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26 October 2023 • Mark Westall
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Gianna T’s debut solo exhibition ‘Life is Beautiful’, opens this week.
26 September 2022 • Mark Westall
BeAdvisors Art Department presents Italian artist Gianna T’s debut solo exhibition ‘Life is Beautiful’, curated by Hector Campbell. Spanning all… Read More
Hector Campbell’s Top 5 For London Gallery Weekend
12 May 2022 • Hector Campbell
London Gallery Weekend kicks off this Friday, May 13th, with hundreds of special events and exhibitions taking place across London. To help you navigate we asked Hector Campbell, writer, curator and author of the weekly emerging art newsletter ‘The Shock of the Now’, to select his top choices from London’s selection of small to mid-size galleries.
Raki Nikahetiya Interview – “I realised that art-making might be my true happy place.”
9 May 2022 • Hector Campbell
Sri Lankan born, Delhi based interdisciplinary artist Raki Nikahetiya recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to discuss his experiences as a migrant artist, his eclectic mix of previous career paths, forging an art practice later in life and his upcoming solo exhibition ‘Another Life’ at Bikaner House, New Delhi, which opens May 12th
Conor Murgatroyd Interview – “I love good characters, they’re what makes the world go round, and the places I paint are full of them.”
11 August 2021 • Hector Campbell
Bradford born, London based painter Conor Murgatroyd recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to discuss… Read More
Tom Howse Interview – “If my only goal was to paint happy cats and pretty plants, I would have achieved that goal years ago”
6 May 2021 • Hector Campbell
London based artist Tom Howse recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to discuss his interest in prehistoric plant species, his life-sized paintings, his affinity for folk art and outsider art, and his current solo exhibition ‘Moonwort Gorge Replica’ at Lychee One
Sasha Cherkas – Material Wounds, Bodily Limitations And Lacuna Amnesia
3 March 2021 • Hector Campbell
Shasha Cherkas is a Russian artist currently based in London. Upon graduating with an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art last year, having previously completed her BA in Jewellery Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2018, she chose to forgo the offer of an online degree presentation as part of the RCA2020 virtual platform in favour of hope for a physical degree show at a later stage (as yet still uncertain).
Jule Korneffel Interview – “I massage the paint in, and through adding and over-layering, the painting’s final form is cast.”
3 November 2020 • Hector Campbell
German-born, New York-based artist Jule Korneffel recently sat down with curator Hector Campbell to discuss her move to New York and time at Hunter College, her art historical and academic influences, her physical painting process and her upcoming solo exhibition All that kale at the new Claas Reiss Gallery
Daniel David Freeman Interview – “Could GET A LIFE entice previously plain-clothed art enthusiasts to wear more branded clothing?”
29 October 2020 • Hector Campbell
London based artist Daniel David Freeman recently sat down with Hector Campbell to discuss his background in graphic design, his experience at Chelsea College of Art, his fascination with Andrew Graham-Dixon and his ‘imaginary’ clothing brand GET A LIFE.
Jing Su Interview – “I reflect on women’s intimate struggles with the male medical gaze, both psychologically and physically”
7 October 2020 • Hector Campbell
Chinese born, London based artist Jing Su recently sat down with Hector Campbell to discuss her experience of arts education, her GIVE series of moving image artworks, her interest in the philosophy of ‘self-care’ and what she would have exhibited at her physical MA degree show.
Elliot Fox Interview – “The transcendent headspace you find in making is so similar to that of a hedonistic one”
28 September 2020 • Hector Campbell
London based artist Elliot Fox recently sat down with Hector Campbell to discuss his interest in alternative means of communication, his latest publication, his inclusion in Collective Ending HQ’s upcoming member’s exhibition and his current solo exhibition Idol Hands.
Elliot Fox – Idol Hands
7 September 2020 • Hector Campbell
Elliot Fox’s latest solo exhibition Idol Hands, curated by Hector Campbell, opens at Platform Southwark this Saturday, September 12th, 2-9pm.
