Born in the midwest, Dawn (Wallis) Kureshy grew up in a suburb of St Louis where she was encouraged to study to get a "real job". After graduating from University of Missouri at Kansas City with a BS in Medical Technology Dawn had a successful career in laboratory science and later sales and sales management.
She was always pulled towards creativity and painting so she took classes at the San Diego Art Department where she began weekly classes taught by San Diego Artist Ari Kate Ashton.
This was a turning point as Kate encouraged her to move beyond the safety net of representational work she was attempting and come out onto the ledge with abstract work. Kate describes Dawn's style as "fearless and infused with energy". Her style is that of an abstract expressionist. She works in acrylics creating layers of richly textured often ethereal images many inspired by photos of the universe taken by the hubble telescope.
Dawn is a member of the San Diego Art Department, The San Diego Art Institute and the Ray Street Artists.
Her work has been featured in juried regional exhibitions at the Museum of the Living Artist.
Most recently her work was juried into the San Diego Art Institutes' 51st Annual International Exhibition.
She was always pulled towards creativity and painting so she took classes at the San Diego Art Department where she began weekly classes taught by San Diego Artist Ari Kate Ashton.
This was a turning point as Kate encouraged her to move beyond the safety net of representational work she was attempting and come out onto the ledge with abstract work. Kate describes Dawn's style as "fearless and infused with energy". Her style is that of an abstract expressionist. She works in acrylics creating layers of richly textured often ethereal images many inspired by photos of the universe taken by the hubble telescope.
Dawn is a member of the San Diego Art Department, The San Diego Art Institute and the Ray Street Artists.
Her work has been featured in juried regional exhibitions at the Museum of the Living Artist.
Most recently her work was juried into the San Diego Art Institutes' 51st Annual International Exhibition.
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Juried into Museum of Living Artist Regional Exhibit August 2010
