DAKOTA X
American, b. Boston, 1961
Lives and works in Pinyon Pines, CA
X received a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a BS in Art Education from Tufts University. She is a recipient of the Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant, sponsored in part by the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM). Work by X was selected for the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award shortlist at the National Portrait Gallery, London, and is held in the permanent collection of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), Provincetown, MA.
X has exhibited nationally, including at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM); the New Museum Los Gatos; the Biggs Museum of American Art; the Susquehanna Art Museum; and the Lancaster Museum of Art and History, the latter four through the multi-institutional exhibition The Circle of Truth.
Her work has been featured in publications including Juxtapoz Magazine, Palm Springs Life Magazine, ARTS+CULTURE, art ltd., Angeleno Magazine, New American Paintings, The Provincetown Independent, Provincetown Magazine, The Provincetown Banner, and Provincetown Arts, among others.