EAF06: 2006 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition


Cameron Gainer



Forest Through the the Trees, 2006
Steel, fiberglass, epoxy, faux fur, glass
6’ 10” x 2’ 10” x 4’ 3”

Using traditional taxidermy techniques, this sculpture recreates, and makes life-size, a famous still from the 1976 film depicting the mythic Bigfoot as it stares back at the viewer while striding into the woods.

Born 1973, Denver, CO
Lives and works in Queens, NY

Education
2003 M.F.A. Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA
1999 B.F.A. University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Selected group exhibitions and screenings include:
Split Film Festival, Split Croatia (2005)
Power T’s, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY (2004)
A Collaboration with J Mustafa, Five Myles, Brooklyn, NY (2004)
Cinemania[c], LUKA, Pula, Croatia (2003); Gallerie Corriente Alterna, Peru (2002)
Tyler Gallery, Elkins Park, PA (2001); Long and Pollack Gallery CCA, San Francisco, CA (2000)
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO (2000)
Gallerie Rancho de Comate Cuitolco, Mexico (1999)
Relectiones Del Alma, Galleria de Arte Jose Clemente Orozco Mexico City, Mexico (1999)
Sala de Exposiciones, Millenial Journey, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain (1999)
Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (1999)