This August, Bantam Tools’ Machine Arts Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Joel Cammarata, whose work fuses digital precision with painterly immediacy. Beginning with CAD-based plotting, Cammarata renders geometric structures through vector design and machine logic. These frameworks provide the scaffolding for an entirely different force: paint applied with organic spontaneity, tactile gestures, and material chance.

The dialogue between the two is central. Rigid plotted lines anchor the work, while pigment bends, bleeds, and interrupts, pulling the composition toward something unpredictable. The resulting pieces oscillate between architectural clarity and painterly chaos, digital control and human intuition.

Across this new body of work, Cammarata probes the thresholds where precision dissolves into touch, where code-built systems transform into fields of color and gesture. Each piece is plotted with Bantam Tools ArtFrame™ machines, then transformed by hand through layers of paint. The medium is mixed: machine ink and brush-applied acrylics on heavyweight watercolor paper.

On view this August at Bantam Tools Machine Arts Gallery or shop the collection online