Camilla Huey: Artist

Camilla Huey (born 1956) is an American artist currently living and working in
New York City. Camilla has had a varied career in fashion and art with exhibitions
such as “The Loves of Aaron Burr: Portraits in Corsetry & Binding” at the
Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum and “Tandem Pursuits” at Wavehill’s Glyndor
Gallery both in 2013.

She has exhibited hats to benefit the Bard Graduate Center opening "Hats: An Anthology" by Stephen Jones in 2012. Her work is also showcased in the Absolut "Ephemera" Millennium Calendar 2000. She was invited
by Ettore Sottsass to exhibit in "Memphis in Memphis" in 1984. Camilla has designed
couture for private clientele, film, theatre, opera, ballet as well as advertising and editorial. Her
work has appeared in Vogue, Blouin ArtInfo,
The New York Times & New York Magazine.
Huey currently creates portraits at The House
of Execution in New York City, and is preparing
for upcoming exhibitions to be announced. 

 SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013 The Loves of Aaron Burr: Portraits in Corsetry & Binding,
The Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum with The New York City Historic House Trust, New York City 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013 Tandem Pursuits, Armor & Ichthyology, Wave Hill, New York City

2012 Open House New York, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, New York City

2011 Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones, Bard Graduate Center Auction, New York City

COLLABORATIONS

2011 The Goddess Fortuna, Prospect.2, in collaboration with Dawn DeDeaux, New Orleans

1984 Memphis in Memphis, Brooks Art Museum, collaboration with Ettore Sottsass, Memphis

OTHER PROJECTS

2008 The Life Ball, “Queen of The Life Ball”, Amanda Lepore, Vienna, Austria

2000 Absolute Vodka Millennium “Ephemera” Calendar, Guzman Photography, New York

1996 Houston Opera, “Four Saints In Three Acts” Robert Wilson & Francesco Clemente

1996 “Where the Wild Things Are” in collaboration with Maurice Sendak, Princeton Rep Ballet

1994 Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), "The Flies: A Musical Phantasmagoria,"
composer Vladimir Tarasov, libretto, costumes and stage design by Ilya Kabakov, Brooklyn, New York

EDUCATION

BFA, Painting and Textile Design, Memphis Academy of Arts, Memphis