CAMERON SPRATLEY
Cameron Spratley (American, b. 1994 in Manassas, VA) lives and works in Chicago. Recent solo exhibitions of Spratley’s work include Violets and Daisies (2023) at M. LeBlanc in Chicago, American Portraiture (2023) at Moskowitz Bayse in Los Angeles, In the Air Tonight (2021) at James Fuentes in New York, Caged Bird Songs (2021) at James Fuentes (Online) in New York, and 730 (2020) at M. LeBlanc in Chicago. Spratley’s work was included in recent group exhibitions, Homotopy Type Theory (2023) at Centralbanken in Oslo, SKIN+MASKS (2022) at Kavi Gupta in Chicago, A Healthy Dose of Nihilism (2022) at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Columbus, OH, Sagittarius (2022) at Night Club Gallery in Minneapolis, Made to be Broken (2022) at P.P.O.W. in New York, Songs of Fire (2022) at Kranzberg Arts Foundation in St. Louis, Moloch (2021) at M. LeBlanc, Chicago, and Notes on Entropy (2020) at Arcadia Missa in London. Spratley obtained his bachelor's degree in 2016 from Virginia Commonwealth University. He attended the Yale University at Norfolk residency, was the recipient of the Alice Cabell Horsely Parker Scholarship from Virginia Commonwealth University, and received a full tuition scholarship from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago where he completed his MFA. In 2021, Spratley collaborated with filmmaker Jordan Peele and his firm Monkeypaw Productions on the remake of Candyman, set in Chicago.
EXHIBITIONS
September 9th - October 28th 2023
Violets and Daisies
October 18th to November 20th 2021
MOLOCH
June 13th - August 15th 2020
730
PUBLICATIONS
Cameron Spratley | Necropolis | Monograph
Double Elvis, 2023
acrylic, airbrush, inkjet prints, colored pencil, grease marker, cut paper, and UV coating on canvas
49 1/4 x 45 1/4 in. (125 x 115 cm)
CS0079
Winds of Change, 2023
acrylic, flashe, airbrush, inkjet prints, colored pencil, grease marker, cut paper, and UV coating on canvas
49 1/4 x 45 1/4 in. (125 x 115 cm)
CS0077
Might Go Blind, 2022
acrylic, flashe, oil, inkjet prints, grease marker, colored pencil, cut paper, and UV coating on canvas
59 x 47 in. (150 x 120 cm)
CS1172
Untitled, 2022
acrylic, flashe, oil, inkjet prints, grease marker, colored pencil, cut paper, and UV coating on canvas
30 x 26 in (76.2 x 66.0 cm)
CS1170
Apocalypse Painting (Hunker Down) , 2021
acrylic, flashe, spray paint, inkjet prints, grease marker, cut paper, and glitter on canvas
78 x 62 in (198.12 x 157.48 cm)
CS1151
Dust2dusT, 2021
acrylic, flashe, oil, aluminum, foamcore, inkjet prints, grease marker, cut paper, and colored pencil on canvas
78 x 62 (198.12 x 157.48 cm)
#CS1154
AMERICAN PORTRAITURE, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles CA, 2023
M. LeBlanc at NADA Miami, Ice Palace Studios, Miami Beach FL, 2021
730, M. LeBlanc, Chicago IL, 2020