Calida Rawles

Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

Artist-In-Residence, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA

Opportunity Fellowship, New York University School of Education, New York, NY

Amalia Amaki Scholarship, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA

Spelman College Summer Art Colony, Portobello, Panama

Hannah-Jones, Nicole. "The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story", One World Press.

Gardner, Tia-Simone / Griffin,Shana M. "A Nation Takes Place: Navigating Race and water in Contemporary Art", University Minnesota Press.

Markowitz, Douglas. "Calida Rawles brings Overtown to the Water", Miami Times Online, July 25.

Piejko, Jennifer. "The Water Is a Washing Away: The Salvation of Calida Rawles’s ", Artnet, July 19.

Haynes, Suyin “The painter submerging viewers into hyperrealistic water worlds” , CNN, November 13.

Veitch, Mara. “Calida Rawles and Deborah Roberts Have Major New York Solo Shows This Fall. Here’s How They Arrived at Their Moment” , Cultured, November 9.

Evans, Bryn “Something Bigger Than You: In Conversation with Calida Rawles” , Burnaway, April 26.

Smith, Kelundra “An Artist Finds Peace Underwater” , Garden & Gun, August/September.

Gay, Roxane “LEAPS OF FAITH: A CONVERSATION WITH JORDAN CASTEEL AND CALIDA RAWLES” , Gagosian Quarterly, Winter 2022

"Anderson Ranch Fall Series: Calida Rawles." Aspen Public Radio, November 15.

Cheng, Scarlett. "Fire and Water: The Beautiful Tragedies of Calida Rawles." Artillery, November 8.

Mackey, Ashley. "Art Program at Hollywood Park celebrates diversity and culture in the community." ABC News, April 6.

Gavin, Francesca. "Something in the water - the rise of aquatic art." Financial Times, February 28.

Eckhardt, Stephanie. "Preview the Best of Frieze LA Week 2022." W Magazing, February 14.

Patterson-West, JaBrea. "The Paintings of Calida Rawles Offer a Space for Gealing and Self Reflection." Cero, October 21.

Gay, Roxane.  "Roxane Gay on How Artist Calida Garcia Rawles Shows Us a New and More humane, Way of Bearing Witness." Artnet News. October 13.

Ebert, Grace. “Metaphorical Paintings by Calida Garcia Rawles Obscure Black Subjects  with Gleaming Ripples of Water.” Colossal. October 6.

Valentine, Victoria L. “New York: 5 Gallery Exhibitions Explore Work of Artists Dawoud Bey, Mickalene Thomas, John Akomfrah, Zanele Muholi, and Calida Rawles.” The New York Times, September 28. 

Gay, Roxane. “The Art Angle Podcast: Writer Roxane Gay on What Art Can Teach Us About  Trauma and Healing.” Artnet News, September 24.

Okoro, Enuma. “Calida Rawles: ‘I Use Soft Colors People Wouldn’t Associate with Black Men.’” Financial Times, September 3. 

Zheng, Elaine YJ. “The Armory Show: New York Exhibitions to See.” Ocula Magazine, September 2.

“Calida Rawles: On the Other Side of Everything.” Whitewaller.

Gyarkye, Lovia. “Beneath the Water’s Surface, a Moment of Repose.” T Magazine, April 9. 

Valentine, Victoria L. “Water Works: Los Angeles-Based Artist Calida Rawles is Now Represented by Lehmann Maupin Gallery.” Culture Type, February 19. 

Solomon, Tessa. “Calida Rawles’s Ethereal Paintings of Water Push the Boundaries of Portraiture.” ARTnews, February 19.

Chukwu, Chianasa. “Parlance: Calida Rawles” , Postscript London Magazine, November 28,2020

Brara, Noor. “We’re Coming Out From Under’: Rising-Star Artist Calida Rawles on How Her Transfixing Water Paintings Address a Year of Mourning” , Artnet News, November 25, 2020

Brara, Noor. “Here Are 25 Inspiring Women in the Art World Who Overcame Obstacles to Accomplish Incredible Things in This Surreal Year” , Artnet News, November 24, 2020

Waddoups, Ryan. “At Art Basel’s Latest Virtual Edition, Timely Works Abound” , Surface Magazine, September 25, 2020

“From New Faces to Hug Art, Here are 5 Major Trends to Be Found in Art Basel’s New Online Fair Devoted to Work Made During Lockdown” , Artnet News, September 25, 2020

Easter, Makeda. “How Do You Get Out the Vote in the Instagram Age? Ask Big Name Artists to Help” , L.A. Times, September 16, 2020

Okoro, Enuma. “How Three Artists Are Exploring Mythology and Race” , New York Times, September 10, 2020

Ward, Jesmyn. “On Witness and Respair: A Personal Tragedy Followed by Pandemic” , Vanity Fair Magazine, September 1, 2020

Farr, Kristen. “Wade in the Water” , Juxtapoz Art & Culture, Summer 2020

Ebert, Grace. “Bodies Breach Water’s Surface in Ethereal Paintings by ArtistCalida Garcia Rawles” , Colossal, June 8, 2020

Kim, Min Hyung. “Memorized in Water”, Milk, May 2020

Nys Dambrot, Shana. “Meet An Artist Monday: Calida Rawles” , L.A. Weekly, March 9, 2020

Furman, Anna. “The Artist Whose Paintings Have Captivated Ta-Nehisi Coates” , The Cut, March 4, 2020

Zappas, Lindsay Preston. “Art Insider Feb. 18: Decaying fruit, witches, water dancers” , New York Times, September 10, 2020

Whittle, Andrea. “The Most Talked-About Moments From Frieze Los Angeles 2020” , W,February 18, 2020

“Head First” , Cultured, February 12, 2020

Finkel, Jori. “Ta-Nehisi Coates Talks Toni Morrison With Artist Calida Rawles” , W,February 18, 2020

Griffin, Johnathan. “Into the Deep with Calida Rawles” , Cultured, February 10, 2020

de León, Concepción. “A First Look at the Cover of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Forthcoming Novel” ,New York Times, February 12, 2019

Pleasant, Amy. “Artist’s Mobilize: With Liberty and Justice for Some…An Exhibition Honoring Immigrants” , Huffington Post, January 19, 2017

New York Times “A First Look at the Cover of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Forthcoming Novel” article 2/12/2019

Huffington Post Review “Artist’s Mobilize: With Liberty and Justice for Some…An Exhibition Honoring Immigrants” article 1/19/2017

“ Hirshhorn Museum”

“Los Angeles County Museum of Art”

“Perez Art Museum Miami”

“Studio Museum of Harlem”

“Dallas Museum of Art”