Camille Billops

Camille Billops (b. 1933)

A Los Angeles-born artist, Camille Billops produces films, texts and ceramics in various styles that challenge categorization. Her art reflects her world travels and encounters with various local, religious and artistic traditions from countries such as Egypt, India, and Sri Lanka, and in her art she explores racial, sexual and religious identity. In 1975, she co-founded the Hatch-Billops Collection, an independent research archive for the study of black artists, now located at Emory University.

Important Source Material

Garman, Savannah L. “Camille Billops: Behind the Minstrel Mask,” Masters Thesis, University of Delaware, 2004.

Billops, Camille. “My Life in Art – An Autobiographical Essay,” Black Art: an International Quarterly, 1, 4 (1977): 31-51.

Camille Billops and James V. Hatch Archives (1954-2011) at Emory University. Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.

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