About
Photo by Bunni Brown
Cameron Jarvis is a visual artist and multi-instrumental musician. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota to parents who immigrated from Antigua in the Caribbean. Growing up in Cottage Grove, a suburb of The Twin Cities instilled a fascination with transportation, land use, and how culture influences space. Cameron collects, archives, and recontextualizes images, objects and materials to describe the world around him. By living in and visiting places like Philadelphia, Antigua, Minnesota, and London Cameron has developed a unique language to talk about and understand places.
In 2019 Cameron received his MFA in Painting from Tyler School of Art and Architecture (Philadelphia, PA). He earned his BA in Studio Art and Vocal Performance in 2015 from Gustavus Adolphus College (Saint Peter, MN). He studying painting at Slade School of Fine Art (London, UK) in 2014.
Cameron is a singer, guitarist, clarinetist and recording engineer. He has toured regionally with the Gustavus Jazz Band, and internationally with the Gustavus Choir and the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra. Notable venues include Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London.
Recent projects include Free Parking, an exhibit with Priscilla Briggs at Rosalux Gallery, (Minneapolis, MN); One, Two, Or One Half a solo album available via streaming and on Bandcamp via Cold Rhymes Records (Philadelphia, PA); God Could My Dad Drive A Car… Whoo!, a print edition and exhibition in collaboration with Pressure Club (Philadelphia PA).
Cameron currently lives, works, and rests in Minneapolis, MN.
Education
2019 MFA in Painting, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2015 BA in Studio Art and Music Performance, magna cum laude, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN
2014 Semester abroad, Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 God Could My Dad Drive A Car… Whoo! print edition and solo exhibition, Pressure Club, Philadelphia, PA
2019 VERSIONS / I LIKE LIKE thesis exhibition, Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
2017 First Hand curated by Megan Johnston and Su Legtt, Emerging Artist Series, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Free Parking with Priscilla Briggs, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2023 Within Without curated by Stephanie Rogers, Anderson Center At Tower View, Red Wing, MN
2021 Dark Sousveillance curated by Logan Cryer, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Testing Grounds curated by Austen Camille and Alex Nazar, Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Hybrid curated by Galen Gibson-Cornell, Bertrand Productions, Philadelphia, PA
2016 410’s Project Bike curated by Dana Sikkila Murphy, 410 Project, Mankato, MN
2015 I Can’t Breathe juried by Romi Crawford, PhD and Mary Patten, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Departures with Betsy Byers, Art Center of Saint Peter, Saint Peter, MN
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
2017 Future Faculty Fellowship, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Grant, Anderson Center at Tower View, Red Wing, MN
2015 Studio Lab Tech Fellowship, Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Art and Art History, Saint Peter, MN
2015 Purchase Award, Free Art Tasting and False Advertising, Hillstrom Museum of Art, Saint Peter, MN
2014 Award, Stylized, Happy Face Space, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Presidential Faculty-Student Collaboration Grant, with Professor Betsy Byers, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN
Murals and Public Collections
2023 Ocean Wall mural for Catch 21, Lead artist Dimitri Kadiev, Los Angeles
2022 Red Shirt Project mural for Christ Episcopal Church, lead artist Dimitri Kadiev, Red Shirt, SD
2021 Protect The Sacred mural on The Episcopal Church In Minnesota office, lead artist Dimitri Kadiev, Minneapolis, MN
2021 Murals Painted at Saint Peters Episcopal Church as part of Protect The Sacred mural project, Leech Lake, MN
2020 Stay Golden mural at 33rd Street and Diamond Street, Lead artists Gerald Brown and Isaac Scott, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Public display, Gustavus Department of Art and Art History, Saint Peter, MN
2015 Public display, Gustavus Department of English and Writing Center, Saint Peter, MN
2014 Public display, Park Grove Branch Library, Cottage Grove, MN
2011 Collection, Culpeper Language Arts Center, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN
Music and Film
2022 One, Two or One Half, solo album, Cold Rhymes Records, Philadelphia, PA
2016 410’s Project Bike, The 410 Project and True Facade Pictures, Featured artist Mankato, MN
2015 Gustavus Choir Tour to Paris, and The United Kingon, with performances at Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London, and Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
2012 Gustavus Symphony Orchestra Tour to South Africa, With performances in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Soweto
Press
Raynel Carroll, Andtigua Barbuda Today, ABS TV Radio, October 27, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1APBBLWnLo/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Peter Crimmins, “Cherry Street Pier opens its largest public art exhibition since pandemic began” October 10, 2020 https://whyy.org/articles/cherry-street-pier-opens-its-largest-public-art-exhibition-since-pandemic-began/
Alex Smith, January 5, 2022 “Impassioned creativity plus awareness of being watched, in ‘Dark Sousveillance’ at Vox Populi Gallery” https://www.theartblog.org/2022/01/impassioned-creativity-plus-awareness-of-being-watched-in-dark-sousveillance-at-vox-populi-gallery/
Stephanie Rogers, “Studio Visit with Cameron Jarvis, Visual Artist & Musician” June 27, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pot4nA8rNg
Gretchen Mensink Lovejoy, “Heritage Day features the best Chatfield has to offer,” September 14, 2016 https://cha.stparchive.com/Archive/CHA/CHA09142016P01.php?tags=cameron|jarvis
Al Behrends, Gustavus Fine Arts Blog “30mph Zone: New Works by Cameron Jarvis,” April 21, 2016 https://finearts.blog.gustavus.edu/2016/04/21/30mph-zone-new-works-by-cameron-jarvis/
Al Behrends, Gustavus Fine Arts Blog “Cameron Jarvis ’15 Artwork in Here & Somewhere Else Exhibition,” July 13, 2015
Al Behrends, Gustavus Fine Arts Blog “Works by Betsy Byers & Cameron Jarvis ’15 in DEPARTURES Exhibition at St. Peter Art Center,” July 29, 2013 https://finearts.blog.gustavus.edu/2013/07/29/works-by-betsy-byers-cameron-jarvis-15-in-departures-exhibition-at-st-peter-art-center/