Cameron Meade earned his MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute in 2018, following dual degrees in Psychology and Physics from Stanford University in 2013. Before fully dedicating himself to art, he briefly worked in computational biology. His work has been recognized in numerous exhibitions and publications, most recently in 40 Under 40 (2025), juried by Jennie Goldstein, Associate Curator of the Collection at the Whitney Museum of American Art. His paintings have also been featured in group shows curated by Dexter Wimberly, Carmen Hermo, and Jesse Firestone, and profiled in Visual Art Journal. In 2019, he was a finalist for the William & Dorothy Yeck Young Painters Competition, juried by Barry Schwabsky, and was spotlighted as a Rising Artist by WNET (PBS)’s ALL ARTS. Meade has attended residencies at Trestle, Vermont Studio Center, the Millay Colony, VCCA, Monson Arts, MASS MoCA, the Studios of Key West, and Kunstraum.
Alongside his artistic practice, Meade has spent the past 17 years working with Starting Right, Now (SRN), a Tampa-based nonprofit founded by his mother, Vicki Sokolik. SRN serves homeless youth, removing barriers to long-term well-being and self-sufficiency while addressing systemic inequities. This work deeply informs Meade’s practice and outlook, shaping both his art and his life. Through SRN, he has cultivated a large, unconventional family and discovered the profound value of intimate human connection. In 2024, he collaborated with Sokolik as a co-writer on her debut memoir, If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America, which explores the structural injustices that perpetuate generational poverty and homelessness.
Meade lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
