Born in Winnipeg, Dawn Dudek is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. Her career began as Jr. Art Director for MAC cosmetics after which she joined TOPIX/Mad Dog studio as Director of Broadcast Animation for clients including Paramount Pictures, MTV and General Mills foods. A move to Maclaren McCann Interactive (MMI) followed as Art Director for clients Nesquik, General Motors and RBC.

In 2001 Dudek relocated to France to focus on her art where she lived until 2020. Now living back in Canada on Vancouver Island, her multi-disciplinary work is sculpted with time and imagery, revealing storybook-style moments of discovery.

Dawn has exhibited in Canada, the UK, Australia and throughout Europe, including twice at the prestigious Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in the Carrousel du Louvre, followed by a solo exhibition of her Filmscapes paintings at the 63rd FESTIVAL DE CANNES. Dawn was Artist In Residence at the Fremantle Arts Centre (Jan. – June 2022/Dec – March 2022/23) and AIR at Sointula Art Shed on Malcolm Island, Canada for August 2022 and August 2023

During these residencies, she continued to work on her project “Distance + Displacement,” which was exhibited at ECU Gallery 25 in Perth, Australia, February 2023, and won the acclaimed Fringe World Award 2023 for Visual Arts and Film.

Dawn was recently featured in Artlyst’s “Contemporary Artists in the Spotlight 2023” and continues to assist the Marine Education and Research Society with visual storytelling while creating artwork for multiple projects including an upcoming animated short film project titled ‘Oceanum voces’.