2022-2024
SCULPTURE
COLLECTED OBJECTS
SEEDS AND CITATIONS
DRAWINGS
PHOTO WORK
THE SUNSHINE OF PARADISE ALLEY 2024
ABOUT
CONTACT
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Delia Cadman (they/them) is a Brooklyn based interdisciplinary sculptor. Born into a performing arts community in Hell’s Kitchen on the West side of Manhattan, their work is influenced by growing up behind the scenes of theatrical production in a neighborhood often associated with the violently escapist erotics of theater, tourism, and prostitution. Drawing on this history as a formal source, Delia investigates the relationship between the concrete body and the immaterial stratifications of spirit through anarchy, transgression, and revelation. In their process, they mobilize a simultaneously severe and cheeky sensibility saturated with city streets, theaters and peep shows. Materially, they use that which is at hand resulting in a wide range of approaches including found object work, photography, woodwork, digital media, drawing, and performance.
Delia received a BFA from Cooper Union in 2021. Since then they have been a member of Trestle Art Space in Brooklyn. Recent exhibitions of their work include the solo exhibition The Sunshine of Paradise Alley at Trestle Art Space (Brooklyn, NY; 2024), as well as group exhibitions Moral Injury at Hercules Studio Program (New York, NY; 2024), Shimmering Bodies at Millennium Film Workshop (Brooklyn, NY; 2024), and Summer Brew at Field Projects (Online; 2024). Also in 2024, they were awarded the Dedalus Art Foundation Project Grant for their SHOW WORLD CENTER performance and installation piece. They are the founder and lead organizer of the project space CLUBLAND COUNTERFEIT.