Cameron Meade is a 2018 graduate of the MFA program in Painting at Pratt Institute and in 2013 received his BA in Psychology and BS in Physics from Stanford University. He briefly worked as a researcher in Computational Biology before redirecting his professional aspirations toward art. In 2019, Cameron was a 2019 finalist for the William & Dorothy Yeck Young Painters Competition, juried by Barry Schwabsky. Also in 2019, Cameron was featured as a Rising Artist for WNET (PBS)’s ALL ARTS. His work has been included in groups shows curated by Dexter Wimberly and Carmen Hermo. He has attended Trestle Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Monson Arts, the Studios at MASS MoCA, and the Studios of Key West. He lives and works in Brooklyn.
Cameron has spent the past 16 years working for Starting Right, Now (SRN), a nonprofit organization located in his hometown of Tampa, Florida (founded by his mother, Vicki Sokolik). SRN addresses the roots of poverty for unaccompanied homeless youth. Cameron’s art practice is largely inspired by his work at SRN, through which he has cultivated a large unconventional family and realized the immense value in intimate connections. Cameron was contributing collaborator for Vicki’s debut memoir If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America, published February 2024.