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Cali DeWitt (born Michael Andrew DeWitt is an artist, designer, and blogger who lives in Los Angeles.

Life and career

Dewitt was born in Sidney, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island. He moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of three.[1] Dewitt grew up in the San Fernando Valley and moved to New York at the age of 19 after going on tour with the band Hole. Dewitt lived briefly in Seattle while working as Frances Bean Cobain's nanny. DeWitt appears in drag on the actual cd of Nirvana's In Utero.[2][better source needed]

DeWitt moved back to Los Angeles and at 21 and workerd as in A&R at Geffen Records for a short time. He worked at the Los Angeles music venue Jabberjaw.[3] He co-founded the label Teenage Teardrops in 2006 with Bryan Ray.[4]

In 2008 DeWitt and David Kramer opened an art gallery in Echo Park called Hope Gallery.[5]

For the 2015 LA Art Book Fair, DeWitt made a large mural with the text "CRYING AT THE ORGY" and an edition with printed matter called "ADULT BOOKS".[6]

In 2016 DeWitt created the merchandise for Kanye West's The Life of Pablo Tour.[7]

Music videos directed by DeWitt

Album art

Publications

References

  1. ^ "Cali Thorhill Dewitt". Sexmagazine.us. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  2. ^ True, Everett (17 March 2009). Nirvana. ISBN 9780786733903. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  3. ^ "Let It Rip". The New Yorker. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  4. ^ THE FADER. "Imprinted: Teenage Teardrops". The FADER. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  5. ^ THE FADER. "LA: Hope Gallery". The FADER. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  6. ^ Patrick D. McDermott. "5 Things You Need To See At The L.A. Art Book Fair". The FADER. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  7. ^ "The Artist Who Collaborated with Kanye West on the Life of Pablo Merchandise Speaks up". 12 May 2016.
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