CHERYL MAEDER Miami Beach Artist

 

Miami Art Scene
111 SW 3rd St, Miami, FL 33130
(786) 571-6112

CHERYL MAEDER Miami Beach Artist

I am a photographer and video/sound installation artist. The core of my work is about ‘connection’; the connection to the self, each other, to all life forms and the environment.  It is my philosophy, that we humans are not only of this world, we are also connected to the broader universe.  It is this concept that permeates and empowers my work.

I was born in New Jersey and in my twenties moved to Zurich, Switzerland, where I studied at the Zurich University of the Arts.  After eight years in Switzerland, I returned to the United States and opened my studio in San Francisco.  My photography work was the inspiration for the Dove Campaign on Real Women, Real Beauty which transformed the way women are viewed in the global media today.  

In 2005, I relocated my studio to the Miami area and immersed myself into film making and fine art photography.  Investigations into video and large-scale installations have expanded my visual world.  My installations are on many topics, including climate change and the environment, and have been exhibited in United States, South America & Europe.

“We are all on this planet to create and we each have our own self-expression of who we are. It’s the job of the artist to bring out what is inside, what they are feeling, what they are conceptualizing, and bring it out in their work and I do that in my fine art photographs and video installation art. My work keeps moving and growing and it keeps changing but there are some things which are constant about it. My work is about connection. Connection to the self, each other, to all lifeforms on this planet and also a connection to the entire universe,” explains Maeder.