Using figuration, vivid colors, and symbolism, my paintings use humor and abrupt juxtapositions of bodies and objects to reexamine societal ideas regarding women and illuminate today's world through the female gaze, psychology, and experience. In my work, women are as fulfilled, deep and complex as their male counterparts and play important and powerful roles in all facets of society. While the nude female figure is prominent in my paintings, the nudity is less about sexuality and more about an unapologetic openness and awareness of our varied experiences. Dorielle Caimi (b.1985) is an American oil painter living and working in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Caimi completed a BFA (Summa Cum Laude) in Painting from Cornish College of the Arts in 2010. Her works have been exhibited internationally, and reviewed in publications as: American Art Collector, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Hi-Fructose Magazine, Juxtapoz Magazine, Southwest Contemporary Magazine (cover), and The Huffington Post. In 2015, Caimi was awarded the $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award for work that "visually responds to painting in the 21st century" juried by Lacma's Franklin Sirmans. In 2019, she was selected as one of 10 finalists for the $50,000 Bennett Prize For Women Figurative Realists. Her works have been acquired by the Miami University Permanent Art Collection, The Tullman Collection, Ashley Longshore (private collection), Residente (private collection), and The Muskegon Museum of Art permanent collection.