Elaine Cameron-Weir


Elaine Cameron-Weir is a Canadian visual artist who is primarily known for her sculptures. She currently lives and works in New York City.

Early life

Elaine Cameron-Weir was born in Alberta, Canada in 1985. In 2007 she received her undergraduate degree in Drawing from Alberta College of Art and Design. She received an MFA in Studio Art from New York University in 2010.

Career

Cameron-Weir has exhibited internationally, including institutions such as the New Museum in New York, the Dortmunder Kunstverein in Dortmund, Germany, and the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York.
Cameron-Weir participated in the 2011 Bridgehampton Biennial. In 2012, the artist was included in a group show entitled "Weights and Measures" at 11R Gallery in New York City. Cameron-Weir has had three solo exhibitions at Lower East Side gallery Ramiken Crucible - "without true bazaars" in 2011, "not known to be used by any form of life" in 2012, and "venus anadyomene" in 2014. Cameron-Weir has displayed her work internationally, as well - her 2014 solo show "Medusa" was exhibited by Rodolphe Janssen in Brussels, Belgium. Her work has also exhibited with Ramiken Crucible at Frieze New York in 2013 and 2014. Cameron-Weir had solo exhibitions with Venus Over Los Angeles and Andrea Rosen Gallery in New York in 2016, and Hannah Hoffman in Los Angeles in 2017.
Her most recent solo exhibition "strings that show the wind" was presented in 2019 at JTT in New York.