This new exhibit by Zoë Camper features a series of pencil drawings that merge realistic and symbolic portraiture with encrypted storytelling. Using RSA encryption, each piece contains hidden text that reveals a personal narrative connected to the subject of the portrait. The work reflects key emotional milestones in the artist’s life and career, exploring what it means to truly live and work as an artist. Themes such as creative production, the pressure of exhibition deadlines, the importance of support, and the thrill of recognition from collectors all appear throughout the series. At its core, this exhibit celebrates the expressive power and flexibility of the pencil as a tool for both writing and drawing.
Zoë Camper is a practicing artist and technologist. She is CEO of Zoë Camper LLC, an RSA Fellow, and Co-Founder of the Augmented Society Network. She is a London native based in fabulous Las Vegas. Camper works at the intersection of art and technology, her creative practice combines labor-intensive, highly detailed drawings with technology to explore storytelling, pattern making, and cryptography. She taught Design Principles, Convergent Journalism, and Advance Coding at the BBC Academy, and holds a Post Graduate Certificate of Education and Hons Degree in 3D Design.
On exhibit at East Las Vegas Library from June 5, 2025 through August 26, 2025
Monday: 10:00AM – 8:00PM
Tuesday: 10:00AM – 8:00PM
Wednesday: 10:00AM – 8:00PM
Thursday: 10:00AM – 8:00PM
Friday: 10:00AM – 6:00PM
Saturday: 10:00AM – 6:00PM
Sunday: 10:00AM – 6:00PM
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