Cameron Meade
Humanitarian Working in Social Practice and Art
Brooklyn, NY

Cameron Meade is best known for his painted portraits. Cameron has attended Trestle Artist Residency, the Vermont Studio Center, The Millay Colony for the Arts, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Monson Arts. In 2019 he participated in a group exhibition as a finalist for Miami University’s Young Painter’s Competition, juried by Barry Schwabsky. He was also profiled as a RISING ARTIST by ALL ARTS. He is a 2018 graduate of the MFA program in Painting at Pratt Institute and in 2013 received his B.A. in Psychology and B.S. in Physics from Stanford University, with a Proficiency Notation in Mandarin. He has spent the past thirteen years working for Starting Right, Now (SRN), a nonprofit organization located in his hometown of Tampa, FL. SRN’s comprehensive program ends the generational cycle of homelessness and poverty for unaccompanied youth. SRN was recognized as a CNN Hero in 2019. 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 of intimate connections.