Dorielle Caimi (born 1985) is an American artist living and working in

Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ...

. She uses oil painting to depict figuration, vivid colors, and symbolism as reclamation and recompilation of societal ideas regarding women. Her work prioritizes the female gaze and personal experience.

Education

Caimi began her formal drawing and painting studies at Central New Mexico Community College (2002–2004). After her high school graduation, she studied fine art at

Susquehanna University Susquehanna University is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Its name is derived from the original Susquehannock settlers of the region. Founded in 1858 as a m ...

, the University of New Mexico, and the Cornish College of the Arts, where she graduated with a BFA in 2010.

Career

After earning her bachelor's degree, Caimi worked privately in

Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...

for four years to create her first body of work, eleven paintings of the "modern, unretouched woman" which debuted at Gusford L.A. Caimi utilizes live models, her imagination, composite images, and sometimes her own body to create her paintings, juxtaposing contemporary and classical representations of female nudes by highlighting aspects not often portrayed in mainstream modern society such as tan lines, imperfections of the flesh, and poor posture. Caimi initially painted nude figures in order to avoid placing them in a specific era with fashion trends; later her nudes became a way of observing the raw human form and psyches without sexualizing them

Awards and museum collections

Her works have been acquired by

Miami University Art Museum The Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum is a public art museum located on the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. As of 2021, John "Jack" Green is the director and chief curator of the museum. Building Completed in 1978, the museum was de ...

and the

Muskegon Museum of Art The Muskegon Historic District is a public and residential historic district in Muskegon, Michigan, consisting of the four blocks between Clay Avenue, Webster Avenue, Second Street, and Sixth Street, and the two blocks between Webster Avenue, M ...

permanent collection. In 2015 she was awarded the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award for work that "visually responds to painting in the 21st century" juried by LACMA's

Franklin Sirmans Franklin Sirmans (born in New York City (Queens)) is an American art critic, editor, writer, curator and has been the director of the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) since October 2015. His initiatives there include ensuring that PAMM's art program ...

, and in 2019 she was selected as one of ten finalists for the

Bennett Prize For Women Figurative Realists The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realists ("The Bennett Prize") is a $50,000 biennial art prize established in 2016 by American art collectors Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt.

Selected exhibitions

Caimi has been actively exhibiting since 2010. Her most recent solo exhibition include ''Fleeting Epochs'' at Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA in 2018, ''Criticism in Times of Creation'' at Hiestand Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH in 2015-16, and ''Complex Cand''y at Gusford Gallery in Los Angeles, CA in 2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caimi, Dorielle 1985 births Artists from Santa Fe, New Mexico Cornish College of the Arts alumni Living people Painters from New Mexico