CAMOC is pleased to present Spotlight Artist, Jiaming You with “Looking Out.”

This exhibition explores the act of looking, something often done subconsciously, but a conscious drive for the artist. Figures in the work look into the picture as an act of personal revelation. Rather than obscuring faces to challenge stereotypes, now “their existence does not depend on being the subject of someone’s gaze,” and the work highlights their autonomy. Filling silhouettes with images of places and patterns, this show challenges the classic “figure-ground” relationship, inviting reflection on how self-presentation is shaped by social context.

Jiaming You (@‌jiamingyou_studio) is a Chicago-based painter and installation artist with an MFA from SAIC (2022) and a BS from UW-Madison (2018). A recipient of the Carrie Ellen Tuttle Fellowship, Jiaming has exhibited in Los Angeles, New York, Shanghai Art021 2024, and featured in Soft Lightning Magazine, Emerge Magazine, CanvasRebel, Sina News, Artdaily, New City, Art Insider, and Chicago Reader.

CAMOC’s ongoing Spotlight Series, curated by Larry Lee (@‌lardamang), exists to showcase the dynamic array of Chinese American artists working in the vibrant world of contemporary fine arts in Chicago and beyond.

RSVP for the opening reception on Sunday, March 9, 2-5 PM.

This exhibition will run from March 9th to April 13, 2025.