Dawn Roe

Dawn Roe (b. 1971, Sault Ste. Marie, MI) was born and raised amidst what are now known as the Great Lakes where she developed a long term interest in land/water relations between human and more-than-human communities. With recognition of her response-abilities as a white woman from settler ancestry, Roe approaches land and water tentatively, as an uninvited guest. Her current work in North America seeks to develop methods of respectful engagement with place centering longstanding ethics of care as vital to the past and present health of waterways within, throughout, and beyond the continent. Working with still photographs and digital video in both singular and combined forms, her projects examine the role of these media in shaping personal and social understandings of our environment through site-responsive engagement. Her work has been widely exhibited and screened throughout the U.S. and internationally. She currently serves as Professor of Art at Rollins College.