Forsythe for WHYY
NewsWorks, Feb. 28, 2017, web
2016 "Call for Bushwick 2016: Don’t Stop Me Now rises to the occasion in Bushwick Hipster Glory," Nick Rogers for Arte
Fuse, Oct. 4, 2016, web
2015 "Small but Mighty Artworks," Chip Schwartz for Knight Foundation Blog, Dec. 11, 2015, web
"Abington Artists, Poet Contemplate Loss and Renewal," Regina Broscius for Penn State News, September 25, 2015
CBS Philly News featured Gilding Fissures, host: Vittoria Woodill, September 9, 2015
"Five Philly Art Shows to See in June," Michael Tanenbaum for Philly Voice, June 9, 2015, web
2014 "InLiquid Artist Profile: Dawn Kramlich," Flying Kite Media Features, Nov. 4, 2014, online interview
"Benefit V. 14 Stand-Out Taste Artist: Dawn Kramlich," Erica Minutella for The InLiquid Blog, Jan. 28 2014,
online interview
Teaching/Relevant Experience
2014-22 Adjunct Professor, Painting/Drawing/Sculpture, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Lecturer, Art and Art Theory, Painting/Drawing/Sculpture, Penn State University, Abington College, Abington, PA
2019 Gallery Assistant for Maus Contemporary at EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017 Adjunct Professor, Visual Studies, Foundations 3D, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2017/18 Gallery Assistant for Maus Contemporary at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL
2016/17 Gallery Assistant for Maus Contemporary at VOLTA NY, New York City, NY
2015 Part of the PR Team for VOLTA NY, New York City, NY
2012 Teaching Assistantship, Painting 1, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, Assistant Instructor, Family Jams program, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Guest Critic for Design I, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
Public Collections
2015 Laser-cut Commission, The Logan Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Private Collections
2021 Grant F. Scott Collection, Allentown, PA
Sampson/Kim Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Private Collection, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Private Collection, Jonestown, PA
2019 Arlene and Bernie Solomon, Philadelphia, PA
2018 commissioned painting based on William Cullen Bryant's poem "Thanatopsis," SaraLouise Howells, Morgantown, PA
2017 Private Collection, Walnutport, PA
2017 Timothy Schwartz, Allentown, PA
2014 Synergy #1, #2 and #3, laser-cut edition prints commissioned by InLiquid for their 15th anniversary, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Fusion: Unify and Evolve, commissioned painting, Glenys and Mike McMenamy, Houston, TX
2009 Private Collection, Emmaus, PA
2009 Private Collection, Catasauqua, PA
Contact Information:
Please email dawnkramlich[at]gmail[dot]com for any and all inquiries
