Select Juried Exhibitions
2017 Black Tie (optional) Invitational Exhibit at the Adam Peck Gallery, Provincetown MA
2015 Organic to Geometric: Investigations in Structure and Surface, Endicott College, Beverly MA
Minimal/Maximal, Castle Hill Truro Center for the Arts, Juried by Mike Carroll, Truro MA
2014 Transformation, Sharon Arts, Sharon, NH
Swept Away: Translucence, Transparency, Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ
2013 Swept Away: Translucence, Transparency, Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic Invitational Exhibit at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Curated by Michael Giaquinto, Organized by Joanne Mattera, Dennis MA
Seven, Castle Hill Truro Center for the Arts, Juried by Shawn Hill, Truro MA
2012 Appearances: Provincetown Green Arts Festival, Provincetown MA
2011 12 x12 Show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA
New England Collective II, Juried by Joanne Mattera, Galatea Fine Art, Boston MA
2010 NEW @ FAC, Fairfield Arts Council, Fairfield CT
2009 Heat Stroke, Juried by Katherine French, Saco Museum, Saco ME
2008 WAX-IT ‘08, Mill Brook Gallery, Concord NH
Select Group Exhibitions
2013 Holding Pattern, Two-Person Exhibit with Charyl Weissbach, Newton Free Library Main Hall, Newton MA
Material Matters, Lewis Gallery, Portland ME
2012 Whimsy in Wax, Essex Center for the Arts, Lawrence MA
2008 The Diptych Project, Whitney Gallery, Portland ME and Brian Marki Gallery, Portland OR
2007 New England Wax: Encaustic II, Galletly Gallery, New Hampton NH
Bibliography
2015 Artscope Magazine Mar 2015, Organic to Geometic at Endicott: Dawna Bemis Celebrates Her Upbringing, Taryn Plumb
2012 Encaustic Works 2012, A Biennial Exhibition in Print, Selected by Joanne Mattera; R&F Gallery, Kingston NY, Featured artist
Education
1986-1988 College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, ME
Painting and Drawing coursework
1988-1992 University of Maine at Orono Orono, ME
B.A. Anthropology
Concentration in Art History
Coursework in Painting and Drawing