Crafting tales that transcend time, genre, and expectation.

C a m A r m s t r o n g S m i t h

2 0 2 4

P o r t f o l i o

F i b e r s

I l l u s t r a t i o n

S c u l p t u r e

D e s i g n

A n i m a t i o n

P a i n t i n g

W r i t i n g

C u r a t i o n

B I O

Growing up in NJ and NY, Cam found that they dwell in spaces of surrounding trees because they allow quiet contemplation. Being raised alongside two active older brothers, questions of gender identity arose, bringing feelings of confusion, disconnection, and physical comparison that manifest in imagined figures and bodies. As an avid observer, their mind captures and distorts visuals and words into vivid daydreaming episodes, constructing alternate realities with rich internal dialogs and stories that bleed into the physical world through the hands. Materials aid in externalizing the internal landscape, embracing complexity and contradiction and the absurdity of all things.

E x p e r i e n c e

Scholars Program Senior at SAIC
Freelance Artist from 2016- current time
Growing from Intern, to Lead Counselor, to Assistant Director of Education at the Montclair Art Museum in NJ
Current Apprentice of Frank Maugeri at Cabinet of Curiosity, School of Celebration

K n o w l e d g e a n d S k i l l s

Reading, rehearsing, and performing script, story boards and puppets
Conceptualizing, sketching, and rendering characters, ideas, rituals, objects and devices
Graphic Design for logo, Advertisement, and informational Pamphlets
Working collaboratively with clients and other designers to plant events and products
Online Platforms: Drgonframe, Toon-Boom Harmony 22, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Audition

F I B E R p r o j e c t s

P i c n i c B u n c h

Hand-Stitched Dolls, March- May 2022, Medium: Ceramic porcelain, clear glue glaze, glass beads, polymer clay, assorted fabric, thread, stuffing, buttons, alcohol markers, photoshop, dimensions range from 10” to 24”

F I b e r p r o j e c t s

Time Devours: Stuck walking backwards

2021

21 inches x 35 inches (21 inches x 6 feet when fully hung with tassels and hanger)

Material: yarn, thread, wooden beads, sequins, pleather, scrap fabric pieces, acrylic paint mounted on top of plastic weave

F I L M p r o j e c t s

Pink Underwing (Still Shots)

Duration: 3:15, 2021

Materials:

Cardboard, acrylic paint, beads, buttons, wire armature and hangers, muslin, polymer clay, yarn, thread, stuffing, toothpicks

https://youtu.be/rOpLiBQSaPY

F I L M p r o j e c t s

Stills From Stop Motion Puppet Animation, Bodies Handled and Seen, “Willow“

Duration: 4:06, 2023

Materials: Cardboard, Scrap Fibers, Acrylic paint, wood, found sticks, Wire, polymer clay, polyurethane foam, epoxy putty, bandage wrap, protac, hot glue, screws, washers, nuts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDnszkfbBZk

P A I N T i n g p r o j e c t s

Dreamscape Series: I am trying to paint my dreams for you.

2020, Oil and Acrylic layered paint on canvas board

c o l l a g e s e r i e s

W e a k J a w s C o l l e c t i o n:

2022 Sliced photographs, monoprints, relief prints, collaged on gradient print backgrounds

F a s h i o n & P e r f o r m a n c e p r o j e c t s

Title: Hell.met Home (of 4))

2022- 2023

0.632 sq. Ft

Material:

Cardboard, hot glue, acrylic paint, sheer fabric coated in red ink, red felt, lentil beans, muslin, seed pod.