Human Nature
February 3 – February 25, 2024

Human Nature is a video and sculpture installation that reflects on our relationship with nature. As the climate and natural world changes, our behaviors and relationships to nature are also changing.

This work is about calling out to nature in hopes of finding familiarity and reconnecting with ourselves and our environment. The installation blends a mix of humorous fairytale adventure and themes into one that is more holistically evolved, prompting us to reflect on our ability to rewrite the old myth of how we engage and inhabit the natural world.

About the Artist:

Dawn Whitmore is a Washington, DC-based interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the dynamics between cultural mythology and identity. Using soundscapes, photography, video, sculpture, painting, and drawing, she creates immersive spaces that invite the participant to enter an altered emotional landscape. Dawn received a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art in 2005. Her work has been shown nationally at the Mesa Museum of Contemporary Art (AZ), Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington (VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (DC), Area 405 (MD), and the Spring Gallery (NY). Her work has been published in The Guardian, The Washington Post, and The Virginia Quarterly Review. She is a recipient of multiple artist fellowship grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and the CAH-NEA CARES Act Grant.