Cheri Gaulke
Cheri Gaulke is a pioneer of the feminist art movement in Los Angeles, celebrated for her innovative work in film and visual art. Her award-winning films have screened at international film festivals, and her artwork has been exhibited in prestigious venues such as the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), and a Smithsonian-touring exhibition. Gaulke’s creativity has also reached unconventional spaces, including buses, churches, and prehistoric temples.
In 1971, then-graduate student Gloria Orenstein received a phone call from Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington that sparked a lifelong journey into art, ecofeminism, and shamanism. Film felt like the perfect medium to bring Gloria’s extraordinary stories—and the work of the women artists she befriended—to a wider audience.
