Photo: Katharina Poblotzkiabout the artist
Fern Liberty Kallenbach Campbell (*1995 in New York) lives and works in Halle Saale, Germany. Fern studied communication design at Burg Giebichenstein and completed her bachelor’s degree in 2021 under the tutelage of Prof. Georg Barber. In 2021 she received the Giebichenstein Design Prize for the best idea/concept. In 2023 she completed her diploma in textile art, in the class of Prof. Caroline Achaintre. In 2024 her diploma won first place for the artprize of the Saalesparkasse foundation. In 2024, Fern will participate in the International Fellowship at Villa. Aurora in Los Angeles. Fern’s work has been exhibited in Berlin, Halle, Leipzig, Braunschweig, Erfurt, Prague, Moscow, Antwerp, Geneva and London, among others.
Through the medium of fiber art Fern manifests her psyche and satirical view of her surroundings, simultaneously exploring the correlation between these two realms. Fern Liberty Kallenbach Campbell is dedicated to chaotic and painfully human scenarios, trying to capture the point of no return, the moment the mood goes amiss. Fern processes her life experiences and depicts personal anecdotes. Here, the boundaries between good and evil become blurred, as well as the boundaries between self-medication and addiction, chaos and harmony.
The dining table is a recurring element in her works. Fern explores her personal and digital realities and engages with them through carpet tufting, punching and textile applique. She appreciates the fast and passionate work these techniques allow her to do. They enable her to apply lines, structures and forms intuitively, spontaneously and completely freely.
‘’...As if layering frames of a movie into each other, Campbell creates dense, rich images that capture the sense of simultaneity, where colors represent volume, as in the level of sound,and different materials and textures denote temporality. The inherent warmth of textilessoftens the rough edges, making even the unsettling strangely appealing.In a way, her tapestries are like a nonlinear comic strip, where color is as much a maincharacter as the figures that haphazardly
pop in and out of the frame. And depending onhow you look at them, they can appear perfect, chaotic, or perfectly chaotic.’’(Ksenia Jakobson)
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Fern Liberty Kallenbach Campbell
*1995 in New York, USA
fern.liberty@gmail.com
Education:
2023: Diploma, Textile Arts Burg Giebichenstein Halle (class of Caroline Achaintre)
2021: BA communication design, Burg Giebichenstein Halle
2018-2019: Erasmus Semester, Illustration UMPRUM, Praha
Solo Shows:
2024 - Off- Kilter, Duo Show Fern Liberty Kallenbach Campbell and Martin Neubert, Taste Contemporary Geneva CH
2024 - Is that all there is?, SHEBAM!, Leipzig
2023 - Dissolute Household, presented by Taste Contemporary, La Fonderie Kugler, Geneva
2023 - Fern Liberty Kallenbach Campbell, Kommunale Galerien Treptow Köpenick, Berlin
2023 - The Solution Dissolution, Diplom Ausstellung in der Galerie Paul Scherzer, HalleSaale
2022 - Delikatessen, G10 Projektraum, Darmstadt
2021 - Ride or Die, Vika, Halle Saale
2021 - Poor People‘s Castle, Burg2 Galerie, Halle Saale
Selected Group Shows:
2024 - Madonnen, Galerie Paul Scherzer, Halle Saale
2024 - Muestra de Invierno , El Puente Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2024 - 20-jähriges Jubiläum der Kunststiftung, Kunststiftung Sachsen Anhalt, Halle Saale
2024 - Riot Girls, Kunstverein Graz
2024 - Dog Days, Current Jam, Los Angeles
2024 - Meet the Artist, Villa Aurora, Los Angeles
2024 - NOMAD, Torrance Museum, Los Angeles
2024 - Hanging by a Thread, Hilbertraum Berlin
2024 - Hair of the Dog, Kloster Lehnin Galerie
2024 - Diplome der Kunst, We are Nowhere but it’s now, Volkspark, Halle Germany
2024 - Art Geneve 25.01-28.01, booth by Taste Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
2023 - Enter Art Fair, booth Hartwich Galerie, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022 - Winterschau, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin Germany
2022 - Where we are now, Rep. of Sachsen Anhalt in the European Union, Brussels Belgium
2022 - We Are Here, The Platform, Antwerp Belgium
2022 - Cast Aside, Taste Contemporary, Usine Kugler, Geneva Switzerland
2022 - Body as a Work of Art, Bistro 21, Leipzig Germany
2022 - Dinner as a Work of Art, Ortloff, Leipzig Germany
2022 - Illustration Reloaded, Klingspor Museum, Offenbach Germany
2021 - Giebichenstein Designpreis, Kunststiftung Sachsen Anhalt, Halle Germany
2021 - Grove Collective, London UK
2021 - Blühstreifen, zwischen Traum und Zaun, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt Germany
2021 - Love and Romance, Vika, Halle Germany
2020 - Engmaschig Textiler Kongress, Grassi Museum, Leipzig Germany
2018 - Lady Vacurova, Michnova Apartment, Prague Czech Republic
2018 - Why am I not myself?, Kunst und Konsumverein, Braunschweig Germany
2017 - What are we doing in a large Panel System, Notfoundgallery, Moscow Russia
Prizes/ Stipends:
2024 - Carl und Anneliese Goerdeler-Stiftung Sonderankauf „Das Beste für die Sammlung“
für das Grassi Museum Leipzig
2024 - Fellowship at the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles (Jul/Aug/Sep)
2024 - Kunstpreis der Stiftung der Saalesparkasse 2024
2022 - Ankauf Klingspor Museum Offenbach ''Mitarbeiter des Monats''
2021 - Giebichenstein Design Prize for best Idea/Concept 2021
2019 - Art-Prize des Förderkreises der Freunde der Augenklinik
Publications:
2024 - Numero Berlin Issue 17: Glück, Artists to watch
2024 - Monopol Magazin 10/2024 Sonderausgabe 20 Jahre Kunststiftung Sachsen Anhalt
2024 - Katalog des 20-jährigen Jubiläum der Kunststiftung Sachsen Anhalt
2024 - Current Jam Issue: Dog Days
2024 - Textilkunst International 2/2024
https://www.schnuppevongwinner.de/portfolio/textilkunst-international-22024
2023 - g10 group of ten exhibition catalog 2022
2022 - Strapazin, Issue : Das Schuldgefühl (comic)
2020 - Illustrators against Extinction Issue #1, Comic: Garbage Person
2020 - Some Magazine Issue #11 Tapestry: Coming home Dirty
Work:
2023 - UDK Berlin, Tufting und Stick Workshop (Artisanal Week), Mode Design, Universität der Künste Berlin
2022 - 23: Wissenchaftliche Hilfskraft der Klasse Achaintre, in der Textile Künste, BurgGiebichenstein, Halle Saale
2022 - 23: Wissenchaftliche Hilfskraft in der Tufting Werkstatt der Textilen Kunst an der Burg Giebichenstein, Halle Saale
2014-2015: Englisch und Kunst Lehrerin, Helen Doron English School, Berlin
Photos by Nils Heck