DOMINIQUE CARELLA is a San Francisco born, social practice artist. Carella currently produces sculptural and text-based works in her studio in Los Angeles. Carella graduated from the University of California Santa Cruz, with a bachelor’s degree in both Visual Arts and Sociology, where she was highly recognized for her achievement in multidisciplinary studies. Although Carella's work has very large social implications, it stems from her personal experiences and heartbreaks as a young woman of mixed heritage growing up in the United States. Carella’s work explores a variety of issues that plague our daily interactions, including but not limited to intersectional feminism, race politics, cultural identity, gender roles and binaries, and violence against womxn.
Carella explores the use of toys and used household items, to examine how we are introduced to societal constructions from an early age. Carella uses toys and used household items to address her social commentaries in ways that are familiar to the masses. Carella uses text to access the more vulnerable side of her work, offering a personal narrative alongside her sculptural pieces. Carella's use of bold text-based installations, clothing, prints, and street art inspired stickers and buttons, allows her social commentaries to be shared with the masses. In 2018, Carella released her first full clothing line, which includes her confrontational messages and imagery, now available for purchase online at dominiquecarella.com/shop.
DOMINIQUE CARELLA RECENT SHOWS
SHPLFTD SESSION NO.1 Group exhibition comprised of visual artists, musicians, and clothing brands, hosted by Shplftd Art Collective, Los Angeles, California 2019
TRAPXART LOS ANGELES Group exhibition comprised of visual artists, fashion designers, and clothing brands, hosted by TrapxArt, The Avalon, Los Angeles, California 2018
ANOTHER DIMENSION Group exhibition comprised of visual artists, musicians, dancers, and clothing brands, hosted by The Dimension Collective, The Arc Melrose, Los Angeles, California 2018
DIMENSION COLLECTIVE GRAND OPENING Group exhibition comprised of visual artists, musicians, dancers, and clothing brands, hosted by The Dimension Collective, The Dimension Collective Headquarters, Los Angeles, California 2018
SOULTOPIA SUMMER FESTIVAL Group exhibition comprised of visual artists, musicians, dancers, and clothing brands, The Spot, Los Angeles, California 2018
823 - THINKING OF YOU Group exhibition in collaboration with Strangeways Magazine Miami and Goodmother Gallery Oakland, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2017
PRESENT FUTURES AT OPEN ENGAGEMENT: JUSTICE IN CHICAGO Group Exhibition, Online Library, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, 2017
CONFESSIONS Group Exhibition, Little Lodge Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2017
¿QUÉ PASA, USA? Group Exhibition, La Esquina Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, November 2016 - January 2017
EXOTIFY ELSEWHERE Group Exhibition, Hands Down Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2016
NO REGARDS Group Exhibition, Hands Down Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2016
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT Group Exhibition, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2015
DOMINIQUE CARELLA RECENT PRESS
Camile Messerley talks to Dominique Carella about pointing to the absurd social constructions of gender, race, and ethnicity by reclaiming language in her text-based installations.
Patricia Bordallo Dibildox reflects on the works of Dominique Carella, Maya Grace Misra, and Enzo Antonio Moscarella, artists who use satire to identify and subvert the symbols and language that construct cultural identity.