Dorothy Caldwell

Dorothy Caldwell (born 1948) is a Canadian fibre artist. Her work consists primarily of abstract textile based wall hangings that utilize techniques such as wax-resist, discharge dyeing, stitching, drawing, and appliqué.

Biography Caldwell was born in Bethesda, Maryland, US in 1948. She emigrated to Canada in 1972 to live and work in Hastings, Ontario. In 1974, Caldwell co-founded the gallery Conqueror Worm, a wholesale and retail craft outlet, in Hastings, Ontario.

Career Caldwell studied painting at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and received a B.A. in 1970. She was inspired to start working with textile techniques in her painting practice after seeing the World Crafts Council 1974 exhibition "In Praise of Hands".

In 1974, Caldwell was a founding member of the artist-run centre Artspace in Peterborough, Ontario. She has artist files in numerous locations across Canada. Caldwell represented Canada at the World's Fair in Osaka in 1991. She has exhibited across Canada, the United States and Australia and is held in permanent collections by the Museum of Arts and Design Permanent Collection in New York, New York, the Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec, and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario. This research led to the exhibition Stitching Women's Live: Sujuni and Khatwa from Bihar, India co-curated with Dr. Skye Morrison. in Toronto; Mobilia Gallery, in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Snyderman-Works Galleries, in Philadelphia.

1990 - Saidye Bronfman Award.