Biography
Cameron Mankin makes prints, artist's books, and sculptural installations that investigate the role of reason and rhetoric in the arrangement of public space and personal identity. Working primarily from found archives (news site banner images, apartment floor plans, and grainy security camera footage), he employs traditional print and bookmaking techniques to approach delicate systemic problems with a tongue-in-cheek rigor. The material properties of paper and ink set measurements and catalogs to collapse under their own unwieldy weight. The resulting projects vibrate between love letter and biting rebuttal - both addressed to vernacular image-making that goes unquestioned in our day to day lives. Mankin received his BA in Studio Art (Printmaking) from the University of Virginia in 2016 and his MFA from the University of Chicago in 2020. He lives and works out of Chicago, IL. His website is here.
Teaching
- Digital Fabrication (Winter 2023; MAAD 22920)
- Media Art and Design Practice (Spring 2023; MAAD 26210)