Cas Campbell's works explore the places where nature, ancient history, mythology and queer culture meet. Using intricate, transformative material processes, she creates paintings and wall hangings from paper pulp, alongside installations and ceramic pieces. Works are formed through cyclical, ritualistic techniques: colour is applied from mineral pigments, oak gall ink, and gathered material, and old pieces are reworked and recycled into new ones.
Campbell (b. 1995) grew up in New Zealand and works between London and Brighton, UK. She holds an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art (2022), and a BA from the University of Brighton (2018). Her work is funded by Arts Council England and was shortlisted for the Chaiya Art Awards and the Visual Open Art Awards. Recent residencies include Studio Verde’s ‘Art and Ecology’ in Italy and Sachaqa Centro de Arte in the Peruvian Amazon. Campbell’s work is included in several public and private collections, most recently the Soho House Brighton collection of queer art. She has exhibited in the UK and internationally.
Education
2022 Royal College of Art. MA Painting.
2018 University of Brighton. BA Fine Art Painting.
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Hidden Rivers, Redkite Floating Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Fair Ground, Glyndebourne, Lewes
Walk While You Have The Light, Safehouse 1, London
Can you Afford to Pay Attention? Greatorex Street, London
Traveling Memories, The Modern Showroom, London
A Daughter and Feral Mothers, AMP Gallery, London
2023
What’s Your Superpower? Safehouse 1, London
Futility of Camouflage, Sachaqa Centro de Arte, Peru
Liminal Cracks, ASA Briggs Hall, London
Terra, SET Kensington
2022
Home, Regency Townhouse, Brighton
Graduate Show, Royal College of Art
2021
Drawing From Music, Royal College of Music
Art & Ecology, Studio Verde, Italy
Work in Progress Show, Royal College of Art
2020
IMPACT, Chaiya Art Awards
ALTERNATIVE, Menier Gallery, London.
2019
Worthing Light Festival
When Will You Learn, Nunn’s Yard Gallery, Norwich
Graduate Show, College of Arts and Humanities, University of Brighton
Chaiya Art Awards, Oxo Gallery, Southbank, London
Awards
2022 Arts Council Developing Your Creative Practice Grant
2021 Shortlisted, ColArt Awards
2019 Longlisted, Visual Open Art Awards
2018 Shortlisted, Chaiya Art Awards
Residencies
2023 Sachaqa Centro de Arte, Peru
2021 Art and Ecology, Studio Verde, Italy
2019 Artist in Residence, Tower House, Brighton
Collections
Soho House Brighton
Various private collections