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'''Suzy Kellems Dominik''' (born 1961) is an American multi-disciplinary artist known for exploring feminist themes. Her first major public art installation ''I Can Feel'', exhibited during [[Art Basel Miami Beach]] 2017, is composed of a {{convert|12|feet}} neon vagina sculpture and a brief choreographed light performance representing the female orgasm.
'''Suzy Kellems Dominik, '''(b.1961) is an American multi-disciplinary artist and emotional autobiographer whose work addresses themes of human sexuality, feminist thought, and interpersonal relationships. She is best known for her work, ''“I Can Feel"'' <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://observer.com/2017/12/suzy-kellems-dominik-on-her-neon-vulva-on-view-at-miamis-nautilus-hotel/|title=Suzy Kellems Dominik Explains Her Neon Vulva, on View at Miami’s Nautilus|date=2017-12-07|work=Observer|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en-US}}</ref> a 12-foot neon sculpture of a vulva exhibited at the Nautilus Hotel South Beach<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/art-basel-miami-beach-2017-a-giant-neon-vagina-is-coming-to-nautilus-hotel-9850499|title=A Five-Foot Orgasming Vagina Is Coming to Miami During Art Basel|last=LaVelle|first=Ciara|date=2017-12-06|work=Miami New Times|access-date=2018-07-11}}</ref> during the 2017 [[Art Basel Miami Beach]].


== Life and career ==
Kellems Dominik lives and works between San Francisco, California, the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and Jackson, Wyoming.
As a teenager, Kellems Dominik was a runner at the Junior Olympics level and a couple years later was named an [[All-American]] gymnast.<ref name="Elle 2017" /> She started to showcase her artwork when she was 50 years old, after being a [[stay-at-home mom]] for the past 20 years.<ref name="Elle 2017" /> She started her career as an artist in 2014.<ref name="Nob Hill 2019" /> {{As of|2019}}, she lives and works between New York and [[Jackson, Wyoming]].<ref name="Nob Hill 2019" />


Kellems Dominik is a board member of the [[Mark Morris Dance Group]], and she has fund-raised for the group and hosted their performances.<ref name="SF Chronicle 2017">{{cite news |last1=Bravo |first1=Tony |title=Ballet under the palms with Mark Morris and friends |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/style/article/Ballet-under-the-palms-with-Mark-Morris-and-11240456.php |access-date=November 2, 2023 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=June 22, 2017}}</ref> Her daughter Sophia Schneider has led Morris' youth dance group alongside [[Nicholas Ma]].<ref name="SF Chronicle 2017" />
== Artwork ==

=== Themes ===
Prompted by her 50th year of life, Kellems Dominik began an investigation into conventional definitions of feminism, social justice and individual liberty. She has gone on to create work that examines the role of female sensuality and agency in opposition to oppressively male-centric social and aesthetic conventions. Drawing on the endlessly expressive qualities of film, performance, photography, sculpture, and mixed media, Kellems Dominik explores objectification and the male gaze, goddess worship, female sexuality and agency, as well as immersion into her personal biography and that of the pain of loss and survival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.suzykellemsdominik.com/about/|title=+ABOUT|website=SUZY KELLEMS DOMINIK|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-11}}</ref>


