Exhibitions

Solo

Exhibitions

  • Retrospective Exhibition: Dawn MacNutt, Mt. St. Vincent University Gallery, Halifax, January-March 2025; Owens Art Gallery, Sackville,  N.B. May-September, 2026

  • A Fortunate Adversity COVID 19, Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, N.S., May 2020

  • Dawn MacNutt, Studio Lab Gallery, New Glasgow, N.S., 2019

  • A Fortunate Adversity, Sunbury Shores, St. Andrews, N.B., 2017

  • Dawn MacNutt, Kings Pier, Curated Collections, Dartmouth, N.S., 2016

  • Friendship, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, N.S., 2011

  • Dawn MacNutt at the Gladstone, Toronto, O.N., 2009

  • Imagining the Past, Pictou, N.S., 2009

  • Colour, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, N.S., 2007

  • Loss, Memory, Forgiveness and Resolution , Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, N.S., 2006

  • Road Trip One, Art Project, Toronto, O.N., 2005

  • Love, Argyle Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2004

  • Timeless Forms, Montpelier Cultural Art Center, Laurel , MD, 2001

  • Timeless Forms 11, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, O.N., 2001

  • Works in Metal, Lunenburg Art Gallery, N.S., 2000

  • In Concert, Visual Art Gallery at Alderney Landing, Dartmouth, N.S., 1999

  • Ancients Walking, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 1998

  • All the Ancients Walk Inside Us, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, N.S., 1997; Burlington Art Centre, O.N., 1999; Owens Art Gallery, Mt. Allison University, Sackville, N.B., 2000

  • Woven Bronze, and Other Works, Dartmouth Heritage Museum, N.S., 1995

  • Woven Works in Metal, Studio 21, Halifax, N.S., 1990

  • Woven Forms:Sculptural Figures, Mount St. Vincent  Art Gallery , Halifax, N.S., 1984

  • Spinning, Maritime Centre, Halifax, N.S., 1980

  • Trees and Other Things, Maritime Centre, Halifax, N.S., 1978.

International

Exhibitions

  • Discourse: Art Across Generations and Continents, Brown Grotta Gallery, Wilton, CT, USA, 2024

  • Acclaim! Work by Award Winning International Artists, Brown Grotta Gallery, Wilton, CT, USA, 2023

  • Crowdsourcing the Collective, Brown Grotta Gallery, Wilton, CT, USA, 2022

  • Jack: Larger Than Life, Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY, USA, 2021

  • Identity+ Intersection, Brown Grotta Gallery, Wilton, CY, USA, 2019

  • Blue/Green, Brown Grotta Gallery, Wilton, CT, USA 2018

  • Still Crazy After 30 Years, Brown Grotta Gallery, Wilton, CT, USA, 2017

  • Green From the Get Go, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, USA2016

  • From the Ground Up, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT, USA, 2015

  • Retro/Prospective, 25 Years of Art Textile and Sculpture, Brown Grotta Gallery, Wilton. CT, USA, 2013

  • NOW, curated by Jack Lenor Larsen at Longhouse, East Hampton, NY, USA, 2012

  • Green From the Get Go, Wayne Art Center, PA, USA, 2011-12

  • Stimulus, Brown Grotta Gallery, Wilton, CT, USA, 2011   

  • Unity & Diversity, Cheongju International Craft Biennal, South Korea, 2009

  • The 10th Wave III, Brown Grotta Gallery, Wilton, CT, USA, 2009

  • SOFA Chicago, Brown Grotta Gallery, Chicago, NY, USA, 2003-2007

  • Brown Grotta, Palm Beach 3 Contemporary Art and Design, Palm Beach, FL, USA, 2007

  • Beyond Weaving: International Art Textiles, Greenwich Library, Greenwich, CT, USA, 2006

  • Sculpture,Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, IL, USA, 2006-1998; New York, NY, USA, 2004,1998;

    Palm Beach, FL, USA, 2005

  • Textile Techniques in Metal, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2003, 2002, 1996

  • A-POC AOYAMA (Issey Myiake), Tokyo, Japan 2002

  • Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY, USA, 2021, 2002, 2001, 1999

  • Delaware Centre for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, USA, 2001

  • North American Sculpture Exhibition, Golden, CO, USA, 1998  

  • Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA, USA, 1997

  • Fiber: Five Decades, American Craft Museum, NY, USA, 1995   

  • North of the Border, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL, USA, 1995

  • Small Works, Loveland, CO, USA, 1993; OR, USA 1993, UT, USA, 1991, Toronto, ON, 1989

  • 7th International Minitextile Exhibition, Szombathely, Hungary, 1988   

  • Splendid Forms, Belles Artes, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 1988

  • Benson Galleries, Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY, USA, 1992           

  • Metal and Light ‘91  Koblenz, Germany, 1991

  • First International Fiber Exhibition, Amherst, MA, USA, 1990 

  • Out of Canada,  International Gallery, San Diego, CA, USA, 1988

  • 12th International Biennale of Tapestry, Lausanne Switzerland, 1985  

  • Maya Behn Gallery,  Zurich, Switzerland, 1985

  • Old Fields, New Paths, External Affairs Exhibit, Worlds Fair Japan, 1985, Pacific Rim  & Australia 

