Naomi Andrée Campbell's (b. Montréal) work is known for her conceptual social and political commentary of the body and its environment through sense and perception in art and science. Her interdisciplinary and multimedia practice explores both studio and new media art through painting, sculpture and installation, drawn from a wide range of sources. Her recent research and installations reflect on current global environmental conditions surrounding the biodiversity and sustainability of food staples, their history, and the role of hydrology associated with changing climate conditions. Applying her background in science, Ms. Campbell achieves this using a wide range of media from X-rays to seeds. Her paintings initiate a further dialogue on perception and the brain/mind through the act of seeing. She investigates this through the exploration of concepts of vectors and distilled knowledge in the visual image. Each image is developed around the concept of thought decoding. This brain/mind discussion has expanded since the COVID pandemic, as confinement and isolation have affected the individual and society on innumerable levels of perception. This has allowed for further study into creativity, understanding and knowledge.

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 her personal experiences through science in relation to environmental issues. Ms. Campbell has been distinguished as an interdisciplinary artist pioneering new directions in three-dimensional stained glass and watercolor.

Ms. Campbell’s work with Columbia University’s neuroscience lab and its studies with genetic engineering 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 that will provoke thought and dialogue while questioning where we are today.