CAMERON SPRATLEY

American, b. 1994 in Richmond, VA, lives and works in Chicago

EDUCATION

2021  MFA - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL
2017  Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2016  BFA - Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA - Merit Studio Advanced Painting Program
2015  Yale University at Norfolk Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021  In the Air Tonight, James Fuentes, New York, NY
Caged Bird Songs, James Fuentes Online, New York, NY
2020  730, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL
Botanica, Demon Leg, New York, NY
2019  Angel Dust, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2017  Face Stay Numb Like a Terrible Accident, PAFA Museum, Philadelphia, PA
GHOSTBLOOD, Valet, Richmond, VA
2016  Look at my Wrist, Look at All of my Diamonds, Mulberry Gallery, Richmond, VA
2014  A Constant State of In Between, Room 305, VCUarts, Richmond, VA

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022  Pressure, With Jason S. Wright, Material Room, Richmond, VA
1364 With Leni Sinclair, Detroit, MI

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022  SKIN + MASKS, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
Sagittarius, Nightclub, Minneapolis, MN
Moonlight Mile, M.LeBlanc, Glencoe, IL
A Healthy Dose of Nihilism, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Columbus, OH
Made to be Broken, PPOW, New York, NY
Imperfect Crystal, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
Songs of Fire, Kranzberg Arts Foundation, St Louis, MO
2021  Moloch, M.LeBlanc, Chicago,IL
2020  Notes on Entropy, Arcadia Missa, London, UK
In Even the Oldest Utopia There is a Song Too Short to Sing, UGLY, Chicago, IL
2019  Sample Sale, Demon Leg, New York, NY
Practice, VACATION, curated by Drawer, New York, NY
2018  Bunk Notes, Pilot Projects, Philadelphia, PA
Flat Rate Contemporary, Inaugural Show, flatratecontemporary.com
15 yrs: Everybody in the Pool, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Microcosmos: the Politics of the Inner Self, Royco Contemporary at The Shed, Beacon, NY
2017  MARTHA - please don't spit in the garden, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Dusk, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016  Sweet Potato First Year Review Show, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Engagement Party, LIPS Performance Space, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Not For The Dead, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Empty Promises Since I Arrived, Valet, Richmond, VA
Washington Project for the Arts, Annual Auction Gala, Arnold Kemp Curator, Washington, D.C.
ACT 2, Scene 1*,The Yellow Zone, Richmond, VA
2015  Yale Norfolk Final Exhibition, Norfolk Gallery, Norfolk, CT
Crockpot, Plant Zero, Richmond, VA
Drinks in the Neighborhood, Kappa Theta Phi, Richmond, VA
Greatest Hits, Portland State University School of Art, Portland, OR
From Richmond to RVA: The Persistence of History, Depot Gallery VCUarts, Richmond,VA
2014  Utmost Co., Flagship store installation, Richmond VA
Observing Myself Observing What I Observe, Space .88, Richmond, VA
YOU: Stepped on a Great Artist…, Space .88, Richmond, VA

AWARDS

2020  Graduate Dean's Professional Development Award, SAIC
2019  New Artist Society Award, Merit-Based Full Tuition scholarship, SAIC
2017  Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, Teaching Fellowship
2016  Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, Full Tuition Scholarship
2015  Yale University, Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship
          VCUarts, Alice Cabell Horsely Parker Scholarship
          VCUarts, Outstanding Junior Award

LECTURES

2021  Visiting Artist Lecture, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
          Visiting Artist Lecture, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
2019  Visiting Artist Lecture, VCU Painting and Printmaking, Richmond, VA
2017  Visiting Artist Lecture, PAFA Museum and School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

PUBLICATIONS

2021  NECROPOLIS, Monograph Published by M. LeBlanc
2016  Forever In Our Hearts: Cameron Spratley, Self-Published

PRESS

2021  Flash Art, Is this The End? Notes from Art Basel Miami Beach 2021, Franklin Melendez
          The New York Times, 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now, Tausif Noor
          Candyman, Commissioned Artist, Monkey Paw Productions, MGM
          Fangoria Magazine, The Art of Anthony McCoy, Andrew Lasane, Vol. 2 #12
          The Chicago Tribune, Chicago's Haunting Cabrini-Green legacy Inspired Director Nia DaCosta's
          'Candyman', Michael Phillips
          Variety, Meet the Artists who Contributed to the Art of 'Candyman', Jazz Tangcay
          Collider, 'Candyman' Featture looks at the art created..., Maggie Boccella
          Tone Madison, 'Candyman' Reflects Deeply on Racial Commodification, Jason Fuhrman
2020  Editorial Mag, Notes on Entropy, Molly Cranston
          OTP Copenhagen, OTP Review: Notes on Entropy @ Arcadia Missa, Duke Street, Eleanor Paine,
          Chicago Artist Writers, "Cameron Spratley, '730' at M. LeBlanc," Cassidy Early
          Sixty Inches From Center, “Harnessing the Helter Skelter...”, https://www.sixtyinchesfromcenter.org
          Ben Cochran, Interview, Dialogue Magazine, Issue 5, Richmond, VA
          Saatchi Art, "Invest in Art", https://www.saatchiart.com/invest-in-art/edition-12
2018  Title Magazine, "Notes from camp...", Emma C. Roberts, Philadelphia, PA
          Dialogue Magazine, Richmond, VA
2017  HEADS Magazine #4, UDLI Editions, Presented at NYABF
          MARTHA Magazine Vol. 1, www.M-A-R-T-H-A.com, New Brunswick, NJ
2016  Empire season 3, "Snake Emoji," Set Decoration, 20th Century Fox
2015  Amendment Literary Magazine, Richmond, VA
2014  Caroline Zemp, “Artist of the Week”, INK Magazine, Richmond, VA