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Exquisitely painted figures that are contorted and ponder-some, inquisitive and reflective, Cameron Bliss studies the female figure in worldly, lavish environments. Her paintings are intricately patterned, ornamental and iconographic, representing a moment in time for each central figure in their habitat. In the tradition of painters as Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt and Edward Hopper, Bliss layers each piece using oil on canvas to invite the viewer into her world of characters in play, in pose, in peacefully enticing gazes. Her love for patterns, wallpaper, architecture, botanicals and clothing brings forth a rich and balanced representation of colorfully alluring paintings that are both imaginative and captivating. The work embodies modernity, the yearn for a simpler time and imbues us to learn that sometimes being is more important than doing.
EXHIBITIONS
2024 May, Konvent, Group exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
July, Kai Lin Art Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
April, ARTFIELDS, Lake City, SC.
March, 49th Annual Juried Exhibit, Lyndon House, Athens, Ga.
Jan, Pop-Up show, TinyAth Gallery, Athens, Ga.
2023 Nov, art auction to benefit MOCA Ga, Atlanta, Ga.
Nov, ALLURE, Group show at Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, Ga.
March, Really Big Art Rally to benefit Athica and Cine, Athens, Ga.
April, SOUTHWORKS, National Juried Art Exhibition, Watkinsville, Ga.
2022 July, SYMBIOSIS, solo exhibition at Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, Ga.
March, 47th Annual Juried Exhibit, Lyndon House, Athens, Ga.
Jan, Pop-Up group show, Tiny Ath Gallery, Athens, Ga.
Jan, WONDER, Kai Lin Art, Atl., Ga.
2021 Oct, art auction benefit MOCA GA, Atl., Ga.
Sep, Fantastical, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, Ga.
June, The Figure, Gallery Walk at Terminus, Buckhead, Atl., Ga.
May, Roll Out the Barrels Fundraiser and auction, Athens, Ga.
Spring Create! Magazine, Springing Forward curated by Gita Joshi
2020 June, FORWARD, Kai Lin Art Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
July, Inside/Outside, curated by Jamie Bell, Classic Center, Athens, Ga.
March, Lyndon House Arts Center 45th Annual Juried Exhibition, Athens, Ga.
March, CreateHer, Kai Lin Art Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
2019 Oct, David and Goliath, OCAF , Watkinsville, Ga.
Nov, Monster Drawing Rally benefit for Athica and Cine
May, Roll Out the Barrels benefit for ACC Stormwater
July, OCAF Members Exhibition, Watkinsville, Ga.
Jan, loss. lost. found., solo show, Oconee Art Gallery, Watkinsville, Ga.
2018 Oct, David and Goliath, OCAF, Watkinsville, Ga.
July, 1996, Trio Contemporary Art Gallery, Athens, Ga.
June, CatFest, Trio Contemporary Art Gallery, Athens, Ga.
April, Southworks, OCAF. Watkinsville, Ga.
March, Reciprocal IV, UNG Art Gallery, Watkinsville, Ga.
March, Lyndon House 43rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Athens, Ga.
Feb, K A Artist Shop, Love Show, Athens, Ga.
2017 Nov, ATHICA Member's Show
Nov, K A Artist Shop Home Show, Athens, Ga.
Oct, OCAF's Eighth annual Georgia Small Works Show, Watkinsville, Ga.
Sept, Third Annual Juried Exhibition, Athica, Athens, Ga.
July, Now Figuration, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
June, Nasty Women Athens, benefiting Feminist Women's Health Center, Trio Contemporary
May, Roll Out The Barrels rain barrel auction benefit, Terrapin Brewery, Athens, Ga.
April, OCAF, SOUTHWORKS: 22nd Annual National Juried Art Exhibit, Watkinsville, Ga.
April, Cine Art Show and Fundraiser, Cine, Athens, Ga.
March, 42nd Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Ga.
March, LOCUS 100 Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, Va.
Feb, Love In All Its Many Forms, K A Artist Shop, Athens, Ga.
2016 Dec, Athica Annual Members Exhibit, Athens, Ga.
Nov, SCAD Small Works Exhibit, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, Ga.
Nov, Lyndon House, Full House Exhibit, Athens, Ga.
Nov, Wonder, Winterville Cultural Center, Winterville, Ga.
Oct,The Art of Portaiture, K A Artist Shop, Athens, Ga.
Aug, EYE-CANDY, Indie South, Athens, Ga.
May 20, Silence , solo show Farmington Depot Gallery, Farmington, Ga.
April, show curated by Jimmy Straehla, Winterville Cultural Center, Winterville, Ga.
May, Cover of Flagpole Magazine, Athens, Ga.
March, Lyndon House 41st Juried Exhibition, Athens, GA.
Curated by Jock Reynolds director of Yale University Art Gallery
Feb K A Artist Shop, Love in All its Many Forms, Athens, Ga.
Jan solo show, Creature Comforts Brewing Co., Athens, Ga.
2014-15 Let It Be, faces, solo show, Watkinsville, GA
The World Famous, Group Show, Athens, GA
Big City Bread, Athens, GA
NO. 3 RR, Arnoldsville, GA
Frontier, Featured window artist, Athens, GA
Local Color, Savannah, GA
ARTini’s, "Enchantment" Group show Athens, GA
EDUCATION
1992 BFA in painting Savannah College of Art and Design
AWARDS, PRESS and ETC.
2024 Studio Painter Award, Lyndon House Arts Center, 49th Juried Exhibition
2023 Best in Show, SOUTHWORKS National Juried Art Exhibition, Watkinsville, Ga.
2022 New American Paintings - South - Issue #160
Create! Magazine Women's Issue
New South Finds August feature
2021 Q&A with Kai Lin Art
2020 Cover Art for Athens Flagpole Magazine April 8 Edition
Patron's Award Athens Art Association
2018 VoyageAtl Interview
Best in Show - "Reciprocal IV" Juried Exhibition at UNG Art Gallery, Watkinsville, Ga.
Merit Award - Lyndon House 43rd Annual Juried Exhibition
Artwork featured on HGTV's House Hunters
2017 People's Choice Award - Eighth Annual Georgia Small Works, OCAF
Athens Uncharted Interview
2016 Honorable Mention in the Lyndon House Arts Center 41st Juried Exhibition
Winter Edition of "The Writing Disorder" literary journal
Spotlight Artist, Prevent Child Abuse Athens, Starry Starry Night, Athens, Ga.
Animated the music video "March" for March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGPOqiVrRnc&nohtml5=False
Illustrated the children's book If You Were A Jelly Bean
Animated and co-directed the video "Control" for Dodd Ferrelle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8agzCaww_A
Cover of Islands' Directory, Savannah, GA
1988 SCAD Gold Key and Awards Exhibition, Savannah, GA
WEBSITE
www.cameronbliss.com
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