Eric Cameron (born

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, UK in 1935) is a Canadian artist living in Calgary, Alberta known for his

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work.

Career

Cameron was educated at the

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, and the

Courtauld Institute The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. It is among the most prestigious specialist coll ...

. His earlier works include the ''Process Paintings'' produced with masking tape grids and often brightly coloured, mostly from the 1960s. His videotapes date mainly from 1973 to 1976. In 1979, Eric Cameron began applying coats of gesso to some objects that just happened to be lying around his Halifax apartment. Since then, a total of sixty or so ''Thick Paintings'' have been initiated; about half are in museum collections across Canada, while the rest continue to be worked on. Eric Cameron has taught a total of 47 years at universities in England and Canada until 2020 and was the recipient of the 1992 Canada Council’s

Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award The Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award is a monetary award given since 1971 by the Canada Council for the Arts to Canadian artists judged to be outstanding in their mid-careers. Since 2005, the award is given to one recipient in each of the followi ...

and the

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in 2004. He is a member of the

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. His works are held in the collections of the Glenbow Museum and the National Gallery of Canada.National Gallery of Canada's Cybermuse website
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Canadian EncyclopediaCBC Artspots
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Eric Canadian contemporary artists Canadian conceptual artists Living people Artists from Calgary English emigrants to Canada 1935 births Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts winners Alumni of King's College, Newcastle