Cheri Gaulke
Writer, Director, Editor
Cheri Gaulke is a pioneer in the feminist art movement in 1970s Los Angeles. She is known for her performance art, public art commissions, and award-winning films. Gaulke’s career began in 1974 with video, using the Sony Portapak to create interactive video installations. In recent years, Gaulke has shifted her artistic focus back to filmmaking.
Recent films include Gloria’s Call about women artists of surrealism (Best Documentary, Ann Arbor Film Festival), Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color about an under-recognized African-American artist (traveled with a museum retrospective exhibition), and Inside the Beauty Bubble about the owner of a roadside attraction in Joshua Tree California (numerous audience and other festival awards).
Gaulke is currently in post-production on Acting Like Women, a feature documentary about feminist performance art and the Woman’s Building in 1970s-80s Los Angeles.