Between What I Fear and What I Hope

Solo exhibition at the Rockport Center for the Arts HEB Gallery from August 2 through September 28.

From The Rockport Center for the Arts:

“Between What I Fear and What I Hope,” showcasing the backlit mixed media paintings of artist Shawn Camp, will open August 2 in the H-E-B Gallery at Rockport Center for the Arts (RCA).

Camp’s work will be on view and available for collection Aug. 2–Sept. 28 with a public artist reception on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 5–7 p.m., to coincide with the monthly Austin Street Art Walk, a free, alfresco, walkable art experience featuring RCA and other galleries located in downtown Rockport. The show and reception are free and open to the public.

“’Between What I Fear and What I Hope’ will offer an array of ephemeral works that Shawn Camp is known for,” said Catey Arnold, Barrow Foundation Curator of Exhibitions. “His acrylic paintings depict clouds in the sky, but are fractally complex, revealing subtle geometric divisions. The backlit mixed-media works oscillate between moments of opacity and translucence. This body of work from the Austin-based artist is unlike anything visitors to our galleries have seen before.”

Through the nature of refractive pigments, glazed and sanded repeatedly atop the smooth, mirror-like panels, the experience of color and shape found in “Between What I Fear and What I Hope “ is elusive and indefinable.

Lucitations: Shawn Camp and Vy Ngo at ICOSA

Exhibition Dates: April 11 - May 10, 2025

Opening Reception: Friday, April 11th, 7-10 pm

Artist Talk: Thursday, April 17th, 6-8 pm (Third Thursdays)

Join me April 11 for the opening of Lucitations, exploring the connections between the creative journey, intersection of the organic and subconscious, and various states of energy felt when we are present in our surroundings.

Lucitations is about the meditative states achieved through the creative process, between the artist and the surface, the moment of creation, and being present in our environment. 

As the artists become vehicles for how decisions are to be made, within the process the goal is to reach that flow state. Consciously setting ourselves to be open to all the inputs from our environment, translating from the source to the surface. By being intentionally present, the conversation continues between order and chaos, broad to narrow, trusting intuition and letting go of expectation.

New Images Coming Soon

An update has been a long time coming - just got very busy with other stuff. But plenty of brand new paintings will be uploaded soon. In the meantime, some news: After a solo show “Phase Transitions” at Louise Hopkins Center in Waco, I’m in summertime mode in the studio. I currently have a painting in the New Texas Talent 31 exhibition at Craighead Green Gallery in Dallas, TX as well as a group show curated by Kevin Ivester at ICOSA in Austin. ACC faculty show coming up in the Fall. Two-person show with Vy Ngo coming up in the Spring and a solo show at the Rockport Center for the Arts next year.

Strictly Abstraction - the inaugural show at The Art Galleries at Austin Community College

I’m part of this 4-person show that kicks off the brand new state-of-the-art gallery space at the Highland Campus. The show opens November 6th and is partnered with the 2021 Austin Studio Tour. Strictly Abstraction runs through February. Be sure to check it out if you’re in the Austin area!

For information, see https://admc.austincc.edu/art/gallery/

Glasstire's Five-Minute Tours

Check out the mini video tours presented by Glasstire.com for Comity of Ghosts and Echoes and Spaces!

Completed Commission of Backlit ceiling installation piece

The end of 2019 brought to completion a long-term project for a residence in South Austin. Anshar is an installation of backlit acrylic panels into the entire ceiling of an upstairs room. Here are a couple images of the work! Photography by @ddbailie. Thanks to Camiba Art and Vince and Dara Prothro!

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