Nalini ‘Deedee’ Cheriel
Nalini ‘Deedee’ Cheriel is a visual artist who started out creating record covers and T-shirts in the early ‘90s music scene. Cheriel’s work explores roles of race, gender, class, environment and power in tales that channel the visual lexicons of girl rock bands, ancient and modern pop culture, East Indian temple imagery, revolutionary movements, and her Pacific Northwest natural environment through narratives. Her images are indications of how we try to connect ourselves to others and how these satirical and heroic efforts are episodes of compassion and discomfort. Bold elements drawn from landscapes -both urban and natural- and pop culture suggest the ability to find commonalities and relationships between ourselves and our surroundings that inevitably confirm our greater humanity and quest towards love.
