Craig Calderwood
2022 Eureka Fellow
Craig Calderwood’s (Pronouns: they, them) intricate and decorative paintings, drawings, and sculpture are rendered through a personal vernacular of symbols and patterns. Recalling the private languages that underground communities of queer and trans people used for safety for decades, Calderwood develops these patterns and symbols though research into history, personal narratives, and pop cultural moments. Their work has been exhibited at the Luggage Store in San Francisco, CA; ONE archives in Los Angeles, CA; The Hole in New York, NY; and the Oakland Museum of California. Calderwood has been awarded three IAC grants from the San Francisco Arts Commission, The A+P+I Artist Residency at Mills College, The AiRV Residency with Black and White Projects, and was a 2019 SECA Finalist. Their Work has been published in New American Paintings, THEM, Practice Zine, and The New Museum’s anthology Trap Door. Currently Calderwood is working on a series of paintings with Live Action Role Play (LARP) and other forms of persona building as a means of managing life and exploring one’s identity. This new work will be shown in 2020 at Et Al. in San Francisco, CA. *Artist biography at time of award.
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