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| ” Artic Cavern Hideaway “ |
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Biography
Camille Rose Garcia was born in 1970 in Los Angeles, California and grew up in the generic suburbs of Orange County, visiting Disneyland and going to punk shows with the other dissenchanted youth of that era. Her paintings of creepy cartoon children living in wasteland fairy tales are critical commentaries on the failures of capitalist utopias. Creative influences include Phillip K. Dick, WilliamBurroughs, Henry Darger,Walt Disney, as welll as politically aware bands like The Clash and Dead Kennedys. Her recent solo show, Ultraviolenceland, explored ideas of violence and empire.
Her work has appeared in Flaunt Magazine, Rolling Stone, Juxtapoz, and Paper Magazine, among others. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
Official Site: http://www.camillerosegarcia.com/
EDUCATION
1994 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Summer residency
1992-1994 University of California, Davis Master of Fine Arts Degree
1988-1992 Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design Los Angeles, CA. BFA
AWARDS
2009 Stars of Design Award Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles
1994 Payson’s Governors’ Fellowship Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture .
1993 U.C. Regents Fellowship Award UC Davis, CA.
1992 U.C. Regents Fellowship Award UC Davis, CA.
1992 Juried Artist’s Award Exhibition New Genres. Main Gallery, Otis/Parsons. Los Angeles, CA.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Snow White and the Black Lagoon Michael Kohn Gallery. Los Angeles, Ca
2010 Down the Rabbit Hole Merry Karnowsky Gallery. Los Angeles, Ca
2009 The Hydra of Babylon Merry Karnowsky Gallery. Los Angeles, Ca
2008 The Grand Illusion Merry Karnowsky Gallery. Berlin, Germany
2008 Ambien Somnambulants Jonathan Levine Gallery. NYC
2007 Tragic Kingdom San Jose Museum of Art. Mid-Career Survey San Jose, CA
2007Escape to Darlingtonia Merry Karnowsky Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2006 Doomcave Daydreams Merry Karnowsky Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2006 Subterranian Death Clash Jonathan Levine Gallery. NYC
2005 Ultraviolenceland Merry Karnowsky Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2005The Saddest Place on Earth Grand Central Art Center. Santa Ana, CA
2004 Works on Paper OX-OP Gallery. Minneapolis, MN
2004 Plan B Merry Karnowsky Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2003 Operation:Opticon Merry Karnowsky Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2002 Retreat Syndrome Merry Karnowsky Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2001 The Soft Machine Merry Karnowsky Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
1999 Domestic Intrusion KBLT Pirate Radio. Los Angeles, CA
1995 Bodysnatcher Southern Exposure. San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Art From The New World Bristol Museum. Bristol, England
2010 Pop Surrealism Museo Carandente Palazzo Collicola. Rome, Italy
2008 In The Land of Retinal Delights Laguna Art Museum. Laguna Beach, Ca
2004 Zivilgeneratur. Papirossa Gallery. Berlin, Germany.
2004 Spinning Yarns. Riviera Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.
2003 Recent Works Roq La Rue Gallery. Seattle, Wa.
2003 Cruel and Unusual Sixspace Gallery. Los Angeles, Ca.
2002 Juxtapoz 8th Anniversary Show. Track 16 Gallery. Los Angeles, CA.
2002 Decipher. 450 Broadway Gallery. New York, NY.
2000 The Happiest Place On Earth Merry Karnowsky Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2000 Uncommercial work by Commercial Artists La Luz De Jesus Gallery. Los Angeles, CA.
1999 Los Cartoonists Self Help Graphics. Los Angeles, CA.
1998 Cheap Thrills The Lab. San Francisco, CA.
1997 Girls Girls Girls Southern Exposure. San Francisco, CA.
1995 Millenium Coming: The New Degenerate Art. The Lab. San Francisco, CA
1995 Radical Ink. Spaces. Cleveland, Ohio.
1995 X-Sightings. Anderson Gallery. Buffalo, NY.
1995 These Fantasies Are Normal. HERE art. New York, NY.
1994 Re:Drawing. Southern Exposure. San Francisco, CA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 Alices Adventures in Wonderland, Illustrated book
2009 Juxtapoz Magazine 100th anniversary issue, feature
2009 New York Times review of New York art fairs, mention
2009 New York Post review of New York art fairs, mention
2008 Hi-Fructose Magazine cover and feature
2008 Black Books Magazine, show preview
2008 The Upset anthology of lowbrow artbook
2007 Tragic Kingdom Exhibition Catalog, San Jose Museum of Art
2005 The Saddest Place on Earth Exhibition Catalog, Grand Central Art Center
2004 Anthem Magazine. Review, February
2004 Flaunt Magazine Cover . June, 2004.
2003 Juxtapoz Review . September, 2003.
2003 Modern Painters Art Angelinos. Spring, 2003.
2003 Nylon Magazine Feature. January, 2003.
2002 Paper Magazine. 50 Most Beautiful People. April, 2002.
2002 Metropop. Feature. July, 2002.
2001 Aztlan Journal of Chicano Studies. Cover. Fall, 2001.
2001 LOS ANGELES TIMES. Review. June, 2001.
2001 JUXTAPOZ Magazine. Feature. March, 2001.
1999 Glue Magazine. Review. August, 1999.
