" I showed up, I engaged and started a conversation. When you have opportunities you want to be prepared." Louis Cameron
"During the exhibition, I take a pivot to reflect on the violence that has recently taken place towards Black people in the United States." Louis Cameron
"Being out of context brings clarity to who I am." Louis Cameron
"The business piece of art is about who you know." Louis Cameron
During this full episode, Louis Cameron and Jewell Sparks (BAAR Art Journey / UNITED17 Ventures / Startup42 Media) discuss the artist's journey. Louis Cameron is a contemporary American artist who was born in Columbus, Ohio. Cameron has at least 10 solo shows and 28 group shows throughout his career.
One of his most notable shows "Bearable Lightness…Likeness" took place at MoMA PS1 in New York. This exhibition featured the work of seven emerging artists and focused on the lightness of materials and the tradition of abstraction.
Cameron has participated in the Artist-in-Residence program at The Studio Museum in Harlem and been a Fellow in Painting with the New York Foundation for the Arts. His work is in the collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; the International Center of Photography, New York; JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, New York; the Saint Louis Art Museum, and The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Cameron has taught at Princeton University, Yale University, and Brooklyn College amongst other institutions.
Cameron will help select artists for BAAR’s upcoming art journey for 6 American artists taking place this fall in Berlin, Germany. The journey is slated to impact the lives of 30 artists over a 5 year time period and will take place in Berlin, Panama, Anguilla, Venice and Basel.
Cover Art: Louis Cameron, BRLN 31 (detail), 2021, paper on canvas, collage, 40 x 30 cm
