Cameron Jarvis

Cameron Jarvis is a visual artist and multi-instrumental musician from Cottage Grove, Minnesota. In 2019 Cameron received his MFA in Painting from Tyler School of Art and Architecture (Philadelphia, PA). He earned his BA in Studio Art and Music Performance in 2015 from Gustavus Adolphus College (Saint Peter, MN). He spent the spring of 2014 studying painting at Slade School of Fine Art (London, UK).

Cameron traces the movement of Black People across land and water, and investigates the many environments we inhabit by collecting, archiving and recontextualizing images, objects and materials. Allusions to cars and driving culture filter into his art because they symbolize a uniquely American idea of freedom. Car infrastructure dominates our urban landscape, and allows us to dominate the vast distances that make up this nation.

Recent solo projects include One, Two, Or One Half an album recorded during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, and now available on Bandcamp via Cold Rhymes Records (Philadelphia, PA); God Could My Dad Drive A Car… Whoo!, a print edition and exhibition in collaboration with Pressure Club (Philadelphia PA); and VERSIONS / I LIKE LIKE his 2019 MFA thesis exhibition at Temple Contemporary (Philadlphia, PA). Cameron has also exhibited art in Dark Sousveillance curated by Logan Cryer at Vox Polpuli Gallery, and Testing Grounds a show curated by Alex Nazar and Austen Camille at Cherry Street Pier (Philadelphia, PA). 

Cameron has toured regionally with the Gustavus Jazz Band, and internationally with the Gustavus Choir and the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra. Notable venues include Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London. Cameron currently lives, works, and rests in Philadelphia, PA.

Education

2019 MFA in Painting, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

2015 BA in Studio Art and Music Performance, magna cum laude, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN

2014 Semester abroad, Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2021 God Could My Dad Drive A Car… Whoo! Print edition and solo exhibition, Pressure Club, Philadelphia, PA

2019 VERSIONS / I LIKE LIKE Senior Thesis Exhibition, Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia, PA

2017 First Hand Curated by Megan Johnston and Su Legtt, Emerging Artist Series, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021 Dark Sousveillance Curated by Logan Cryer, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2020 Testing Grounds Curated by Austen Camille and Alex Nazar, Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, PA

2020 Hybrid Curated by Galen Gibson-Cornell, Bertrand Productions, Philadelphia, PA

2016 410’s Project Bike Curated by Dana Sikkila Murphy, 410 Project, Mankato, MN

2015 I Can’t Breathe Juried by Romi Crawford, PhD and Mary Patten, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

2013 Departures, With Betsy Byers as part of Presidential Faculty-Student Collaboration Grant, Art Center of Saint Peter, Saint Peter, MN

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2017 Future Faculty Fellowship, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia, PA

2016 Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Grant, Anderson Center at Tower View, Red Wing, MN

2015 Purchase Award, Free Art Tasting and False Advertising, Hillstrom Museum of Art, Saint Peter, MN

2014 Award, Stylized, Happy Face Space, Minneapolis, MN

2013 Presidential Faculty-Student Collaboration Grant, with Professor Betsy Byers, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN

Murals and Public Collections

2021 Protect The Sacred mural on The Episcopal Church In Minnesota office at W Broadway Avenue and Emerson Avenue, Lead artist Dimitri Kadiev,

Minneapolis, MN

2021 Murals Painted at Saint Peters Episcopal Church as part of Protect The Sacred mural project, Leech Lake, MN

2020 Stay Golden mural at 33rd Street and Diamond Street, Lead artists Gerald Brown and Isaac Scott, Philadelphia, PA

2015 Public collection of Gustavus Department of Art and Art History, Saint Peter, MN

2015 Permanent display, Gustavus Department of English and Writing Center, Saint Peter, MN

2014 Permanent display, Park Grove Branch Library, Cottage Grove, MN

2011 Public collection, Culpeper Language Arts Center, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN

Music and Film 

2022 One, Two or One Half, solo album, Cold Rhymes Records, Philadelphia, PA

2016 410’s Project Bike, The 410 Project and True Facade Pictures, Featured artist Mankato, MN

2015 Gustavus Choir Tour to Paris, and The United Kingon, with performances at Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London, and Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris

2012 Gustavus Symphony Orchestra Tour to South Africa, With performances in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Soweto

Press

Peter Crimmins, “Cherry Street Pier opens its largest public art exhibition since pandemic began” October 10, 2020 https://whyy.org/articles/cherry-street-pier-opens-its-largest-public-art-exhibition-since-pandemic-began/

Gretchen Mensink Lovejoy, “Heritage Day features the best Chatfield has to offer,” September 14, 2016

Al Behrends, Gustavus Fine Arts Blog “30mph Zone: New Works by Cameron Jarvis,” April 21, 2016 https://finearts.blog.gustavus.edu/2016/04/21/30mph-zone-new-works-by-cameron-jarvis/

Al Behrends, Gustavus Fine Arts Blog “Cameron Jarvis ’15 Artwork in Here & Somewhere Else Exhibition,” July 13, 2015

Al Behrends, Gustavus Fine Arts Blog “Works by Betsy Byers & Cameron Jarvis ’15 in DEPARTURES Exhibition at St. Peter Art Center,” July 29, 2013 https://finearts.blog.gustavus.edu/2013/07/29/works-by-betsy-byers-cameron-jarvis-15-in-departures-exhibition-at-st-peter-art-center/