foaSOUTH: Dagmar Chaplin

Starting February 1 through April 15, 2022, experience the one woman show of Dagmar Chaplin: Artifacts and Fiction, a collection of acrylic paintings on display at the foaSOUTH gallery. Born in Berlin and having lived around the world, Dagmar Chaplin has developed an inventive and creative form of art that is truly unique in the world of painting. Taking portraiture to a highly surrealistic means to an end, Dagmar has carved her own little niche in the world of art. She has been influenced by the many diverse countries that she has both visited and lived within. Her life experiences in these diverse cultures are easily seen in the “world fusion” that she calls her art form. Taking her views of people, from the world famous to the virtual unknowns, Dagmar has produced art that is easily recognizable as hers and hers alone.

Dagmar moved to Laguna Beach from Vancouver, Canada in 1974. The very next year, she exhibited in the Festival of Arts Fine Art Show (1975) and in 2000, Dagmar’s work was featured on the Festival of Arts poster, and is also part of the organization’s Permanent Art Collection. Her work can also be admired all over the world including Chicago’s “Standard Oils Permanent Collection of American Artists”; Frank Sinatra’s daughter, Nancy, purchased three paintings; and producer, Mike Nichols, even used her art in a movie.