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

Her powerful paintings initiate a scientific dialogue on perception, focusing on liminal cues observed between the visual senses and the relationship between the eye and the brain during the act of seeing. She investigates concepts such as memory templates, biophysics of movement, vectors, distilled knowledge, and liminal spaces.

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

Her visit to Columbia University’s neuroscience lab has furthered her exploration of the role of perception in our lives. Her resulting work explores the brain and mind’s perception through fear, loss, power and fragility associated with the individual and society.

Campbell continually seeks to provoke thought and dialogue while questioning where we are today.