Naomi Andrée Campbell (b. Montréal) is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist recognized for conceptual, social and political commentary of the body and its environment through sense and perception in art and science. Her multimedia practice explores studio and new media art through painting, sculpture and installation, drawn from a wide range of sources from X-rays to seeds. Her sculptures and installations contemplate current global environmental conditions including ecological issues, the sustainability of food and the delicate balance of hydrology associated with climate change based on her science background.

Her potent paintings initiate a further science-based dialogue on perception through liminal cues observed between the visual senses and the relationship between the eye and the brain through the act of seeing. Campbell investigates this through concepts of memory templates, biophysics of movement, vectors, distilled knowledge and liminal spaces. The brain/mind discussion has expanded since the pandemic, as the experience of confinement and isolation continue to affect the individual and the world on innumerable levels. This research has lead to further study into creativity, understanding and knowledge as it relates to sensory perception.

Ms. Campbell’s work, described as “potent, visually arresting mnemonics” by Jonathan Goodman in Sculpture magazine states: “Starting with nature’s sculpted forms, she introduces new definitions of the organic and the synthetic through fragmented objects and hybridized systems that follow the concepts and connotations of natural systems.” Ms. Campbell’s concepts are informed by numerous points of origin, including the experiential, through science and on multiple environmental issues. Ms. Campbell has been distinguished as an interdisciplinary artist pioneering new directions in three-dimensional stained glass and watercolor.

Ms. Campbell’s visit to Columbia University’s neuroscience lab has helped her expand her ongoing investigation into the conditions of perception in our lives. Her resulting work explores the brain/mind’s perception through fear, loss, power and fragility associated with the individual and society.

Ms. Campbell is always looking for something more to be said to provoke thought and dialogue while questioning where we are today.