Gillies Adamson Semple Interview – “I found that an absence of discernible scripture meant that symbols and images became more important than language”
2 September 2020 • Hector Campbell
Scottish born, London-based artist Gillies Adamson Semple recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to discuss his experience of artist residencies, his approach to curation, his return to art education and his current exhibition project springseason, which runs at Fieldworks in London Fields until September 10th.
Artist Billy Fraser Interview – “One day you will see Godzilla encapsulate total, absolute destruction, a poetic dance between seriousness and absurdity”
28 July 2020 • Hector Campbell
London based artist Billy Fraser recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to discuss his experiences with curation, his current reclusive studio practice, his enduring Godzilla obsession, an Apollo 11 inspired body of work and his current two-person exhibition And Here You Are, Holding On, with Milo Creese at Well Projects in Margate
Delphian Gallery Interview – “We wanted to be very candid, and talk about the lows as well as the highs”
14 July 2020 • Hector Campbell
Delphian Gallery co-founder and co-director Benjamin Murphy recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to discuss their annual Open Call, the Delphian Podcast, their Lockdown Editions initiative and their inaugural publication ‘Navigating The Art World: Professional Practice for the Early Career Artist’, supported by Foolscap Editions.
Allan Gardner Interview – “It’s important to poke fun at the darker things in life sometimes”
10 July 2020 • Hector Campbell
Scottish born, Leeds based artist Allan Gardner recently sat down with Hector Campbell to discuss his approach to collaboration, his background in the DIY punk subculture, recent experimentation with video art and his inclusion in the upcoming group exhibition A Land of Incomparable Beauty.
Next week Hector Campbell will take over our Instagram account @worldoffad
10 April 2020 • Mark Westall
From Monday (April 13th), art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell will be taking over the FAD Instagram account @worldoffad to highlight some upcoming exhibitions.
Florence Hutchings Interview – “I once made this purple and green painting and was thinking to myself ‘I wonder why I picked those colours’, only later did I notice I was wearing both those colours in my outfit.”
13 March 2020 • Hector Campbell
London based artist Florence Hutchings recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to discuss her prolific sketching of the everyday, her playful use of colour and scale, and her adoption of domesticity as her principal subject matter, as well as her upcoming solo exhibition, The Doors of Perception, with Delphian Gallery in Paris
India Nielsen Interview – “I see each work as a living avatar that I must feed with energy to survive, except here they run on emotion rather than electricity as their fuel.”
3 February 2020 • Hector Campbell
London based artist India Nielsen recently sat down Hector Campbell to discuss her use of visual and artistic sampling , her interest in language and use of text, how she employs writing in her painting practice and her current two-person exhibition, RedivideR with Yulia Iosilzon.
Alexander James Interview – “I try and attach a little part of my past life into each of the characters I create.”
30 December 2019 • Hector Campbell
British artist Alexander James recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to reflect upon his busy year that included solo exhibition in London, Paris and New York, his adoption of collage and sculpture and the premiere of his first short film.
Xiuching Tsay Interview – “I always lay the sun or the moon on a canvas first, as if it is my guide for the painting journey.”
26 November 2019 • Hector Campbell
Thailand born, London based artist Xiuching Tsay recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to discuss her undergraduate study of Fashion Illustration, the evolution of her painting practice, her fascination with water and her current exhibition A Haze in Their Gaze at Daniel Benjamin Gallery in London, which runs until December 14th.
Yulia Iosilzon Interview – “I can’t fully describe how I feel when I enter the transparent painting. It feels very different from painting on canvas. There’s always a way back.”
4 November 2019 • Hector Campbell
Israeli born, London based artist Yulia Iosilzon recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to discuss how her sculptural background influences her paintings, her exploration of colour and narrative, and her current exhibition Paradeisos at Carvalho Park in New York
I just thought, I’m going to strip everything back to the mundane. Religion, Sperm, Orgasms, the iPhone.
21 October 2019 • Hector Campbell
British artist Richie Culver recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to discuss his unique combination of text and image, his recent social-media storm surrounding a particularly polarising painting, and the work he has made for ‘Full English’, a group exhibition at Platform Southwark