Nalini ‘Deedee’ Cheriel is a visual artist who started out creating record covers and T-shirts in the early ‘90s music scene.  Born in the hippie town of Eugene, Oregon, she started a record label at the age of 19.  Influenced by the popular DIY culture of that time, she played in several all-girl bands (Juned, Adickdid, The Teenangels, The Hindi Guns) and co-created the semi-autobiographical movie, Down and Out with the Dolls. The artist has lived and studied abroad: Honduras, Chile, England, Portugal, Spain and her native India. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a BA.Now residing in Los Angeles, Cheriel’s work explores roles of race, gender, class, environment and power in tales that channel the visual lexicons of girl rock bands, ancient and modern pop culture, East Indian temple imagery, revolutionary movements, and her Pacific Northwest natural environment through narratives. Her images are indications of how we try to connect ourselves to others and how these satirical and heroic efforts are episodes of compassion and discomfort.  Bold elements drawn from landscapes -both urban and natural- and pop culture suggest the ability to find commonalities and relationships between ourselves and our surroundings that inevitably confirm our greater humanity and quest towards love.