Calida Rawles

Calida Rawles
Born1976
Wilmington, Delaware
NationalityAmerican
EducationSpelman College (BA)
New York University (MFA)
Known forPainting

Calida Garcia Rawles (born 1976 in Wilmington, Delaware) is a Los Angeles-based contemporary visual artist. In her large-scale paintings and murals, Rawles merges hyperrealism and abstraction. The artist is interested in questions of identity and race in relation to Western art history. Her portraits often depict representations of water and Black life. She is a practicing artist and a mother.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Haynes, Suyin (2023-11-13). "The painter submerging viewers into hyperrealistic water worlds". CNN. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  2. ^ "Calida Rawles discusses her hyper-realistic rippling paintings of bodies in water". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  3. ^ "Calida Rawles discusses her hyper-realistic rippling paintings of bodies in water". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2024-01-10.