Tomo Campbell
1988, London.
Inspired by a diverse array of source material, Tomo Campbell’s large-scale oil paintings are constantly altering, extending and breaking down conventions. His abstracted depictions of ‘traditional’ subjects such as hunting, parades and explorers are, as he puts it, ‘never quite solid or whole‘, yet they exude an extraordinarily rich sense of vision. ‘I try to paint in a way that makes the paint vibrate‘, says Campbell, ‘to make it look light and delicate and on the cusp of shifting‘. Campbell’s bold and layered arrangements of complementary colours, reminiscent of the Rococo, offer multiple focal points and keep the eye in constant motion. Balancing activity and stasis, confidence and doubt, his works occupy a fertile space somewhere between the known and the undiscovered.
Tomo Campbell has had solo exhibitions at Cob Gallery, London, UK; Double Q Gallery, Hong Kong and County Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, US. Campbell has participated in group exhibitions at Timothy Taylor, London, UK; Bo Lee and Workman, Bruton, UK; Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, Finland and Asia Art Centre, Taiwan, China. In 2023, Campbell’s work was presented on David Zwirner’s PLATFORM with County Gallery. Between 2012- 2013, Tomo Campbell participated as the first artist in residence at the English National Ballet, London, UK.