Watercolor
Perception and Watercolor in Watermedia
Drawing from her research in neuroscience and art, Naomi Andrée Campbell’s paintings investigate perception and the creative process through the act of seeing. The transformative process explores ephemeral expressions emerging from hierarchical acts of seeing through the eye and thinking with the brain. Working with concepts of memory “templates” and the biophysics of movement, her unique paintings capture perceptions of a world of liminal spaces while reflecting her multi-ethnic and Japanese identity.
Campbell’s exploration of the changing perception of light in watercolor has led to three-dimensional glass sculptures and immersive installations in her projects.
Naomi Andrée Campbell has been a faculty instructor of the Contemporary Body in Watercolor at The Art Students League of New York since 2007. She has been a guest artist at: the Morgan Library and Museum, NY; the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY; the Center for Italian Modern Art, NY; the New York Transit Museum, NY; Lehman College, CUNY, NY; Pratt, NY; the Hudson Valley Art Association, NY and national and international colleges and organizations since 1998. Watercolor Artist magazine published a special feature highlight on her in their October 2017 issue, by guest writer John A. Parks.
In 2021, based on Campbell’s research, the Marlen Meyerson JCC Manhattan and the Dana Foundation initiated an ongoing lecture series during Brain Awareness Week on “Art and the Brain” with Naomi Andrée Campbell and neuroscientist Dr. Felice Ghirlardi to discuss how we perceive the world and its critical engagement with art and life. Over three hundred attended one event. In 2022, the Italian Cultural Institute presented “Art and the Brain: Science, Creativity and Healing with panellists: Vittorio Gallese, MD, Maria Felice Ghilardi, MD, Naomi Andrée Campbell, Emiliano Santarnecchi, PhD., PsyD, Marygrace Berberian, PhD., LCAT, ATR-BC, LCSW, Andrea Casson and Caroline Kohles, Senior Director of Health and Fitness at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. The event sold out.
The work below is listed chronologically, expanding from 2020. These include the series on perceptions of the body/its environment. Works are watercolor, ink, acrylic, work on paper. For more information, please contact.
New Britain Museum of American Art 2024 “Nor’Easter” exhibition
Mobile translucent painting 2023-2024 exhibition
“Windows Exhibition,” 215 West 57th Street, New York, NY April 7th - June 1st, 2023
“Instructor Exhibition Art Students League of New York,” Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NY through October 16th, 2022
“Summer Drawing Exhibition,” Mutton Dressed as Lamb
“In a Line of Water,” at The Art Students League of New York
“The Space Between” and “Out of time, In time,” are based on altered perceptions of time and space with everyday objects during COVID (see exhibitions on Artsy with gallery Mutton Dressed as Lamb and Equity Gallery exhibition “Penumbra.”).
“The Salient Body” explores the body in space, and perceptions of the brain and art involved in human biological motion.
“The Contiguity of Anonymous Spaces” focuses on perceptions of plant responses through their collaborated movement.
“Engineered Food Staples” investigates concerns of food technology and sustainability as part of the “Edacity” series (see Projects).
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