About The Artist

From 2003 to the present, Dolores has received numerous awards while exhibiting her work both in the U.S. and venues around the world. in 2012 she was chosen one of 17 Grand-Masters of Digital Art by MOCA: the Museum of Computer Art, located in Brooklyn N.Y. and online. In addition her work has been featured in the following publications: Cover of Catalog, Inaugural Exhibition, Museum of Computer Art,Brooklyn, NY Siggraph 2005 Electronic Art and Animation Catalogue Computer Graphics Magazine, June 2005 feature: Siggraph 2005 Art Gallery Going Digital: The Practice and Vision of Digital Artists (book) by Joe Nalven and JD Jarvis Desktop April 2005 (magazine, Australia) feature: International Digital Art Award Cover of IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications: featured article, A Space To Dream by Gary Singh A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University, I began my career as a visual artist with a one woman show at the Women's City Club Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. My early works were large colorful abstracts but within a few years I became caught up in the excitement of photography and never looked back - (well, at least not with a paintbrush :) A little about that later. In the late 1970's and 80's I showed my black & white photographs in group and juried shows, including the Cleveland Museum of Art's Juried May Shows. During those years I earned my living teaching Art and Photography at both public and private schools. In 1983 I was included in "Portfolio '83, a juried selection of visual artists in the Cleveland Area". From 1982-1986 I was a Lecturer in Photography at Case Western Reserve University, and in 1987 left teaching to join another photographer, Bill Braden, in a commercial photography studio which later became Braden & Kaufman. In 1995 our studio made the decision to purchase a Power Mac system in order to gain more control over our images and I taught myself digital imaging, which eventually led to experiments in the use of digital technology in my personal work. Soon digital imaging became my primary medium. Digital media is a great source of artistic alchemy, allowing me to transform ordinary objects into an extra-ordinary experience. What I seek in my explorations is an evocation of the mystery and symbolism embedded in the seemingly mundane ephemera with which we share our lives. ~ dgKaufman http://www.dgkaufman.com