Cas Campbell

Cas Campbell is a New Zealand-born contemporary artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, installation, sculpture, ceramics, and handmade paper. Based between London and Brighton in the United Kingdom, Campbell explores the intersections of ecology, evolutionary history, mythology, gender, and queer culture, creating works that weave together personal experience with broader historical and environmental narratives.

Born in 1995, Campbell studied Fine Art Painting at the University of Brighton before completing an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art in 2022. Her artistic development has been shaped by an ongoing interest in how ideas of identity, nature, and belonging are constructed and understood across time.

Campbell’s work frequently draws inspiration from deep ecological history, including evolutionary processes, extinction events, and the changing relationships between humans and the natural world. Through intricate material processes and extensive research, she combines historical references, scientific inquiry, and contemporary perspectives on queerness, neurodivergence, and motherhood. Her installations often incorporate recycled materials, mineral pigments, ceramics, and handcrafted surfaces that evoke themes of transformation, adaptation, and resilience.

Alongside her visual practice, writing plays an important role in Campbell’s creative process, informing the narratives and conceptual frameworks behind her work. Her exhibitions have been presented throughout the United Kingdom and internationally, and her work is held in both public and private collections, including the Zabludowicz Collection and the Soho House Collection. Campbell has received support from Arts Council England and has been recognised through awards and shortlists including the John Ruskin Prize and the RBA Rising Stars Award.

Through a practice that bridges art, ecology, and social history, Cas Campbell continues to create thought-provoking works that challenge fixed ideas of identity and nature while celebrating complexity, connection, and change.