Bio
Caleb spent most of his formative years in Budapest, Hungary, and Alberta, Canada. After graduating from Union University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2011, he spent two years in Rome, Italy, as an Artist-in-Residence and later as manager of Accendere Gallery. Leaving Italy, he pursued a Master of Fine Arts degree at the New York Academy of Art, which he completed in 2016. He was selected for the Artist-in-Residence program at Byrdcliffe in Woodstock, NY as well as the recipient of the Artist-in-Residence Teaching award at the West Nottingham Academy. He has shown work in the U.S., Canada, Italy, and China. Caleb is currently an Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Cedarville University.
Artist statement
The heart of my work stems from my faith as a Christian—the nature of which is the constant tension between what is seen and what is unseen.
I am fascinated by the inert material world and the mystery of the immaterial life that animates it. We are more than flesh and bone, blood and skin. We are also soul and spirit, conscience and emotions. In all these things I see the fingerprint of God.
My work allows me to wrestle with these realities in a meaningful way, participating in and magnifying the glory of God.
To this end the works of art become altars and Ebenezers, mile markers and dreams, parables and prophecies, testimonies and witnesses. They embody the landscape between what I see and what I feel, what I know and what I am discovering. They are narrative and artifact, questions and answers, symbol and song.
Curriculum Vitae: Caleb Dow Booth
A dual citizen of the USA and Canada, Caleb has resided in Budapest, Hungary; Greenville, South Carolina; Alberta, Canada; Jackson, Tennessee; Rome, Italy; and New York City. He currently lives and works in Cedarville, Ohio.
Education
2016 New York Academy of Art, Master of Fine Arts (Concentration in Painting and Anatomy), New York, NY *2016 Hudson Valley Art Award for Excellence in Anatomy
2012 Torre di Babele, Certificate of Italian Language Proficiency, Rome, Italy
2011 Further Studies at Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary, Cochrane, AB, Canada
2011 Alberta College of Art and Design, Extended Studies Portraiture Course, Calgary, AB, Canada
2011 Further Studies at Jerusalem University College, Jerusalem, Israel
2011 Union University, Bachelor of Arts in Art (Concentration in Painting and Sculpting), Jackson, TN
Exhibitions
2023
A Year in Review, group show at The Art Garage, Green Bay, WI
2022
Makom: Ekphrastic Responses to Marc Chagall’s Visual Representations of the Bible, group show at Union University Gallery of Art, Jackson, TN
2021
Wakes and Shadows, solo exhibition at Gallery 220 at the DeVries, Cedarville, OH
2020
Utopian Living, group show at Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY
2019
Wakes and Shadows, solo exhibition at Union University Gallery of Art, Jackson, TN
Echoes from the Surface, solo exhibition at West Nottingham Academy, Colora, MD
Mythical Creatures, group show at the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2018
Summer Exhibition, group show at Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
Little but Fierce, group show at ChaShaMa, New York, NY
Artspace x NYAAA, group show at Artspace.com
Beyond Figuration, group show at Cheng Xi Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2017
Power of Silence, group show at Art Lines Gallery, NJ
Take Home a Nude, group show at Sotheby’s, New York, NY
Single Fare 4, group show at Highline Stages, New York, NY
Perfection to a T, group show at the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Birds of Prey, group show at the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2016
Picturing the Unprintable, group show at the Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, group show at Wilkinson Hall, New York, NY
Tribeca Ball, group show at the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2015
Tribeca Ball, group show at New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Deck the Walls, group show at Wilkinson Hall, New York, NY
2014
11,000 Meters, solo exhibition at Accendere Gallery, Rome, Italy
Deck the Walls, group show at Wilkinson Hall, New York, NY
2012
Riflessioni sulla Mortalità, solo exhibition at Accendere Gallery, Rome, Italy
Subsistence of Compassion, solo exhibition at Cochrane Arts Central, Alberta, Canada
2011
Local Artists, group show at the Cochrane Ranch House, Alberta, Canada
2010
Participated in a collaborative show at the NYCAMS gallery, New York, NY
Residencies
Artist-in-Residence at Byrdcliffe, Woodstock, NY, May 2019–June 2019
Artist-in-Residence at West Nottingham Academy, Colora, MD, November 2018– March 2019
Artist-in-Residence at Accendere Gallery, Rome, Italy, April 2012–January 2013
Work-Related Experience
Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH August 2020–present
Contributing author for Western Humanities and Christian Thought, 2021 Art Handler at Flowers Gallery, New York, NY, March 2018–January 2020
Wood Shop Technician at the New York Academy of Art, February 2017–March 2020
Part-time Faculty at the West Nottingham Academy teaching Introduction to 3D Design courses, Colora, MD, November 2018– March 2019
Teaching Assistant at the New York Academy of Art in Structural Anatomy, Sculpture 1, and Monotype classes, January 2016–May 2018
Teaching Assistant at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in Drawing 1 class, February 2017–May 2017
Part-time Assistant to the Director of Events at the New York Academy of Art, February 2017–February 2018
Manager of Accendere Gallery, Rome, Italy, January 2013–April 2014 Jackson Union Sculpture Tour (J.U.S.T.) Employee, Jackson, TN, 2008–2010
Student Worker, Union University Art Department, Jackson, TN, 2008–2010