review in Two Coats of Paint

https://twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/05/camilla-fallon-womanizer.html

In May 2025 I had a solo show at the Painting Center in May 2025. I was selected by Chase Cantwell to be a guest artist in the Project space. 



"The Painting Center is pleased to present The Navel Is The Center, a solo exhibition of paintings by artist Camilla Fallon in the Project Room. The exhibition opens on Tuesday, April 29, and runs through May 24, 2025. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, May 1 from 5 to 8 pm.

Camilla Fallon's paintings masterfully explore the delicate interplay between light, form, and the female body. Through thoughtful close cropping and intentional scale shifts, she creates intriguing, unpredictable spaces that invite contemplation. Her work plays with obscured identity, using tightly cropped body fragments and broken shadows to allow light to conceal and reveal the human form. These luminous patches serve a dual purpose - they illuminate while simultaneously obscuring, creating a captivating push-pull effect.

In her most recent series, Fallon focuses on the navel as both subject and symbol. Pretty Navel places this unassuming feature at the exact center of the composition, demanding attention. As the series progresses, the navel undergoes a striking transformation - evolving from a simple bodily marker to a powerful metaphor. In works like Wound, Navel, and Bloat, it becomes a gaping wound, reflecting deeply personal experiences of aging, surgical scars, infections, and physical discomfort. What begins as neutral anatomy transforms into a poignant emblem of human vulnerability.

"I deliberately obscure my identity and maintain anonymity because these paintings are so revealing," Fallon explains. "That very exposure leaves me feeling vulnerable." This artistic approach has deep roots in her practice. A decade ago, she painted her full body while hiding her face or showing only the back of her head which was a clear nod to Velázquez's Rokeby Venus with its mirrored reflection. Those earlier works radiated confidence, portraying her middle-aged body in bold, energetic poses like handstands, celebrating its strength and flexibility." for more...

https://www.thepaintingcenter.org/camilla-fallon-the-navel-is-the-center



"Lemon and Aparagus", pandemic drawing (and don't forget the cherries) and "Lemons" are in Right Now It's All Yellow at Drawings Rooms in Jersey City, opens 4/26
If you get a chance

Drawing Rooms

Gallery Hours: Th/Fri 4-7p, Sat/Sun, 2-6p

926 Newark Ave, #T101 Jersey City, NJ

www.drawingrooms.org

Summer News

I am happy to announce that my painting "Navel" will be included in Being Human, curated by Alix Bailey, Kathleen Beausoleil and Perri Neri at The Painting Center. "The exhibition celebrates the complexities of the human experience – an experience that ignites the artist to explore and reflect on the many layers of humanness such as identity, memory, and connection." The exhibition will be on view from July 16 - August 10, 2024, and will be featured on Artsy with a catalogue of the artists’ works. The reception will be Thursday, July 18th, from 5-8.
https://www.thepaintingcenter.org/being-human

Navel 2023 36 x 48in 20 oil on canvas

In May I was picked to be a Studio Artist for the I like Your Work Podcast. Very generous with posting my work on Instagram, they edited my blurbs on their site and posted a youtube video of me in my studio talking about myself and the work. Here is the link to the site: https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/post/artist-camilla-fallon
I like Your Work Podcast video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqs38Ku87EA
Erika Diamond, curator of the I like Your Work Podcast Summer 2024 catalogue It's Complicated also selected the painting, "Navel" to be included in the online show and printed catalogue.
From the catalogue:
"Camilla Fallon combines parallel lines of light streaming through window blinds with the figurative study of a highly contested part of the female body – the belly or womb"
Check out the catalogue https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/its-complicated on line or order one from the site. 


ONE MORE THING
I was selected for a solo show in the Project Room at The Painting Center in April 2025. Chase Cantwell and Kristin Osterberg selected two artists for the two solo exhibitions.
"The Painting Center, an artist-run non-profit gallery, in the heart of Chelsea, announced a call for submissions for two solo exhibition opportunities in the Project Room space of the gallery. The two solo exhibitions will take place in 2025, and each separate exhibition will have a run time of four weeks".
Stay Tuned.


Have a wonderful Summer!!

Camilla

Hill_Stead Museum

Hill-Stead Museum
Modern Day Monet

Location: Hill-Stead Museum. 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, CT 06032.
Dates: April 27, 2024 – May 26, 2024
FARMINGTON, Conn. - Hill-Stead Museum is proud to announce the opening of its first
Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Modern Day Monet, an exciting opportunity for
contemporary artists to engage with the natural splendor and artistic heritage of the
museum. Set against the backdrop of Hill-Stead's 152 acres of picturesque landscapes
and gardens, this juried show invited artists from all backgrounds to submit their work
inspired by nature and light.



Three Drawings in 

THE BIG SMALL SHOW 2023
AT DRAWING ROOMS

12/07/23 - 01/20/24 (Holiday break 12/18/2023-1/04/24)

OPENING RECEPTION WEEKEND,

FRIDAY 12/8/23, 6-9P

SATURDAY 12/9/23, AND SUNDAY 12/10/23, 2-6P

Gallery Hours begin Thursday, Dec. 7:

Thurs/Fri, 4-7p; Sat/Sun, 2-6p

​Drawing Rooms

926 Newark Ave. #T101

Jersey City, NJ, 07306

Free Parking Lot. Entrance to DR is on Newark Ave.

For more info: https://www.drawingrooms.org/events.html

Object Matter at Caldwell Gallery in Hudson has been held over until December 17.

Continue to enjoy this exhibition of works by James Walsh, Ann Walsh, Francine Tint, Kate Stewart, Elizabeth Snelling, Sandi Slone, Sarah Sands, Susan Roth, Mark Raush, Rebecca Purdum, Laurel Olitski, Mark Milroy,
Jodie Manasevit, Joel Longenecker, Ronnie Landfield, Noah Landfield,
Jeffrey Kurland, Barry Katz, Darryl Hughto, Martin Hoogasian,
Camilla Fallon, Paula De Luccia, Mary Breneman, Berrisford Boothe, Scott Bennett, Len Bellinger, Charity Baker, Bob Alexander, and Stephen Achimore. Curated by Scott Bennett to benefit the Sam and Adele Golden
Residency for Artists

355 Warren Street | Hudson, NY 12534 US

Solo Show at La Guardia Community College

Winter Landscapes Show at Miss Porters in Farmington Ct, call 860 418 -9557 for appt,
open Sat and Sun

I began painting landscapes last year after moving to Sharon Ct,. from New York City.I’ve a lways been a studio painter and have rarely worked with landscape except for

occasional trips to the ocean or mountains. What struck me most last year was the exceptionally strong shadows on the snow, the graphic quality seemed related in part to paintings I did in 2015 of construction sites and scaffold which had a strong geometric component.

All of my paintings deal with light. I might call that my primary subject, but I think painters have many subjects, I do love the landscape outside of the window here. That alone was a powerful motivation to paint it. 

Group Show at the Coral Door
15 Eighth Avenue, West Village

curated by Jessica Nissen and Lowell Boyers

My piece in the September Issue of Passengers Journal 



https://www.passengersjournal.com/volume-3-issue-3-visual-art


Read my piece on p77 in the July Issue of New Observations magazine. guest edited by Brenda Zlamany.