Nalini Cheriel

Nalini "Deedee" Cheriel is a visual artist, musician and filmmaker who lives in Los Angeles, California.

Career
From the age of 19, Cheriel started out creating record covers and T-shirts for the Oregon music scene. She was a member of the band Adickdid, which was distributed by several labels including Yoyo Records and Kill Rock Stars. She also played in the bands Juned, Teen Angels, and The Hindi Guns.

In 2001, Cheriel, along with friends Kurt Voss and Zoe Poledouris, created the film Down and Out With the Dolls. This film is loosely based on Cheriel's life as a musician and the stories she would tell Voss about this time of her life. After this film was released, Cheriel moved to Los Angeles, California where she lives still.

After moving to Los Angeles, Cheriel began work as a visual artist. She has created several paintings which continue on the themes she explored in her music, as well as exploring new ones. The main theme of her art, according to Cheriel, would be the attempts of people to connect to the world around them and to each other. Cheriel's interest in the relationship between man and our natural surroundings is apparent from the abundance of animals in her paintings. Cheriel uses these animals to depict human emotions.

2013

 * Episodes in the Abundant Oasis Merry Karnowsky Gallery (Los Angeles) July 2013
 * McCaig Welles Gallery (New York) June 2013
 * Moniker Art Fair (London) October 2013
 * Little Spirit and Infinite Longing, Pure Evil Gallery (London) March 2010

2012

 * AIko, Tara McPherson & Deedee Cheriel: Merry Karnowsky Gallery (Los Angeles) February 2012
 * Just Passing Through (Amsterdam, ND) September 2012
 * Busy Being (Austin, TX) March 2012
 * University Of Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI) February 2012
 * Street Art Show LA ARTS (Los Angeles) April 2012
 * Unnatural History (Bristol UK) July 2012
 * Unnatural History (Melbourne, AU) April 2012

2011

 * Modern Fabulist View Gallery (Bristol, UK) April 2011
 * FemkeHiemstra, Audrey Kawasaki & Deedee Cheriel: Merry Karnowsky Gallery (Los Angeles) July 2011

2010

 * Abracaabra Merry Karnowsky Gallery (Los Angeles) October 2010
 * Art Basel Art Fair McCaig Welles Gallery  (Miami) December 2010
 * SUBject/ SubJECT Subliminal Projects (Los Angeles) May 2010
 * Amsterdam Art Fair: Mauger Modern (London) March 2010

2009

 * True Self: Jonathan LeVine Gallery (New York) October 2009
 * Beyond Eden: Subliminal Projects (Los Angeles) September 2009
 * Lovable Like Orphaned Kitties and Bastard Children: Green Gallery (Milwaukee, WI) May 2009
 * Together We Are: Barracuda (Los Angeles) July 2009
 * Sunset Junction: LA ART (Los Angeles) August 2009
 * Lovable Like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children: Green Gallery (Milwaukee, WI)
 * Print Heavy: NOMAD Gallery (Los Angeles)
 * Lovable Like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children: LACE Gallery (Los Angeles)
 * Harmonious Glory: Mei Xue Gallery (Los Angeles/ Beijing)

2008

 * Deedee Cheriel and Louise Bonnet: Subliminal Projects (Los Angeles) May 2008
 * TBD White Walls Gallery (San Francisco) December 2008
 * Cologne Art Fair: McCaig-Welles Gallery October 2008
 * Look!: Jail Gallery (Los Angeles) August 2008
 * Deedee Cheriel Recent Works : Stitch Gallery (Tokyo, Japan) December 2008
 * New Works: Welles-Rosenthal Gallery (Redwood City) June 2008

2007

 * Bridge Art Fair: Art Basel (Miami)
 * Into the Stars and Always Up: McCaig Welles Gallery (Brooklyn)
 * Tiger in a Tropical Storm: Riviera Gallery (Brooklyn)
 * Tall Totem Pole: Gallery 1269 (Los Angeles)
 * Fountain Art Fair: McCaig Welles Gallery (New York)
 * Bridge Art Fair: Mc Caig Welles (Chicago)
 * The Girls Room: Jen Bekman Gallery (New York)
 * Jail Weddings: Jail Gallery (Los Angeles)

2005-2006

 * Pop, Bang, Slide: Autopsy Gallery (Melbourne, Australia)
 * 5ives: Receiver Gallery (San Francisco)
 * Market Show: Stall 54  (London)
 * Free words: Free Biennial (New York)
 * The Group Show: David Allen Gallery (New York)
 * 2 Artists: FLUXCO Gallery (Los Angeles)
 * Sunset and St. Marks: Capla-Kesting Fine Art (New York)
 * Sunset and St. Marks: Capla-Kesting Fine Art (Los Angeles)
 * Bridge Art Fair: Art Basel (Miami)
 * 1st and Hope: Brian Lotti Space (Los Angeles)

2000-2004

 * Street / School Girls: New Image Art Gallery (Los Angeles)
 * Hollywood Bowl: Track 16 Gallery (Los Angeles – with Kenny Scharf and Ed Moses)
 * ArtPolitix: ArtSpace (Los Angeles)
 * Street notes: Blue Box (London)
 * Salon Du Petit: Gallery 825 (Los Angeles)
 * Small Creatures: Dirt Gallery (Los Angeles)
 * Ms. Understood: Planet 24 Gallery (Portland)