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Carmel Dor, MFA 2022, Painting
My work challenges negative preconceptions of the void inherent to unsettling change. As an immigrant and nonbinary transgender person, navigating the unknown is interwoven into my identity. I see the void as a deep expanse, simultaneously lonely and open-armed – space to imprint oneself onto. My practice expands to search for ways my queerness shapes my understanding of my Israeli identity. I explore influences that catalyze or stall the journey through change, and how community can both be a source of uplifting and upending the process. My work honors the liminal space where experience informs and reforms the self.
Installation View. Photo credit: Neighboring States.
Installation View. Photo credit: Neighboring States.
Installation View. Photo credit: Neighboring States.
Milk & Honey (Judgement of Solomon), 2022, Oil on canvas, 34 x 70”. Photo credit: Neighboring States.
Not yet titled, 2022, Oil on canvas, 48 x 48”. Photo credit: Neighboring States.
“How do we face the ego?”, 2022, Oil on canvas, 36 x 36”. Photo credit: Neighboring States.
ID Card #3, 2021, Oil on canvas, 12 x 12”. Photo credit: Neighboring States.
Vignette, 2022, Materials variable, Dimensions variable. Photo credit: Neighboring States.
Carmel Dor
Website: www.carmeldor.com
Instagram: @carmeldor
Carmel Dor (they/them) is an artist, educator, and poet. They studied Art Studio and Art History at the University of California, Davis and have an MFA from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University. They live and work in Philadelphia, PA.