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ART • EMBROIDERY • SEWING
Camela Guevara is a fiber artist and painter in Charleston, SC. She creates handmade monuments to unsung labor, as well as expressive paintings in gouache. She has been teaching embroidery for 7 years, and loves to share this lighthearted craft with folks looking for a creative outlet.
She is creating a handmade wardrobe as an alternative to fast fashion retailers. She is committed to making things herself instead of purchasing new items whenever she can. She has exhibited at Greenville Center for Creative Arts, North Charleston City Hall, Virago Gallery, and most recently at Redux Contemporary Art Center for her solo exhibition, Care Work.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2010 Bachelor’s of Arts. College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Care Work. Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
2017 PLUME. North Charleston City Gallery, North Charleston, SC
2014 Summer: Can’t Let You Go. Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
2013 Invisible Labors. Christophe Chocolatier, Charleston, SC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Charleston Visualists, BuySomeDamnArt.com
2017
Get Well Soon, The Southern Gallery, Charleston, SC
Nasty Women, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
Feminist Fiber Art, Virago Gallery, Seattle, WA
Palmetto Hands Juried Exhibition, North Charleston Arts Festival, North Charleston, SC
Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibition, Charleston City Gallery, Charleston, SC
2016
New Weave, The Southern Gallery, Charleston, SC
Telling Her Story, Greenville Center for the Arts, Greenville, SC
Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibition, Charleston City Gallery, Charleston, SC
Works on Paper and Art Objects. The Southern Gallery, Charleston, SC
2014
Redux Studio Artist Exhibition. North Charleston City Gallery, North Charleston, SC
Warp & Weft. 193 King Street, Charleston, SC
2013
Static in the Snow. Michael Mitchell Gallery, Charleston, SC
Buy Some Damn Art, Online Exhibition
Art Fields. Lake City Public Library, Lake City, SC
Material Matters. Ten Storehouse Row, North Charleston, SC
2012
Reorientation V. Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
Redux Studio Artists Exhibition. North Charleston City Gallery, North Charleston, SC
Pinned Down, Stems Floral Design Charleston, SC
Concurrent. Knights of Columbus Building, Charleston, SC
Grants & Awards
2019
Honorable Mention, Palmetto Hands, North Charleston Arts Festival, North Charleston, SC
2017
North Charleston Artist-In-Residence 2017-18
Palmetto Hands Purchase Award, North Charleston Arts Festival, North Charleston, SC
2016
Samuel A. Almon Scholarship for Fiber Artists, Penland School of Crafts
8-Week Weaving Course taught by Mary Zicafoose during the Spring Concentration.
2014
Lowcountry Quarterly Arts Grant
Along with fiber artist, Kristy Bishop, used funds from the Lowcountry Quarterly Arts
Grant to purchase yarn made of natural fibers, which we dyed naturally with indigo, goldenrod, cochineal, etc. We then used that yarn to create tapestry weavings and had an art exhibition entitled Warp and Weft.
2014
Work Study, Penland School of Crafts
8-week Weaving Course taught by Robin Johnston during the Spring Concentration.