Selected Exhibitions
and
Public Artwork
Casa Salas Residency
A series of postcards created during the artists residency at Casa Salas, Buenos Aires, was exhibited in 2024. The artist experimented with a less figurative painterly style, creating postcards that involved painterly sigils as a method of communication with the spirits of Buenos Aires. Click the image below to see more information about the residency and its outcomes.
Photography credit: Casa Salas.
Two Sides of the Same Coin
A collaborative art and community archive project that was inspired by the divide in Plymouth’s LGBTQIA+ and maritime communities, as well as Beryl Cook’s ‘Lockyer Street Tavern’ (1976). Two Sides of the Same Coin set out to build both a space and an archive that highlights the intersectionality of such a historically queer city. In 2023 the team collected local LGBTQIA+ stories about the spaces that they feel safe in the city to become the basis for the archive, allowing the public to later reflect on these stories before adding their own. This was to put LGBTQIA+ voices at the front of the archival process, while still opening it up to different members of the community to highlight the tangible existence these experiences have in shaping the city. This phase culminated in the creation of a ‘pub bar’ setting that was installed in the middle of the city centre, turning the high-street into a space of familiarity and community. Pre-recorded stories were visible as a part of the bar-top, and could also be listened to on a rotary-style telephone. These stories, as well as the setting and Cam’s paintings along one side of the bar acted as prompts to encourage the public to take part in the project and consider their own social spaces within the city. The has since been updated, featuring new artwork by Cam Williamson, and can be seen at Sappho's Cafe and Community Space in Bretonside, Plymouth, UK.
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SHARED SPACE. 2022
A pop-up exhibition in the artist's courtyard, shared by two other flats in a converted townhouse, SHARED SPACE featured paintings of the human and non-human social elements of the space. Painted on scrap materials found within, or close to the courtyard, these works provided a meta-narrative that encouraged discussions around social relationships with the inanimate and the communal ownership of private property.
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Queer Space. 2022.
Continuing the narrative of SHARED SPACE, this exhibition that was held as a part of Queer District Collective's First Thursday exhibitions was held across two locations within the recently coined 'Queer District' of Plymouth. This exhibition looked at the landmarks of the district, the community I had found there, and encouraged audiences to move between the venues to explore the area with a new perspective.
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Test Space @ 37 Looe Street
One year on from my Queer Space exhibition, a collection of my artwork was presented at 37 Looe Street, detailing the progression of my research during that year.
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