Using a variety of colored embroidery thread Gabriel Dawe creates installations that mimic the appearance of light. Dawe is from Mexico city and his work is heavily inspired by his childhood. As a young boy he watched his grandmother embroidery and showed an interest in it, unfortunately he was teased for this interest. Once grown Dawe went on to get a bachelor’s degree in Graphic design and after some years working in the field found he didn’t enjoy it much. He then decided to get his masters degree in Fine art from the University of Texas.
After getting his masters degree is when he began working with embroidery thread. In the early stages of working with embroidery floss he explored themes of his childhood and his frustrations he faced when his was younger. In his new workers as you can see in the images on this post he is working with rainbows. Often because of that people tend to assume that he is doing it to symbolize the LGBTQ community, Dawe has said that this is not his intention with the work. Instead he hopes to simply signify the feeling of light which is an idea that can feel unifying without making a tie to a specific community.
Citations
https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/wonder/online/gabriel-dawe
drawing into space 