Artist's Curriculum Vitae Dawn Wood
Dawn Wood BSc (Hons) MSc PhD DHyp
Born 1963 in Omagh, County Tyrone
Professional Qualifications:
1982-1986 Queen’s University Belfast – BSc (Hons) in Microbiology
1986-1989 Dundee University – MSc Biochemistry
2002-2008 University of Abertay Dundee – Doctor of Philosophy The Science and Poetry of Animal Husbandry, Centre for Natural design, Visual Research Unit, Dundee Contemporary Arts
2014 Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy (Hypnotherapy Scotland)
Professional Employment History:
1989-2000 Lecturer, University of Dundee
2000-2014 Lecturer, University of Abertay Dundee
2014 - 2020 Art tutor, Carse Association for Continuing Education (part-time)
2017- 2019 Tutor in poetics/ creative writing at School of Humanities, University of Dundee (part-time)
2016 - present Tutor Dundee Medical School, Postgraduate Course in Medical Education (part-time)
Professional Activities:
Member of Society of Scottish Artists
Fellow of Higher Education Academy
Art Exhibitions
2008, 2009, 2010, Heartwood, Perthshire Open Studios, Perthshire
2008, Carousel at the Cathedral by Dawn Wood, St Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee
2008- 2017 Winter and Spring exhibitions Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen
2011 A Belly-full of only Rain poetry and prints by Dawn Wood, Hannah McLure Centre, University of Abertay, Dundee
2011, 2012, 2014, 20:20 Print Exchange Hotbed Press, Salford
2013 A Print for Maggie’s Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre, Dundee
2014 Lenten Reredos, St Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee, April 2014
2014 Art at Clova Cottage, Beth McFarland and Dawn Wood, Perthshire Open Studios, Sept 2014
2014 Litany of a Cathedral, Curate the Campus Exhibition, University of Abertay, Dundee, Sept 2014
2012,1014 Winter Print Studio Exhibition, Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre, Dundee
2015 St Paul’s Cathedral Dundee, 160th Anniversary Exhibition, Oct 2015
2016 On the Cusp, Dawn Wood and Mary Meigle, Nilupul Centre, Dundee, April – June 2016
2017 Dawn Wood Wings of the Cathedral St Paul’s Cathedral, April 2017.
Poetry Grants and Awards
Carnegie Trust, 2004, travel grant towards PhD research
Carnegie Trust, 2010, for publication of Hermes with Gift, a poetry/science collaboration
NI Arts Council, 2016, grant for writing Flora MacDonald Libretto
Creative Scotland, 2020, with ‘Turning the Elements’, grant for poetry, as part of music composition and performance project ‘No Trees to Whisper’.
Dawn Wood BSc (Hons) MSc PhD DHyp
Born 1963 in Omagh, County Tyrone
Professional Qualifications:
1982-1986 Queen’s University Belfast – BSc (Hons) in Microbiology
1986-1989 Dundee University – MSc Biochemistry
2002-2008 University of Abertay Dundee – Doctor of Philosophy The Science and Poetry of Animal Husbandry, Centre for Natural design, Visual Research Unit, Dundee Contemporary Arts
2014 Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy (Hypnotherapy Scotland)
Professional Employment History:
1989-2000 Lecturer, University of Dundee
2000-2014 Lecturer, University of Abertay Dundee
2014 - 2020 Art tutor, Carse Association for Continuing Education (part-time)
2017- 2019 Tutor in poetics/ creative writing at School of Humanities, University of Dundee (part-time)
2016 - present Tutor Dundee Medical School, Postgraduate Course in Medical Education (part-time)
Professional Activities:
Member of Society of Scottish Artists
Fellow of Higher Education Academy
Art Exhibitions
2008, 2009, 2010, Heartwood, Perthshire Open Studios, Perthshire
2008, Carousel at the Cathedral by Dawn Wood, St Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee
2008- 2017 Winter and Spring exhibitions Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen
2011 A Belly-full of only Rain poetry and prints by Dawn Wood, Hannah McLure Centre, University of Abertay, Dundee
2011, 2012, 2014, 20:20 Print Exchange Hotbed Press, Salford
2013 A Print for Maggie’s Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre, Dundee
2014 Lenten Reredos, St Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee, April 2014
2014 Art at Clova Cottage, Beth McFarland and Dawn Wood, Perthshire Open Studios, Sept 2014
2014 Litany of a Cathedral, Curate the Campus Exhibition, University of Abertay, Dundee, Sept 2014
2012,1014 Winter Print Studio Exhibition, Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre, Dundee
2015 St Paul’s Cathedral Dundee, 160th Anniversary Exhibition, Oct 2015
2016 On the Cusp, Dawn Wood and Mary Meigle, Nilupul Centre, Dundee, April – June 2016
2017 Dawn Wood Wings of the Cathedral St Paul’s Cathedral, April 2017.
Poetry Grants and Awards
Carnegie Trust, 2004, travel grant towards PhD research
Carnegie Trust, 2010, for publication of Hermes with Gift, a poetry/science collaboration
NI Arts Council, 2016, grant for writing Flora MacDonald Libretto
Creative Scotland, 2020, with ‘Turning the Elements’, grant for poetry, as part of music composition and performance project ‘No Trees to Whisper’.