Dawn Kramlich is a queer artist from Philadelphia who currently lives and works in Chicago. She earned her BA from Muhlenberg College and an MFA from Moore College of Art & Design.
Kramlich’s artwork has always been language-based, combining visual and verbal languages into complex signification systems. It most often takes the form of 2D mixed-media encaustic work - though she also works in 3D / installations. Her artistic practice involves research on semiotics, poetry (especially ekphrasis), Linguistics, Intersectional Feminism, and the history of text-based American art.
Kramlich has given lectures at institutions such as PAFA, Muhlenberg College, and Main Line Art Center in Philadelphia, attended residencies in Ireland and Vermont Studio Center, and shown her artwork both nationally and internationally in Spain, France, and Ireland.