Cameron Ritcher

At the age of ten, Cameron was an established paleontologist, travelling to Utah to excavate dinosaur bones and returning to his 5th grade classroom to present the findings of his research. In middle and high school, he chased dreams of playing the trumpet and racing mountain bikes at a professional level. Late in high school, he became more intentional about his work in art class, and realized that visual art was (and is) the unlikely common denominator of all other endeavors.
Cameron began receiving commissions and gaining acceptance into notable gallery shows his freshman year of college. He graduated from James Madison University in May 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Studio Art as well as a Pre-K-12 Visual Arts Teaching Licensure, and won the school’s award for a graduating senior with a concentration in painting. He now shows work in galleries and art fairs nationally. He has received a $2,000 Award of Excellence at the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, a $2,000 Thomas J. Felton, Jr. Award of Distinction in Fine Art at the VA Beach MOCA Boardwalk Art Show, an Award of Merit at the Riverviews Artspace Annual Juried Show, The Randy Smith Memorial Award at the Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival, and numerous awards and sc...

2017
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Bachelor of Science Degree in Studio Art, Pre K-12 Visual Arts Teaching Licensure, Senior Achievement Award - Painting Concentration Area

Solo Exhibitions:

2019
Immediate Gratification, BOJUart, Virginia Beach, VA
2018
Calvin Ball, Spitzer Art Center, Harrisonburg, VA
2017
Stanley Hudson, 292 N. Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2015
Everything is a Cat, Artworks, Harrisonburg, VA
2014
Gluttony, Artworks, Harrisonburg, VA

Group Exhibitions and Fairs:

2019
Hung Juried, Glave Kocen, Richmond, VA
**Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, Winter Park, FL
Arlington Festival of the Arts, Arlington, VA
Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show, Philadelphia, PA
2018
The Other Art Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
All-Media Juried Show, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
Kansas City Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO
**VA MOCA Boardwalk Art Show, VA Beach, VA
Companion Planting, Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, VA
Arlington Festival of the Arts, Arlington, VA
A-RTS at Rockville Town Square, Rockville, MD
Lake Norman Festival of the Arts, Huntersville, NC
Taubman Museum of Art Sidewalk Show, Roanoke, VA
Crocker Park Fine Art Fair, Cleveland, OH
Mount Dora Art Festival, Mount Dora, FL
Beaux Arts Festival of Art, Miami, FL
2017
Chastain Park Art...