CAMILLE CALEGARI

    
          RISD 2025
          BFA PRINTMAKING 

  1.  heavy weight / bulletproof vest
  2.  revelation 22:15
  3.  ode to the porch  
  4.  aesop  
  5. for convenience
  6. fanjo
  7. apokalypsis
  8. trans death memorial

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Camille Calegari is a queer artist based in Oakland, CA. Their practice collages found materials with printmaking and DIY techniques. By relearning folk art tradition lost through assimilation and consumerism, Calegari’s work depicts journeys towards self-determination and trans joy.

ode to the porch


tenor banjo repaired with scrap / approx. 32 x 12 x 4 in / summer 2024

1930’s Worco tenor banjo. Flange made from broken stooltop, shell made from scrap litho plate. Wheatpasted print on calfskin batterhead, carved from discarded wood. Coupon decals on neck and resonator.
A love letter to a home neglected by a landlord, and to the friends that filled it with music.