User:Kathleen Cameron

Kathleen Cameron studied fine art with honors at The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg South Africa. She is an artist and illustrator, now residing in Barcelona.

Since university, she has collaborated on many projects, and has participated in numerous exhibitions in South Africa and in Japan. With a friend, she produced the company MissYucki, which specializes in narrative based character design, art and accessory design. In 2007, she organised and curated her first solo show for MissYucki.

"Since her humble beginnings as random doodles, MissYucki has grown into a complex and multifaceted character that embodies the artists' desire to create, design and explore their world and their identities in South Africa and beyond. MissYucki, the character, is a professional pavement princess and apprentice witch doctor. She is a lost child and little homeless street wanderer who, together with her guardians, the tokoloshies, parade the urban landscape hawking their trash treasure and magic medicines, adventuring through dreamscapes, city slums and suburbs."

The MissYucki project has toured from New York to Spain and aims to deconstruct the stereotypical images of Africa and instead present a unique experience of urban Africa.

In context Kat has concentrated on pushing the boundaries of illustration into a fine-art framework while keeping a firm eye on the fantastical and narrative driven aspects of the illustration experience. Her website can be viewed here : Kathleen Cameron Illustration

Exhibitions

2008 Project(or) Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

2008 MissYucki @ Muvart(Mozambique)

2007 MissYucki Trash Treasure Trolley Hunt (South Africa)

2007 MissYucki Reunion Jo'burg @ Intermission Gallery(South Africa)

2007 MissYucki Pageant Princess Painting(Japan)

2007 Tokyo Design Festa vol.25(Japan)

2007 Illustration for Miss Yucki & CreatingX.com ~ Disco Safari @ Deconstruction(South Africa)

2007 Illustration for Miss Yucki & Yellow Voodoo ~ Panty Pageant(South Africa)

2006 Miss Yucki Halloween Pageant @ Pull(Japan)

2006 Miss Yucki Pageant 2 @ Pull(Japan)

2006 Tokyo Design Festa vol.24(Japan)

2006 International Fashion Sale(South Africa)

2006 A Trifle Bazaar(South Africa)

2006 Tokyo Design Festa vol.23(Japan)

2005 Occupied Events ~ Revamp Fashion Show(South Africa)

2005 Occupied Events ~ In Transit(South Africa)

2005 S.G.C Exhibition ~ Meat(South Africa)

2005 Miss Yucki Pageant 1(South Africa)

2004 S.G.C Exhibition ~ Cheapskate Bazaar(South Africa)

2004 Spark Fashion Expo(South Africa) 2004 Miss Yucki @ Secret(South Africa)

2004 S.G.C Exhibition ~ Soft(South Africa)

2004 Occupied Events ~ Shopping Party(South Africa)

2003-2005 Miss Yucki @ Merely Mortal(South Africa)

2003 Miss Yucki @ Blatch 2(South Africa)

2003 Blatch 1(South Africa)

2002 Delight (South Africa)

2002 Martinssen (South Africa)