Deedee Cheriel Prints

Deedee Cheriel Prints

A friend recently introduced me to the work of Deedee Cheriel.

Bears are always a good start and a bear that screams in colourful geometric shapes is pretty much guaranteed to make it onto this website.

In the video interview below, Cheriel says the idea of the bears came to her when she was trying to stop smoking.

They seemed to capture exactly how she felt when she was trying to make work.

Based around the Buddhist concept ‘to desire is to suffer’ Cheriel’s bears are always hungry thus remain in a constant state of suffering.

An idea that refelects a mirror onto mass consumerist culture and the continual hunt for something outside of ourselves to make us feel complete.

‘You Have Everything You Need’ proclaims one such Deedee Cheriel image.

Indeed we do. A print would still be quite nice though.

About The Artist

Nalini ‘Deedee’ Cheriel is an LA based artist whose work ‘explores narratives that recognize the urgency and conflict in our continuing attempts to connect to the world’.

Cheriel’s background designing album covers and T-shirts within the Oregon music scene of the nineties shines through in her graphic sensibility.

Deedee’s influences range from garage rock bands and skateboarding as well as a love of nature instilled in her from her road trips as a child.

The Deedee Cheriel prints shown here are all available for sale directly from her website while you can also buy her designs on t-shirts and phone covers at Design by Humans and Obey Clothing.

Deedee Cheriel Online

• Deedee Cheriel · Website
• Deedee Cheriel · Instagram
• Deedee Cheriel · Facebook
• Deedee Cheriel · Design By Humans
• Deedee Cheriel · Obey Clothing