Carolyn Campbell Mixed Media

$875.00 CDN

$875.00 CDN

$875.00 CDN

Artist’s Statement -I have produced a series of paintings of my women artist friends and self-portraits in which the models are depicted as icons or indices.  I don't think of these pictures purely as portraits, which is evident in the fact that the bodies and faces are hybrids.  Instead I think of them as an arranged marriage between particular spells in art history made manifest on a grid defined by classical portraiture.

The more precise and seemingly anachronistic my choices are, with respect to the Holbein costumes I've borrowed, or the colour field painting techniques employed in the negative space, or the art historical significance of the gaze - the more it seems questionable that one can ever know who it is we think we see.  The resulting movement between self documentation and social critique is rooted in the power of materiality, the heavy investment in the subject, and the understanding that what is real is often preferably, and beautifully unreal.

University of Alberta, Master of Fine Arts Degree, Painting Division, 2004
University of Alberta, Bachelor of Arts with Honours Degree, Art History, 1994
University of Alberta, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Art and Design, 1987

During her studies Carolyn received the following recognitions: (2004) Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship, Alberta Learning Graduate Student Scholarship, Graduate Research Assistantship, Graduate Program Research and Review, (2003–2004) Alberta Foundation for the Arts Graduate Scholarship in Art and Design, (2003) The Eva Toban Scholarship.

In Alberta, Carolyn had solo exhibitions at Harcourt House Arts Centre, Peter Robertson Gallery, University of Alberta Fine Arts Building Gallery.  She was part of group exhibitions at the Triangle Gallery, Edmonton Art Gallery, Harcourt House Arts Centre, Willock & Sax Gallery, Peter Robertson Gallery, Arts Hab, Vanderleelie Gallery, University of Alberta FAB Gallery, The Works Festival, Stanley A. Milner Public Library, Latitude 53 Gallery, The Faculty Club, Jasper Yellowhead Museum, Bank of Montreal, MacEwan Gallery. 

Carolyn was a finalist for the Kingston Prize 2009, Canada’s National Portrait Competition, Kingston Arts Council, Ontario.
 

• “Postmodern touches here and there”, Gilbert Bouchard, Edmonton Journal, January 27, 2006, G8

• “Campbell’s portrait work combines classic and current”, Gilbert Bouchard, Edmonton Journal, July 22, 2005, G6

• “People person”, Christa O’Keefe, See Magazine, August 4 – August 10, 2005, 21

• Shaw Television, July 20, 2005, interview with Tamara San Martin

• “Keeping a head of the class”, Agnieszka Matejko, Vue Weekly, July 21-27, 2005, 54

• Following the Footsteps column, Shelagh Kubish, New Trails magazine, summer 2005, 47

• “At least 26 ways to draw”, Allison Kydd, See Magazine, December – January 2004

• “Drawing them in”, Susan Jones, St. Albert Gazette, December 18, 2004, 22

• “Drawing is not child’s play for EAG artists”, Olenka Melnyk, Edmonton Journal, December 29, 2004, C1

• “Draw celebrates the return of pencil to paper as a genre”, Gilbert Bouchard, Edmonton Journal, December 3, 2004, E6

• “Draw”, Marna Bunnell, Take Part, October – December 2004, 8-9

• “Memories make Campbell and Lindemann perfect gallery mates”, Gilbert Bouchard, Edmonton Journal, September 24, 2004, E6

• “Ishmael and female”, Agnieszka Matejko, Vue Weekly, May 20-26, 2004, 48

• “Campbell inspired by literature, Barzel by music”, Gilbert Bouchard, Edmonton Journal, May 21, 2004, E6

• “Art Underground”, Anthony Easton, The Gateway, November 4, 2003, 8-9

• Other Voices Journal of the Literary and Visual Arts, volume 16, summer 2003, number 1, 71

University of Alberta special collections; School of Business Executive Programs, University of Alberta; Edmonton Golf and Country Club;  Alberta Foundation for the Arts. 

Private Collections: Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge.