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| Listening for the Quiet Sounds by Dorothy Caldwell, 6 x 9 feet, 2023 |
Dorothy Caldwell was born in Bethesda, Maryland USA in 1948.
She moved to Eastern Ontario, Canada in 1972 and continues to lives there on a rural acerage with views of several hills, farmers' fields, and a lake. In 1990, she won Canada's highest award for fine craft, the Saidye Bronfman Award, (a Govoner General Award). Caldwell's work is adored, exhibited, and collected around the world.
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| Listening for the Quiet Sounds (detail) by Dorotny Caldwell Earth pigments screen printed onto cotton with ink washes, applique, stitching |
Dorothy Caldwell was trained as a painter, and graduated from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia with a fine art degree in 1970. Textile art was not yet an option in art schools but in 1974 Caldwell attended the World Craft Council conference in Toronto entitled In Praise of Hands and saw global hand crafted objects and textiles. These inspired her to open her painting practice to new materials and technques. She has since travelled the world studying and also teaching tradtional and innovative ways to mark cloth in a contemporary, abstract manner that feels timeless.
For more information about Dorothy Caldwell, a good summary of her career is here on Grokopedia. You can also watch her speak about her artistic journey at this link. and learn about her study of earth pigments on Fibre Arts Take Two. The article I wrote about her work on Modernist Aesthetic in 2014 remains number one of all the artists I've profiled.
Dorothy Caldwell, number 7 in the list of Canadian artists who work with textiles. .
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