September 26 – December 20
Moving her entire body across an unstretched canvas laid on the floor, Cameron Harvey produces luminous, shaped paintings inspired by flora observed and gathered on long walks in Southern California. These corporeal indices address ideas of impermanence, transformation, and the interconnectedness between humans and the natural world. Family of Things is a series of paintings—from which four are simultaneously on view at the Anchorage Museum in Alaska—inspired by the chaparral shrub, a fire-resistant and resilient species native to Southern California, which survived fires in 2024 and 2025 but has been forever changed. While evacuated from her home to her studio during the Eaton and Palisades fires in early 2025, the artist developed this work; she sees her paintings as protective bodies that hold space for the viewer to contemplate their relationships with the present moment, their own physical bodies, and other similar forms in nature.
Commissioned by the Toronto Biennial of Art and the Anchorage Museum, co-presented with the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, made possible with the generous support of the Women Leading Initiative, and exhibited concurrently at the Anchorage Museum
Bio
Bio
Cameron Harvey
Cameron Harvey (b.1977, So. Pomfret, VT, lives Los Angeles, CA, USA) received an MFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA (2021), a Post-Baccalaureate degree in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2007) and a BA in studio art from Wellesley College (1999). Recent solo exhibitions include The Shape of Being, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, USA; Gathering, Official Welcome, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Undoing is Becoming/Becoming is Undoing, Not There, Los Angeles, CA, USA; and See Without Seeing, Know Without Knowing, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL, USA. Harvey’s work has been included in group exhibitions, including In an effort to be held at the Shepherd, Detroit, MI, USA, and she will be an artist in residence at Yaddo in Spring of 2026. Alongside her artistic practice, Harvey has a deep engagement with yoga and meditation and has volunteered with Prison Yoga + Meditation in Los Angeles.
Image courtesy of the artist.
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