Cheryl Derricotte

Cheryl Patrice Derricotte is an American visual artist working mostly with glass and paper. She lives and works in San Francisco, California.

Derricotte

Early life and education

Derricotte is originally from Washington, DC.

She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS),[1] a Master of Regional Planning from Cornell University,[2] and a B.A. in Urban Affairs from Barnard College, Columbia University.[3]

Artwork

Derricotte describes her artwork process as:

Identities shaped by home (or homelessness); natural beauty (or disasters), memories of happiness (or loss) inspire my artwork. This results in works on glass and paper. Both materials are translucent and seemingly fragile, yet they are hearty enough to survive the passage of time between civilizations. I make art from research. This type of inquiry also leads me not just to economic but also environmental concerns. Observations of current events, politics, and urban landscapes are my entry into these issues.[4]

She has exhibited in galleries,[5] museums and art spaces. Her first solo exhibition in 2016, Ghosts/Ships, held at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, "offers a glimpse into the global African slave trade that is both subtle and direct in its links between past and present."[6] In 2019 she was part of the “Ancestral Journeys” exhibition at the Euphrat Museum of Art,[7] an exhibition which "spotlights self-identity, family history, immigration, and diasporas..."[8]

Awards

Her awards include a San Francisco Individual Artist Commission; Hemera Foundation Tending Space Fellowship for Artists; the Rick and Val Beck Scholarship for Glass;[9] Emerging Artist at the Museum of the African Diaspora;[10] Gardarev Center Fellow;[11] Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass’ Visionary Scholarship,[12] D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities/ National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowship Grant,[13] San Francisco Individual Artist Commission,[14] and a Puffin Foundation Grant.[14] She was a Finalist for the LEAP Award in 2016.[15]

Arts activist

Derricotte is the current Secretary/The Minister of Information for Three Point Nine Art Collective,[16][17] a group of San Francisco area Black artists.[18] She is also the Chief Mindfulness Officer of Crux,[19] a U.S. nationwide cooperative of Black artists "working at the intersection of art and technology through immersive storytelling (Virtual Reality)."[18] She has also been part of moderated discussions and talks "responding to representations of race and identity."[20][21]

References
  1. "Cheryl Derricotte". CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  2. Addy. "Cheryl Patrice Derricotte". Art Practical. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  3. "Black students at Columbia University threatened Monday to sue..." UPI. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  4. "Cheryl Derricotte: Ghosts/Ships: Images of Slavery Rendered in Glass @Central | Berkeley Public Library". www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org. Archived from the original on 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  5. "Past Exhibitions – Julio Fine Arts Gallery – Department of Fine Arts – Loyola University Maryland". www.loyola.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  6. "Cheryl Derricotte Mines the Museum for Haunting Images of Slave Trade". KQED. 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  7. "In the Museum". DeAnza College. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  8. Sun, Yami (2019-02-19). "'Ancestral Journeys' showcases immigration stories". La Voz News. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  9. Hennessy, Angela. "Episode 2: Cheryl Derricotte and Angela Hennessy". Art Practical. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  10. "Ghosts/Ships". MoAD Museum of African Diaspora. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  11. "Fellows in the News | The Gardarev Center". gardarev.org. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  12. "Visionary Scholarship Fund | AACG". Art Alliance for Contemporary Art. Archived from the original on 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  13. "Fellow Bios | The Gardarev Center". gardarev.org. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  14. "In the Artist's Studio | Cheryl Derricotte". MoAD Museum of African Diaspora. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  15. Craft, Contemporary. "Cheryl Derricotte – 2016 LEAP Finalist on Contemporary Craft". Contemporary Craft. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  16. "Three Point Nine Collective". Three Point Nine Collective Art. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  17. "On San Francisco and Ownership: The 3.9 Art Collective Responds". Open Space. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  18. "Artist Talk | MIGRATION | Cheryl Derricotte". Vessel Gallery. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  19. "Crux". Crux. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  20. "What to Hear and See Inside San Francisco's FOG Design+Art 2020 This Weekend". ArtfixDaily. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  21. "A 2020 Guide to San Francisco's Art Fairs, Untitled and FOG". KQED. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
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