LAUREN CAMP

Lauren Camp (b. 1966, New York, New York) attended Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts (MA 1990), and Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (BS 1988). She is a poet and writer, as well as a visual artist, and often can be found on the airwaves of New Mexico's public radio stations playing jazz music. Her award-winning fiber pieces are housed in many public collections, including St. Vincent Children's Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana; and the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her work has been exhibited in performance spaces, cultural centers, and museums in the United States and Europe, including solo shows at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, Colorado (2004); the Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico (2002); and Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe (1999). Camp lives and works in a small town outside of Santa Fe.

"Why do I make art about jazz? Because I love the way the music makes me feel.
        I am intrigued by the complete sound that comes from several instruments collaborating. I love the education I've gotten from listening and reading and looking with a critical ear and eye. When I listen, I hear colors and shapes. The sounds I hear are the designs I make with my threadwork. The colors I hear sometimes take my breath away. I like the friction of the colors and the way they sparkle like the music. My art form gives me a way to "play" what I hear -- a chance to doodle and delight.
        When you think about it, jazz is just like me -- creative, improvisational, sometimes moody, sometimes whimsical, curious, demanding, constantly in motion, roots in the blues but head in the clouds, fearless, fanciful, free."

Lauren Camp Equinox, �2000 Threadwork, paint and beads on dyed and layered canvas and cotton 35 x 35 in. (88.9 x 88.9 cm) Courtesy of the artist, Santa Fe, New Mexico     Lauren Camp Tres Sambas, �2001 Threadwork on layered cotton and silk 16 x 56 in. (40.6 x 142.2 cm) Courtesy of the artist, Santa Fe, New Mexico     Lauren Camp Just Swing, � 2001 Threadwork on dyed and layered silk, cotton, lam� and ultrasuede 50 x 41 in. (127 x 104.1 cm) Courtesy of the artist, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Lauren Camp
Much, �2001
Threadwork and laser toner on dyed
and layered cotton and other fabric
35 x 46 in. (88.9 x 116.8 cm)
Courtesy of the artist, Santa Fe,
New Mexico
 
 

Lauren Camp
Rhythm Sticks, �2002
(based on a photo by Francis Wolff �Mosaic Images)
Threadwork on dyed and layered
cotton and other fabric
33 x 48 in. (83.8 x 121.9 cm)
Courtesy of the artist, Santa Fe,
New Mexico
 
 

Lauren Camp
Meditation, �2001
Threadwork on layered flannel, rayon,
cotton and silk
35 x 30 in. (88.9 x 76.2 cm)
Courtesy of the artist, Santa Fe,
New Mexico

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