Fawn Gehweiler's signature character based paintings, installations and works on paper have exhibited in galleries and museums across the US, Europe and Japan, appear regularly in publication, and have been included in a number of prominent private and public collections.

Originally from Hawaii and currently based in the Pacific Northwest, her work often references the trappings of a bohemian upbringing, combining sartorial escapism, teenage psychedelia, and her own family tree.

Once described by The Face magazine as 'the visual equivalent of candyfloss peppered with broken glass, delicious yet dangerous' and widely cited as an influence in the recent explosion of young feminine art in the United States,
Fawn's visual aesthetic hinges on a delicate balance of past and present, building obsessive narratives through personal artifacts that reflect the imaginary worlds of little girls, treading the fine line between wide eyed innocence and dark fairy tales.

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