Jarrett camp

Award winning Los Angeles artist Jarrett Camp was born in Warren, Ohio and grew up mostly in West Covina, California where he became fascinated with skateboard culture.

He finds inspiration in the way the people of LA express their passion, whether it’s through skateboarding, fine art or graffiti. Dyslexia affects the left side of the brain impairing the ability to sort out language in the correct se- quence, which in turn makes processing the alphabet extremely difficult.

While this is a challenge, Camp has leveraged the inherent benefits of dyslexia - an aptitude for two dimensional representa- tion as well as three dimensional design. For instance, when frustrated with his inability to get a piece of perspective absolutely perfect, he’s been known to carve the problematic image out of an eraser at hand to use as a model from which to draw.

His work ranges in size from 18”x24” to upwards of 60” x 80”. Using 1.1, 1.3 and 1.5 micron pens at 500- 1000’s dots per square inch on archival giclée paper, his work can take up to 8 months to complete."

His work in stipple has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.

JARRETT CAMP - ARTIST STATEMENT

Using the traditional hand method of stipple and the digital hand method of pointillism, I create whole worlds in which my characters Shun and Atin reside. They remain almost subliminal within each complex world-scape but come alive when I render them digitally in full color as comic book illustration where they become champions fighting against bullying and suicide.

My stipple and pointillism work is a multi-layered process that tackles societal issues like automation, gentrification, and diseases which can either be inherited or wrought by the environment, like asthma and diabetes.

I follow a specific ritual in which I first write down my ideas. Being dyslexic, writing clearly is literally impossible for me. Putting thoughts on paper, however, helps me get my ideas out of my head. Then I go to sleep. This helps solidify the information. When I awaken, I begin my work.