Eileen Cave is a multitasking visual artist—PGCS art teacher, arts program consultant and arts advocate. She sees her body of work intensifying through time, as her life experiences grow concurrently with her use of mixed mediums. Recently, Eileen’s work has expanded beyond acrylic painting and mixed media collage into mask-making assemblage.

Eileen grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and now resides in her studio in the Gateway Arts District, in Prince George’s County Maryland in the USA. She was trained in visual arts at Dartmouth College, and her “signature” of colorful, crowd themes from the “Celebration of Life” series is drawn from her journeys throughout the U.S., Caribbean, South America, Europe and Asia. Eileen also produces limited edition lithographic prints, cards and paintings that reflect the power of the family and the contemporary African American experience.

Inspired by the works of Romare Bearden, Eileen’s “Thought Medallion Series” explores mixed media collage as a vehicle for expressing conflict, emotions and contemporary social issues. Her collages may use watercolor, markers, overlay drawings, masks and even bubble wrap to create unique effects. This series is a reminder of the power of the world around us that we cannot control, as expressed in such pieces as “Nature’s Fury,” which depicts the tsunami of a few years ago, and “Farmer’s Magic,” which captures the balance of man and nature in the growing season.

Exhibit and Project Highlights

ArtSpin Gallery at Lustine’s Showroom, Art District, Hyattsville, June 2007- current

Gateway Arts District Studio Tour, H&F Gallery May 2007

Outdoors M-NCPPC Group Show in Annapolis, MD January- April 2007

Folk Art M-NCPPC Group Show in Ft. Washington, MD Nov- Dec 2006

Highly Visual M-NCPPC Group Show in Annapolis, MD January- April 2006

Women of the Arts Exhibit, Prince George’s Arts Council- June- August 2005

Lewis Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Showcase at Pratt Institute- April 2004

James Gallery, Washington, DC: Black History Show February-March 2004

IASG 10th Annual Group Show, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC

March-April 2003 Jazz: Visual Improvisations juried show, Target Gallery,

Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, January-February 2003

Seeing Red Juried Show, MNCPPC, Fort Washington, MD, November-January 2003

International Artists’ Support Group (IASG) Show, New Delhi, India and Beijing, China, May 2002;

Reshown in Rockville, MD September- November 2002

Artists Respond To 9/11, Group Show at the Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD,

March-April 2002

Greenbelt Federal Courthouse- Prince George’s Arts Council, March-April 2001

Clinton Hill Simply Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, featured artist:

    November- January 2001,

    May-June 1999,

    April-May 1996,

    May-June 1995

Commissioned mural projects: CAFÉ’s 10th Anniversary, October 2006 and Paint Branch ES, September 2006

Family Reunion presented to the President of the Republic of Gambia, 2004 Trade Mission, Economic Development Corporation, Prince George’s County

PandaMania Artist, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities public art project, 5/04

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