Teresa Dunn

Biography

Teresa Dunn is a Mexican American artist raised in rural Southern Illinois. Her identity, life, and art are influenced by her racial and cultural heritages and the complexities of being a brown woman in the Midwest.

Teresa Dunn received her MFA from Indiana University Bloomington in 2002. She is a three-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Fellowship, received the Jacob K Javits Fellowship from the US Department of Education, a Sustainable Arts Foundation Winners, and recipient of the Puffin Foundation Limited Grant.

Dunn is affiliated Galerie l’Échaudé (Paris). Recent solo exhibitions venues include at Central Michigan University (2024), Buckham Gallery (2023 Michigan), First Street Gallery (2022), The Dennos Museum (2023 Michigan), University of Alabama Huntsville (2021), the Pendleton Center for the Arts (Oregon 2021); and Cover the Waterfront at the Zillman Art Museum (Maine 2020) which was reviewed in Art New England. Recent group exhibitions include at the National Arts Club (New York 2023) and The Painting Center in New York (2022). John Seed included Dunn in his publication More Disruption: Representation in Flux by Schiffer Publishing (2023). Dunn’s solo exhibition Étrange réalité at Galerie l’Échaudé (Paris 2012) was reviewed in French journals AZART and Miroir de l’Art. Dunn won Best in Show at the 2008 Biennial of Contemporary Realism at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Other notable exhibitions include the inaugural Miami University Young Painters Competition (2000). She was invited by All SHE Makes Magazine to be the featured cover artist in the inaugural issue with interview by Teri Henderson. Other publications include An Artist and a Mother (Demeter Press 2023), Friend of the Artist Magazine, and Paint Pulse Magazine. Dunn attended the Vermont Studio Center and Cuttyhunk Island Artist Residencies. She has conducted many artist lectures including at the University of Washington Seattle and the Rome Art Program in Rome, Italy.

Dunn’s work is included in collections including Central Michigan University, Paloozanoire, The Dennos Museum Center, the Zillman Art Museum, Kinsey Institute, Venice Baroque Orchestra, and Wright State University Art Galleries. Teresa Dunn is an Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at Michigan State University in East Lansing where she has taught since 2006.