Dori DeCamillis Bio

Dori graduated with a BFA in painting and art history from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1987. After college she lived on the road in a vintage motor home, selling her artwork at outdoor festivals around the country, where her miniature oil paintings gained popularity and recognition. After three years of traveling she chose to settle in Birmingham, Alabama, a favorite place encountered in her travels. More about Dori's travels.

She exhibited her paintings in museums and galleries across the country and abroad, including a solo show at the Birmingham Museum of Art in 2000. Sherry Frumkin Gallery in Los Angeles hosted 5 sell-out shows of her work from 1996 through 2002. Her work has been featured in national newspapers and magazines, and she has won over 40 exhibition awards.

Dori is now co-owner of Red Dot Gallery in Birmingham, a teaching space, art gallery, and working studio. Her paintings evolved into large, iconic mixed media panels that combine oil painting on wood and copper with handmade ceramic tiles. in 2007 she received the Alabama State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, which inspired Exhibit A, Paintings of Alabama Places. The series was exhibited at the Mobile Museum of Art April through August of 2011.

Dori has written two memoirs. "The Freeway" recounts the three adventurous years she lived on the road selling her artwork. In "My Steamboat" she tells stories of growing up with her quirky family in Steamboat Springs, Colorado as it was turning from a small rural town to a big-time ski resort. Link to Book page.

Dori's current work is a series of self-portraits depicting her own mind-states. Each piece is a character in a private mythology designed to personify ever-changing thought patterns, habits, and perspectives. The piece on the left was recently purchased by the Huntsville Museum of Art.

Dori DeCamillis CV

Born 1963, Steamboat Springs, CO
_________________________Education
BFA, University of Colorado, Painting and Art History

2004- Present
Owner and Instructor, Red Dot Gallery, Birmingham, AL
________________________Solo Exhibitions
2011
The Prominence of Place, Mobile Museum of Art, AL
Exhibit A, Red Dot Gallery, Birmingham AL
2007
The Grammar of Ornament, Sherrie Gallery, Columbus, OH
2005
Many Splendored Things, Red Dot Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2003
Drive By L.A., Frumkin Duval Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
My Babies, Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2002
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Wiregrass Museum, Dothan, AL
The Freeway, Frumkin Duval Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001
Normal, Montevallo University, Birmingham, AL
2000
Artspedition, Frumkin Duval Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, a traveling performance installation including exhibitions at:
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Dayton Institute of Art, Dayton, OH
Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
Yourworld, Birmingham Museum of Art, Dr. David Moos-Curator
Games, Vices, and Addiction, Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
1999
Harry and Martha, Frumkin Duval Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1997
In the Privacy of, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996
Other Voices, Other Rooms, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990
Mr. and Mrs., Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
_________________________Selected Exhibitions
2012
Purchase Award, Red Clay Survey Biennial Exhibition, Huntsville Museum of Art, AL
2011
ASCA Alabama Artists Gallery, Montgomery, AL
Celebrating Contemporary Art in Alabama: The Biennial, Johnson Center for the Arts
Masterpieces Center Stage, Exhibition Tour:
Berman Museum, Anniston, AL
Mobile Museum of Art, AL
Huntsville Museum of Art, AL
Montgomery Museum of Art, AL
2009
Celebrating the Arts in Alabama, Johnson Center for the Arts, Troy, AL
2007
Alabama Originals; Expanding Perspectives, Alabama Artists Gallery, Montgomery, AL
2006
Just a Head, Alabama Clay Conference, Montevallo University, AL
2005
Beyond Dolls, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
2003
Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002
Art Aficionado, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL
Biennial Invitational Art Auction, Montgomery Museum of Art, AL
2001
All Things Small and Beautiful, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
Familiar Reality-A Celebration of Alabama Artists, Alabama Artists Gallery, Montgomery
2000
Patterned Flowers, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Nall Museum, Vence, France
Chateau Museum, Tourettes Sur Loup, France
Ken Elias Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Coplan Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1999
Story Tellers, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach
1998
Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL
1995
Brigitte Schluger Gallery, Denver, CO
Agnes Gallery, Birmingham, AL
__________________________Selected Awards
2012
Purchase Award, Red Clay Survey, Huntsville Museum of Art, AL
2011
People's Choice Award, Nature Conservancy Earth Day Celebration, Birmingham, AL
2006-07
Alabama Council on the Arts Individual Artists Fellowship
1994-1993
Over 40 top awards at the country's most notable outdoor art festivals
________________________Selected Bibliography
2013
Art in the Family, Birmingham Magazine, Laura McCallister, May Issue
2011
Mobile Press Register
Labor of Love, B-Metro, Brett Levine
2010
Birmingham News
2009
HGTV, That's Clever, air date Mar 2
2008
Thicket Magazine
WBHM, Tapestry, air date Feb 7
2007
Columbus Dispatch
Birmingham News
Birmingham Magazine
2004
Black and White (Birmingham)
2003
Los Angeles Times
Black and White
2002
New American Paintings
Denver Post
Westword (Denver)
2001
The Artists Magazine
Birmingham Post Herald
Birmingham News
2000
Los Angeles Times
Santa Monica Mirror
Albuquerque Tribune
Dayton Daily News
Chattanooga Times
Chanel 13 News, Birmingham, AL
For the Record, Alabama Public Television
Black and White
Birmingham News
1999
Black and White
1998
New American Paintings
1997
Birmingham Magazine
Artscene, Los Angeles, CA
1996
Birmingham News
1995
Denver Post
1994
Orlando Sentinel
_______________________________Collections
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
Leonard Nimoy
John Elway
Joyce Maynard
Charles Gaines
Patricia Richardson
Kim Abeles
Nall
Gail Wellington
Todd Holland
Xavier Roberts
Henry D. Varnell III
Jim Dicke II
Gail Andrews
Laura Hull
Jack Drake
Jim Sokol
Mary Kay Culpepper
Tony Jonas
Susan Haynes
Riverchase Country Club
Rob Burton