1. By Conner, Jacob and Michael

2. BIO
Originally from Mexico City, Gabriel Dawe creates
site-specific installations that explore the
connection between fashion and architecture,
and how they relate to the human need for shelter
in all its shapes and forms. His work is centered in
the exploration of textiles, aiming to examine the
complicated construction of gender and identity
in his native Mexico and attempting to subvert the
notions of masculinity and machismo prevalent in
the present day. His work has been exhibited in
the US, Canada, Belgium, and the UK. After living
in Montreal, Canada for 7 years, he moved to
Dallas, Texas, where he obtained his MFA at the
University of Texas at Dallas. For the final two years
of his degree, he was an artist in residence at
CentralTrak, the Artist in Residency program at
UTD. His work has been featured in numerous
publications around the world, including Sculpture
magazine, the cover of the 12th of Art
Fundamentals.

3.  Growing up as a boy in Mexico, Gabriel
Dawe was forbidden to explore the artistic
elements of textiles and embroidery, an area
thought to be reserved for women.
Nevertheless, the color and intensity of
Mexican culture began to appear in his
artwork after moving to Montreal in 2000.
Now based out of Texas, the mixed media
artist has made a career out of the mind-
bending thread installations that compose
the "Plexus" series.Citing artist Anish Kapoor
as a major influence, Dawe creates
complex, colorful and often vertigo-inducing
spatial structures, which are meant to evoke
the invisible forces that shape our
existence—such as social norms and
expectations—and to draw our attention to
the invisible order amidst the chaos of life.
On a much more superficial level, the
installations are visually beautiful, and seem
to make the intangible visible.

4. The density of light
“My work consists of devising the arrangement of
the structure I'm going to make with the thread.
These installations are site-specific, which means
that every new installation has to be created for
that particular space. They also have to be done in
the space itself, which means that I cannot create
them in advance and then transport it.”
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5. “Pain series”
“My challenge against machismo was much
more obvious when I started to work with
embroidery which was expressly forbidden to
me as a boy. It is also very present in some of
my work within the "Pain" series, where I
deconstruct pieces of clothing and I cover
them with pins. As my work has evolved, I've
continued with that thought in mind, but in a
more broader sense, exploring social
constructs of gender and how we constantly
deal with them on a day to day basis.”

6. Don’t ask don’t tell

7. Plexus
 “For Plexus no. 13, I'm doing three
intersecting structures, similar to No. 6,
but with three big differences: the
proportions are much different; the
placement of the wooden structures,
which are at a different angles; and the
color sequence. Plexus no. 14 will be a
take on one of my very first ideas, which
until now I hadn't had a chance to try.”
 “Very early on in the series, the idea of
light became an intrinsic part of these
installations. Because I use regular
sewing thread on an architectural scale,
the structures created are ethereal and
diaphanous. I think of them as existing in
a space between the material and the
immaterial; or like some sort of
alchemical experiment where I attempt
to materialize light. “

8. Relics
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