Dawn Nichols Walden

Dawn Nichols Walden (b. 1949, Vulcan, Michigan)[1] is an artist known for her basketry and fiber art. She studied at Ferris State University. In 2014 her work was included in the exhibition Elementals: Women Sculpting Animism at the Cavin-Morris Gallery in New York City.[2][3] In 2016 her work was included in the exhibition Woven: The Art of Contemporary Native Basketry at Clark College. It was curated in collaboration with the I.M.N.D.N. Exhibition Series.[4][5] In 2017 her work was included in the exhibition Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art.[6] The show traveled to the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.[7] In 2018 she received a United States Artists Fellowship.[8]

Dawn Nichols Walden
Born1949 (1949)
Vulcan, Michigan
Known forBasket weaving

Her work, Random Order XIII, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.[9][10]

References
  1. "Dawn Nichols Walden". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  2. "Dawn Walden". National Basketry Organization. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  3. Soulé, Barbara (February 7, 2018). "Woven: The Art of Contemporary Native Basketry". Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  4. "Woven: The Art of Contemporary Native Basketry". I.M.N.D.N. – Native Art for the 21st Century. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  5. "Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America – LRMA". Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  6. "Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America". Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  7. "Dawn Nichols Walden". United States Artists. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  8. Savig, Mary; Atkinson, Nora; Montiel, Anya (2022). This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. pp. 228–238. ISBN 9781913875268.
  9. "Random Order XIII". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
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