== Selected works ==
=== ''I Can Feel'' ===
=== ''I Can Feel'' ===
''I Can Feel'' is a neon sculpture and choreographed light performance. Standing at {{convert|12|feet}} tall, the 27.68-second neon performance represents the female orgasm. The work has been exhibited at the Nautilus Hotel during [[Art Basel Miami Beach]] in 2017.<ref name="Elle 2017">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/art-design/a14377219/vagina-art-at-art-basel-miami/|title=The Most Coveted Instagram From Art Basel? A Selfie With This Neon Vagina |last=Krentcil|first=Faran |date=December 7, 2017|website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|language=en-us|access-date=November 1, 2023}}</ref><ref name="WWD 2019">{{Cite web|url=https://wwd.com/eye/people/suzy-kellems-dominik-brooklyn-i-can-feel-artist-1203277203/|title=Suzy Kellems Dominik Brings the Female Form to Brooklyn|last=Tauer|first=Kristen|date=September 18, 2019|website=[[Women's Wear Daily]]|language=en|access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Alina |title=Suzy Kellems Dominik Explains Her Neon Vulva, on View at Miami's Nautilus |url=https://observer.com/2017/12/suzy-kellems-dominik-on-her-neon-vulva-on-view-at-miamis-nautilus-hotel/ |access-date=November 2, 2023 |work=[[Observer.com|Observer]] |date=December 7, 2017}}</ref> In 2019, ''I Can Feel'' made its New York debut at a [[Chashama]] gallery in [[Brooklyn Bridge Park]], and it was organized in conjunction with an all-female panel discussion titled "Tracing Feminism".<ref name="WWD 2019" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-september-9-1635928|title=Editors' Picks: 21 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week|date=September 9, 2019|website=[[Artnet News]]|language=en-US|access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref>
''I Can Feel'' <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/abinlot/2017/12/12/its-not-all-art-basel-in-miami-beach-miami-art-week-2017-gets-woke-brings-drake/#20b99d6d8be2|title=It's Not All Art Basel in Miami Beach -- Miami Art Week 2017 Gets Woke, Brings Drake|last=Binlot|first=Ann|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en}}</ref> is a 12-foot-tall neon sculpture of a vagina that flashes on a 27.68-second loop. Kellems Dominik describes it as a self-portrait that depicts her emotional and physical reclamation and independence. It is an animated short story, informed by the biological and classical female forms and grounded in religious iconography.<blockquote>''"I Can Feel'' is a neon sculpture and light show, and it is literally as obvious as it seems, it is an orgasm. It’s truly the reclamation of my physical and emotional independence. I think it’s important that we as people know our bodies, know how they work, how we feel, and how they interrelate with our emotions." <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.suzykellemsdominik.com/i-can-feel/|title=I CAN FEEL|website=SUZY KELLEMS DOMINIK|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-11}}</ref> </blockquote><blockquote>“Our emotions, our intellect and our bodies can come together in this glorious release of humanity, and an orgasm is a pretty remarkable thing,” Dominik told Observer. “And to distill myself poetically down to that moment, I think is a very interesting artistic device.” <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://observer.com/2017/12/suzy-kellems-dominik-on-her-neon-vulva-on-view-at-miamis-nautilus-hotel/|title=Suzy Kellems Dominik Explains Her Neon Vulva, on View at Miami’s Nautilus|date=2017-12-07|work=Observer|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en-US}}</ref> </blockquote>''I Can Feel'' was featured in several publications including [[New York (magazine)]]'s The Cut, [[W (magazine)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/art-basel-miami-best-instagrams|title=10 Instagram Highlights From Art Basel Miami, From a Giant Neon Vagina to the New Museum of Ice Cream|last=Eckardt|first=Stephanie|date=December 9, 2017|website=W Magazine|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>, [[Elle (magazine)]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/art-design/a14377219/vagina-art-at-art-basel-miami/|title=The Most Coveted Instagram From Art Basel? A Selfie With This Neon Vagina|date=2017-12-07|work=ELLE|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en-US}}</ref>, [[Elle (magazine)|Observer Media]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://observer.com/2017/12/suzy-kellems-dominik-on-her-neon-vulva-on-view-at-miamis-nautilus-hotel/|title=Suzy Kellems Dominik Explains Her Neon Vulva, on View at Miami’s Nautilus|date=2017-12-07|work=Observer|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en-US}}</ref>, [[DuJour Media]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://staging.dujour.com/culture/behind-the-exhibit-i-can-feel-suzy-kellems-dominik/|title=Behind the Exhibit: "I Can Feel" - DuJour|date=2017-08-17|work=DuJour|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en-US}}</ref>, L'Etage Magazine<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.letagemagazine.com/artist-suzy-kellems-dominik-unveils-orgasmic-art-can-feel-art-basel-miami-beach/|title=Artist Suzy Kellems Dominik Unveils Orgasmic Art, I Can Feel, at Art basel Miami Beach - L'Etage Magazine|date=2017-12-20|work=L'Etage Magazine|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en-US}}</ref>, Voyage MIA<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://voyagemia.com/interview/art-life-suzy-kellems-dominik/|title=Art & Life with Suzy Kellems Dominik - Voyage MIA Magazine {{!}} Miami City Guide|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en-US}}</ref>, Well+Good<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wellandgood.com/good-travel/art-basel-miami-vagina-installation/|title=Art Basel’s must-see (and ‘gram) piece is an NSFW pleasure-inspired neon vagina|website=Well+Good|language=en|access-date=2018-07-11}}</ref>, [[forbes]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/norawalsh/2017/11/27/art-basel-miami-beach-2017/|title=How 17 Miami Hotels Are Celebrating Art Basel 2017|last=Walsh|first=Nora|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en}}</ref>, and Cool Hunting<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/female-sexuality-miami-art-week|title=Miami Art Week 2017: Women Artists Address The Female Body|work=Cool Hunting|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en}}</ref>. It was shown at the Nautilus Hotel South Beach during the 2017 [[Art Basel Miami Beach]].

