Jerome Caja was an American mixed-media painter and Queercore performance artist in San Francisco, California in the 1980s and early 1990s.
14 Facts About Jerome Caja
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Jerome David Caja was born on January 20,1958, in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Jerome Caja referred to his family as full of jocks, although he himself was a frail sickly child.
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Jerome Caja having been raised in a strict Catholic household was early on heavily influenced by the imagery of saints and martyrs.
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Jerome Caja graduated from St Edward High School, an all-boys Catholic school, where he suffered poor grades due to dyslexia.
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Jerome Caja began his college education at Cuyahoga Community College, and later attended Cleveland State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1984.
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Jerome Caja then moved to San Francisco to attend the San Francisco Art Institute and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1986.
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Jerome Caja began by producing ceramic sculptures and then he moved on to create paintings.
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Jerome Caja crafted miniature mixed-media artworks which he created from everyday materials, especially those used by drag queens such as nail polish, sequins, lace and glitter.
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Jerome Caja was a fan of makeup even before he was diagnosed with AIDS, so he transferred his own affection for makeup straight into his artistic work.
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Many of Jerome Caja's works were influenced by Catholic iconography and satirized Christian morality.
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Jerome Caja died of AIDS in San Francisco on November 3,1995.
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Jerome Caja's art is located in the New York Public Library and the Los Angeles County Museum.
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The Jerome Project is a non profit organization, that was created by Anthony Cianciolo in order to preserve and protect the artistic legacy of Caja.