dawn chandler
art of the land and spirit of a woman of northern new mexico


about the artist

Dawn Chandler was born in Bridgewater, New Jersey in 1964. She received her BFA with honors in painting in 1988 from Miami University of Ohio. In 1992 she was awarded a fellowship to and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine. In 1993 she received her MFA in painting from the University of Pennsylvania. From 1997 to 2003 she served as the Executive Director of the Philmont Staff Association based out of Cimarron, New Mexico. Dawn has lived in Taos, New Mexico since 1994, where she works full time as an artist, designer, and maker of hand-crafted soaps.

When not actively pursuing artistic endeavors, Dawn fills her time with—among other infinite interests—writing, hiking & training for triathlons; she holds a third degree black belt in Taekwondo.

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