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Dakota Gearhart (born 1983) also known as Tiffany Peters, is a New York-based visual artist born in Arizona, raised in Florida, and educated in the Pacific Northwest.[1]
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Dakota has presented and participated in various exhibitions at both national and international levels, in diverse settings such as Interstitial Theatre, Seattle; Kincainya Gallery, Portland; Core Art Space, Denver; Vulpes Vulpes, London, UK; Universitat de Barcelona, Spain; and Taiyuan University Gallery, Taiyuan, China. She is the recipient of the Julaine Martin Scholarship, the Jane & David Davis Fellowship, and the Cultural Ambassador Scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Education.[2]
Dakota is, and has been, an adjunct professor at various educational institutions across the country.[3]
Dakota received a 2014 GAP for materials, equipment, marketing and sculpture transportation from studio to gallery for a new immersive installation.[4]
She has been awarded a Franklin Furnace Fellowship and the Arts US-Japan Creative Fellowship (officially the U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Program), which brought her work to Japan in 2023.[5]
Dakota had a residency in 2025 featuring her work "Life Touching Life" at SoMad’s, which is a femme and queer led, independent art space and artist residency program that fosters creative experimentation.[6]
Gearhart is a member of NEW INC, the first museum-led incubator for art, design, and technology founded by the @newmuseum in 2014.[7]
She currently has an art residency in SWStudioprogram, Artist studio program based in New York City. Located at 20 Jay St, Ste 720, Brooklyn, New York 11201.[8]
Dakota Gearhart participate in the Art in the Parks 2025, with her sculpture " Pest of Queens" .[9]
Her work has been exhibited, screened, and presented at the New Museum, Sharpe-Walentas, Bronx Museum, Queens Museum, St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, Tacoma Art Museum, Oregon Contemporary Art Center, Northwest Film Forum, and International House of Japan, among others.
Dakota Gearhart (born in 1983, Tucson, Arizona, USA) a visual artist raised in Florida. Gearhart's technique often involves innovative animation, set design, and multimedia performance, resulting in immersive worlds that challenge the distinction between the natural and the artificial.[11]
Awards
In 2025, Gearhart was awarded the Art in the Parks grant by the Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park. This grant supports site‑responsive artworks by NYC‑based artists for designated locations in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.[12]
Gearhart has received numerous fellowships and grants, including from United States Artists, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Japan‑U.S. Friendship Commission, Franklin Furnace, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and NYFA.[13]
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