Calida Rawles

Rawles (b. 1976, Wilmington, Delaware; lives in Los Angeles) received a B.A. from Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, and an M.A. from New York University. She has had solo exhibitions at Lehmann Maupin, New York; Various Small Fires, Los Angeles; and Standard Vision, Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in group exhibitions, including the 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles; LACMA9 Art + Film Lab, Inglewood, California; Rush Arts Gallery, New York, among others. Rawles created the cover art for Ta-Nehisi Coates’s novel, The Water Dancer, and her work is in numerous public and private collections, including the Dallas Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Pérez Art Museum Miami; and Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.