===''In Her Dreams''===
''In Her Dreams'' is the third in a trio of multi-sensory installations dissecting human interaction, relationships, and expectations. The artwork explores the relationship between a young woman and her bed. <blockquote>"The bed serves as a partner – a reservoir for her hopes, dreams, and disappointments. I invite you to touch and investigate the many layers of the bed and to take photos in and amongst the sheets. For the truly adventurous, strip the bed down to the mattress cover, to where all implied promises go to die – in a wet spot." </blockquote>''In Her Dreams'' exhibited at Freehand Hotel Miami <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://miami.racked.com/2015/11/24/9784540/art-basel-2015-events|title=Art Basel 2015: Parties, Galleries, and Pop-Ups You're Actually Invited To|work=Racked Miami|access-date=2018-07-11}}</ref> during the 2015 [[Art Basel Miami Beach]], Coup D'Etat San Francisco in 2016, and Condizione Paris <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://pariscapitale.com/culture-paris/art/condizione-elephant-paname/|title=l’Éléphant Paname se transforme en laboratoire nomade|work=Paris Capitale|access-date=2018-07-11|language=fr-FR}}</ref> 2018 curated by [[Prada]] architect Robert Baciocchi.

===''Dangerous Dance''===
''Dangerous Dance'' explores the basic human need to be seen, heard, and valued. It is a silent experiential video structurally built upon a musical eight count. In the short film the artist confronts the viewer with movement inspired by [[Mark Morris (choreographer)]]. Dangerous Dance exhibited at Coup D'Etat San Francisco in 2016.

===''Hateful Love''===
The second incarnation of Kellems Dominik's signature Badassery, ''Hateful Love'' communicates the polarity of love through striking text and soft, delicate imagery. ''Hateful Love'' exhibited at [[SCOPE Art Show]], during the 2015 [[Art Basel Miami Beach]].

===''Badassery''===
''Badassery'' is a collection of witty words and phrases that allow you to curate your own attitude through print. ''Badassery'' exhibited at Tokyo International Art Fair in May 2015 and [[Affordable Art Fair]] New York in 2014.

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===''Beatrice – To Hell and Back''===
''Beatrice – To Hell and Back'' is an installation that delves through the traumatic layers of a modern story with a historic soul, inspired by the tale of insufficient and selfish love as seen in [[Dante Alighieri]]'s Divine Comedy and [[La Vita Nuova]] (1295). ''To Hell and Back'' exhibited at Onishi Project<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://onishiproject.com/archive/opening-report-suzy-kellems-dominik-beatrice-to-hell-and-back|title=Opening Report: Suzy Kellems Dominik “Beatrice – To Hell And Back” {{!}} ONISHI PROJECT|website=onishiproject.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-11}}</ref> New York in 2014

===''Bear Attack – The Urban Bear''===
In 2014, Kellems Dominik celebrated her first exhibition in a gallery space. The works entitled ''Bear Attack'' would become the first in a trio of multi-sensory installations exploring the interpersonal relationships between men and women. The show combined a large-scale photographic triptych, the written word, a multi-layered soundtrack, video, taxidermy, and a cabinet of curiosities.

The artwork was inspired by a sign seen in a national park, “''Be alert. Make noise. Carry bear spray. Avoid hiking alone. Do not run.''” Kellems Dominik found direct parallels to rape culture and the experience of being a women; she sought to expose “the bears” that walk among us. <blockquote>“Terror is explored through three phases of a young woman’s life: youth, young adulthood, and established womanhood. Despite the young woman’s intelligence, worldliness, and command of her environment, she is unable to protect herself emotionally and/or physically from the insidious nature of the “Bear.” Love, hope, desire, need, and longing are perverted into something dangerous, terrifying, and unexpected."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.suzykellemsdominik.com/bear-attack-the-urban-bear/|title=BEAR ATTACK- THE URBAN BEAR|website=SUZY KELLEMS DOMINIK|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-11}}</ref></blockquote>The exhibition went on to show at Onishi Project<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://onishiproject.com/exhibits/suzy-bear-attack|title=Suzy Kellems Dominik: Bear Attack – The Urban Bear {{!}} ONISHI PROJECT|website=onishiproject.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-11}}</ref> and at [[Ian Schrager|Ian Schrager's]] Public Hotel in Chicago in 2014.


== Collaborations ==
=== ''Invisible'' ===
''Invisible'' is an installation featuring five {{convert|11|ft}} female sculpture totems of cotton-knit and wool. The sculpture is intended to pay homage to representations of the female body throughout art history.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mallett |first1=Whitney |title=Art Basel's Blinky Neon Vagina Artist Suzy Kellems Dominik's Lumpy #MeToo Totems |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/art-basels-neon-vagina-artist-suzy-kellems-dominik-returns.html |access-date=November 2, 2023 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> It was exhibited at the Nautilus Hotel during Art Basel Miami Beach in 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hyperallergic.com/473988/your-concise-guide-to-miami-art-week-2018/|title=Your Concise Guide to Miami Art Week 2018|date=December 3, 2018|website=[[Hyperallergic]]|language=en-US|access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref> and with [[The Laundry SF]] (in San Francisco) in 2019 for the artist's solo exhibition "An Excavation".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/must-see-art-guide-san-francisco-2-1441081|title=Must-See Art Guide: San Francisco|date=January 16, 2019|website=[[Artnet News]]|language=en-US|access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref>