  • Art for the Table, Windows on the World, NY, USA, 1984 

Group

Exhibitions

  • Connections and Contrasts, Ice House Gallery, Tatamagouche, N.S., 2022

  • Warps, Heddles, Shuttles and Sheds: The Art and History of Weaving at Mount Allison University, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, N.B., 2021

  • The Art & History of Weaving at Mount Allison University, Halifax, N.S,, scheduled for May 2020, rescheduled for Sept. 2021 

  • Truro Art Society Annual Sculpture Show, McCarthy Gallery, Truro, N.S., 2020

  • Materiality and Perception in Contemporary Atlantic Art, Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton, N.B., 2019-20

  • Age of Aquarius, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2019

  • Oh! Canada 150, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2017

  • Report, Relate, Repeat, Chase Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2017

  • Figures, Gallery 78 , Fredericton N.B., 2017

  • X/L Excel, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2016

  • Terroir, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, N.S., 2016

  • Year of Craft Exhibition, Harvest Gallery, Wolfville, N.S., 2015

  • The Forest, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness, N.S., 2015

  • Peacework, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2014

  • Together Again, Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, N.B., 2014

  • Narc Mine, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, New Glasgow, N.S., 2013

  • Inaugral Show at the Margaret George Gallery, New Glasgow, N.S., 2013

  • Small Wonders, Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, N.S., 2011-12

  • Main Street Exhibition, Antigonish, N.S., 2011

  • 50th Anniversary Legacy Collection, Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton, N.B., 2009

  • Biennale internationale du lin de Portneuf, St Leonard, Q.C., 2009

  • Future of Peace, UNB Exhibition Centre, Fredericton, N.B., 2009

  • Exhibition of New Members of the RCA, Moore Gallery, Toronto, O.N., 2008

  • Faculty Show, Haliburton School of the Arts,  Railsend Gallery, Haliburton, O.N., 2008

  • The New Cartography of Craft : Charting A Course, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2007

  • 8 Visual Opinions, Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, N.S., 2007

  • A Tribute to Alex Colville: Then and Now,  Owens Art Gallery, Mt. Allison University, N.S., 2007

  • Figuring in the Figure, St. F. X. University Gallery, N.S., 2007

  • Site/Specific/Sight, Marion McCain Exhibition, Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton, N.B., 2007

  • Kiwi Sculpture Garden Project, O.N., 2006

  • Basket Stories, Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, N.S., 2006

  • Masterworks, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2005

  • Heartbeat, Argyle Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2005

  • All  Terrain - Outdoor Sculpture,  Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, O.N., 2004, 2003, 2001

  • Welcome Back, (and others), Fog Forest Gallery, Sackville, N.B., 2004, 2003,  2002,  2000

  • Okanogan Thompson International Sculpture Symposium Exhibition, Kelowna, B.C.,2002

  • The Art of Worship, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2002

  • Terra Fir-Ma, Four Women Sculptors, Canadian Sculpture Gallery, Toronto, O.N., 2001

  • Toronto International Art Fair, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, O.N., 2001

  • The Art of Living, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, O.N., 2001  

  • Watermark, Mary E Black Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2001

  • Public Expression: The Maquette Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, O.N., 2001

  • Intricacies and Endearments, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2001

  • Connections, (Barss, MacNutt,Marsh), Art Gallery, University College of Cape Breton, N.S., 1999; St. F.X. University  Art Gallery, N.S., 2000, Alderney Landing Art Gallery, Dartmouth,N.S., 2000

  • Connections, Reconnection, Interconnection, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2000

  • The Art of Collecting, Canadian Sculpture Gallery, Toronto, O.N., 2000, also 1998-9      

  • Echoes of the Past, Visions for the Future, Israel at Fifty, Toronto, O.N., 1998 

  • Responses, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, N.S., 1998

  • Poetry of the Vessel, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, N.S., 1998 

  • Far and Wide, Art Gallery of Nova  Scotia, N.S., 1998

  • Biennale Internationale d’Art Miniature 96, Notre Dame de Lourdes, Q.C., 1996

  • Survivors in Search of a Voice, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto and internationally, 1995-7

  • A Matter of Choice, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S., 1995

  • Collective Viewing, Selections from N.S. Art Bank, St Mary’s University Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 1995

  • Far and Wide, Dartmouth Heritage Museum, N.S., 1994                       

  • Lost and Found,1993; Ghost in the Machine, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 1992

  • Treasury of Canadian Craft, Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, B.C., 1992

  • Sixth Biennial of Tapestry, Montreal, Q.C., 1991 (also Fourth, 1986)

  • Proposals for Public Art, Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 1989

  • Journeys,Three Nova Scotian Artists, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, N.S., 1988, travelled to 1990

  • The Folding Image, Nancy Poole’s Studios, Toronto, O/N., 1986 

  • Here and Now, Cambridge Library Gallery, Cambridge, O.N., 1986

  • Dimensions (Two Person Show), Musee Marsil de St. Lambert, Q.C., 1986

  • Innova, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S., 1985, travelled Canada  til 1987

  • 6X6X6, Cartwright Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., 1985-6; 1987-8

  • Four Women Artists, Manuge Galleries, Halifax, N.S., 1985

  • Atlantic Visions, Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery,  N.S., travelled internationally, 1982-6

  • Inside Nova Scotia, Mt.St.Vincent Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 1977; S.A. ‘78

  • Main Street Exhibition, Antigonish, N.S., 2011