Dmitri Cavander
Exhibitions
2019 Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2013 Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Soprafina Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2008 MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
2006 MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
2005 "New Work" MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2005 "Gallery Artists Group Show" Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2004 "Invitational 2004" Gallery Henoch, New York, New York
2004 "Reality Check" Spike Gallery, New York, NY
2003 "New Work" MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
2002 "New Work" MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
2001 "Late Night Turning" MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
2000 "View From the Highway" MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
1999 Randall Tuttle Fine Arts, Woodbury, CT
1999 "Artists for the 21st Century" Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
1999 "Art Here" Washington Street Art Center, Somerville, MA
Education
1992 B.A. English and Fine Arts, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
1989 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Awards Received
1999 Blanche Colman Award for Painting
1996 Somerville Cultural Arts Council Grant
Mr. Cavander graduated from the University of California at Berkeley attaining Phi Beta Kappa on graduation. He then attended and graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Cavander has drawn since the age of four and began oil painting as an undergraduate in Berkeley, where he studied under Christopher Brown. Some key influences to his work include Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud with their attention to light and approach in painting an interpretation of realism. Others include Fairfield Porter and Alex Katz with their simplification of form. Cavander also studied with Boston based artist George Nick and drew inspiration from the urban landscape, interiors and highway scenes.
Currently Mr. Cavander is working in the San Francisco Bay Area with his subject matter chosen from what’s around him, whether at home or where his travels take him. His paintings evoke the atmospheric sensations of place. He intelligently explores his subject matter and presents to the viewer a beautifully crafted scene with a high degree of skill and creativity. He is a painter’s painter with his ability to apply graceful brush strokes which show his love of the materials.
Mr. Cavander’s work has been included in many gallery exhibitions in Boston, New York and Connecticut. His work has received critical acclaim from a variety of publications. Regarding Cavander’s paintings, Cate McQuaid of the Boston Globe has stated that “…the contrast of shadow with light that’s as sweet and potent as nectar, lend these basic scenes a distinctive import. Cavander is a realist who excels at revealing the magical in the mundane with a facile thick brush, thick paint, and a warm color scheme.” Further, Shawn Hill of Arts Media has stated “Dmitri Cavander’s paintings are all about vision. Realistic but gestural, traditional but quirkily personal, they emphasize his vision.”