This soundbite features Louis Cameron describing his first solo exhibition in Germany. Tune in next week for the full episode. During the full episode, Jewell Sparks and Louis Cameron discuss their journeys as expats in Germany, and Louis reflects on the impact that George Floyd had on him as a Black American man, and his art on the outside looking in while living in Berlin, Germany during the incident. Louis Cameron was born in Columbus, Ohio, raised in Los Angeles, and currently lives in Berlin. Cameron has had solo exhibitions and projects at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; The Kitchen, New York; The Armory Show, New York; and the Saint Louis Art Museum. He has also participated in group exhibitions in the United States and abroad at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; the Contemporary Art Museum Houston; MoMA PS1, New York; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, United Kingdom; Paris Photo, France; and the Dakar Biennial, Senegal. 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.
Cover Art: Louis Cameron, BRLN 31 (detail), 2021, paper on canvas, collage, 40 x 30 cm
