Dawn Jordan

Biography

Dawn Jordan, born in Cheshire attended Manchester Metropolitan University and gained a BA (Hons) and MSc in business management. She has always been passionate about art, forever painting and creating from a very early age, from watercolour, acrylics, oils, to machine embroidery on painted silks. Dawn owned her own fashion design business (Jordan Young Designs), designing and producing ladies tailored suits, special occasion wear, wedding dresses and ball gowns. She also managed tailoring workshops teaching students modern light tailoring techniques. Following attainment of her degrees she worked for many years as a college lecturer. To facilitate a career change and follow her true passion for art she then went on to study Art and Design at Mid Cheshire College and has subsequently attended courses at Central Saint Martin’s College, London. Dawn loves being in the great outdoors which feeds the main source of inspiration for her work. She is particularly keen on painting seascapes, landscapes and woodland scenes. Dawn works mainly in oils and acrylics but is also keen on drawing and sketching. Dawn has exhibited in the Broadway Arts Festival 2016, Patchings Art Festival Highly Commended 2017, Patchings Art Festival 2019, Solo Exhibition October Exeter 2019, Patchings Art Festival Highly Commended 2020, Russell Gallery Dec 2019 & June-Sept 2020. She is an international artist selling paintings in Italy, Canada and Jersey as well as the UK. www.dawnjordanart.co.uk instagram: dawnjordanart