Spotlight Artist

Jessica Campbell

Midwest
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Porphyrion (Fighting my Dad’s Belief that Women are Born to be Servants)

Abstract blue figure kneeling with red shoes and colorful patterned detail on chest.

collaged acrylic carpet

Helios (Fear of the Impending Climate Catastrophe)

Abstract collage of a red human figure with a multicolored, fragmented head

collaged acrylic carpet

Alcyoneus (Fighting my Dad about Climate Change)

Abstract yellow and red figure with extended arms and legs on a white background.

collaged acrylic carpet

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Artist Statement

My work—satirical drawings, comics, and textiles—is woven from elaborate, humorous, and politically pointed narratives that expose the experiences with sexism that women have faced throughout history and continue to face every day. Primarily, I have been using carpet to create figurative works that visually mimic latch hook rugs, yet deviate from the medium’s traditional subject matter, depiction style, and scale. Drawing on a wide range of influences, from science fiction and art world politics, to ancient Greek myths and my evangelical upbringing, my worlds reference craft traditions, home decor, and fine art, with an emphasis on comics. I use humor as a tool to help process what is happening in the world; by reconsidering past traumatic events in my life, I have now mentally recast them as funny. Humor can make some trauma bearable.

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