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Dawn DeDeaux is a nationally exhibiting artist born and based in New Orleans whose work explores the cultural, environmental, and social conditions shaping contemporary and future life. Drawing from cataclysmic events such as Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon “Οil Spill”, Louisiana’s vanishing coastline, and broader planetary crises, DeDeaux has been at the forefront of envisioning a post-Anthropocene world through immersive installations, video, photography, performance, and sculpture. Her work has been exhibited at the 61st Venice Art Biennale and institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Hammer Museum, Ballroom Marfa, and the New Orleans Museum of Art, which hosted her 2022 retrospective The Space Between Worlds. The exhibition was accompanied by the monograph Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds, published by Hatje Cantz. Her ongoing MotherShip Series was recently presented over a two-year period at MASS MoCA and at the Transart Foundation for Art and Anthropology. DeDeaux has also been an artist-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation. Alongside her studio practice, DeDeaux is an educator, lecturer, and collaborator with scientific and environmental organizations focused on climate change, coastal erosion, and public health. She has taught and presented at institutions including Princeton University, the School of Visual Arts / New York, the University of North Carolina, and Tulane University. She is a founder of the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, the artist residency Camp Abundance, and served on the Board of Directors of Prospect New Orleans.