Biography

Cameron Schmitz is an abstract painter who has a background in landscape and figurative painting. Her education includes a Master’s of Fine Arts in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting & Drawing from the University of New Hampshire, and studies in Art and Art History at Studio Arts Centers International in Florence, Italy. Following a month-long artist residency at the Vermont Studio Center in 2006 and meeting her now husband, Schmitz moved to Vermont. She and her husband and three children currently reside in Bernardston, MA.

Schmitz’s work has been featured at Fitchburg Art Museum, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Green Mountain College, Kyoto Seika University, Emory University, Metro Gallery in Burlington, VT and Rogue Space in New York, NY. Notable recent press includes her work featured in Fresh Paint Magazine and being interviewed in a two-part series on the popular podcast, Savvy Painter. She is represented by Alpers Fine Art, Carrie Coleman Fine Art, Northern Daughters Gallery, Michael Findlay Gallery, and The Drawing Room Art Gallery. In addition to her art practice, Schmitz also teaches painting workshops at the River Gallery School in Brattleboro, VT.

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