===''Box of Sin'' ===
=== Other work ===
San Francisco's ''[[Nob Hill Gazette]]'' in 2019 featured several works by Kellems Dominik, including:
''Box of Sin'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.suzykellemsdominik.com/coup-detat/|title=BOX OF SIN|website=SUZY KELLEMS DOMINIK|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-11}}</ref>, is the first work in a series of micro installations exploring the [[Seven deadly sins]]. The project integrates sculpture, multi-media photographic images, the written word, and a layered soundtrack. Produced in collaboration with Coup d'Etat, San Francisco 2014.
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* ''Beatrice — To Hell and Back'', a 2015 installation
* ''Badassery'', a poem series encompassing various mediums
* ''We the People – Stoned'', a film exploring [[mob mentality]].<ref name="Nob Hill 2019">{{Cite web|url=https://nobhillgazette.com/why-not-her/|title=Suzy Kellems Dominik On Kicking Open the Art World's Side Door|date=September 28, 2019|website=[[Nob Hill Gazette]]|access-date=November 1, 2023}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 00:20, 26 September 2024

Suzy Kellems Dominik
Born1961 (age 62–63)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArtist
Websitehttps://www.suzykellemsdominik.com/

Suzy Kellems Dominik (born 1961) is an American multi-disciplinary artist known for exploring feminist themes. Her first major public art installation I Can Feel, exhibited during Art Basel Miami Beach 2017, is composed of a 12 feet (3.7 m) neon vagina sculpture and a brief choreographed light performance representing the female orgasm.

Life and career

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As a teenager, Kellems Dominik was a runner at the Junior Olympics level and a couple years later was named an All-American gymnast.[1] She started to showcase her artwork when she was 50 years old, after being a stay-at-home mom for the past 20 years.[1] She started her career as an artist in 2014.[2] As of 2019, she lives and works between New York and Jackson, Wyoming.[2]

Kellems Dominik is a board member of the Mark Morris Dance Group, and she has fund-raised for the group and hosted their performances.[3] Her daughter Sophia Schneider has led Morris' youth dance group alongside Nicholas Ma.[3]

Selected works

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I Can Feel

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I Can Feel is a neon sculpture and choreographed light performance. Standing at 12 feet (3.7 m) tall, the 27.68-second neon performance represents the female orgasm. The work has been exhibited at the Nautilus Hotel during Art Basel Miami Beach in 2017.[1][4][5] In 2019, I Can Feel made its New York debut at a Chashama gallery in Brooklyn Bridge Park, and it was organized in conjunction with an all-female panel discussion titled "Tracing Feminism".[4][6]

Invisible

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Invisible is an installation featuring five 11 feet (3.4 m) female sculpture totems of cotton-knit and wool. The sculpture is intended to pay homage to representations of the female body throughout art history.[7] It was exhibited at the Nautilus Hotel during Art Basel Miami Beach in 2018,[8] and with The Laundry SF (in San Francisco) in 2019 for the artist's solo exhibition "An Excavation".[9]

Other work

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San Francisco's Nob Hill Gazette in 2019 featured several works by Kellems Dominik, including:

  • Beatrice — To Hell and Back, a 2015 installation
  • Badassery, a poem series encompassing various mediums
  • We the People – Stoned, a film exploring mob mentality.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Krentcil, Faran (December 7, 2017). "The Most Coveted Instagram From Art Basel? A Selfie With This Neon Vagina". Elle. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Suzy Kellems Dominik On Kicking Open the Art World's Side Door". Nob Hill Gazette. September 28, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Bravo, Tony (June 22, 2017). "Ballet under the palms with Mark Morris and friends". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Tauer, Kristen (September 18, 2019). "Suzy Kellems Dominik Brings the Female Form to Brooklyn". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  5. ^ Cohen, Alina (December 7, 2017). "Suzy Kellems Dominik Explains Her Neon Vulva, on View at Miami's Nautilus". Observer. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  6. ^ "Editors' Picks: 21 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week". Artnet News. September 9, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  7. ^ Mallett, Whitney (December 3, 2018). "Art Basel's Blinky Neon Vagina Artist Suzy Kellems Dominik's Lumpy #MeToo Totems". Vulture. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  8. ^ "Your Concise Guide to Miami Art Week 2018". Hyperallergic. December 3, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  9. ^ "Must-See Art Guide: San Francisco". Artnet News. January 16, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
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