Bonnie Camplin

Bonnie Camplin
Born	1970
Nationality	British

Bonnie Camplin (born 1970)[1] is a British artist and a fine art lecturer at Goldsmiths College, London.[2] She was a 2015 Turner Prize nominee, nominated for the exhibition The Military Industrial Complex, which was shown at the South London Gallery.[3][4]

Education

Saint Martin's School of Art, where Bonnie Camplin studied

Bonnie Camplin studied at Saint Martins School of Art, London for a BA in Fine Art Film and Video (1989–92), and a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Photography (1995–96).[2][3]

Work

Camplin has worked across film and video, photography, sculpture, painting, performance, music and drawing. She broadly describes her practice as 'the Invented Life'.[5]

She has collaborated with artists including Lucy McKenzie and Paulina Olowska and was in the band DonAteller with Mark Leckey, Ed Laliq and Enrico David.[5]

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

• 1993 What About My Innocence, Maximus Nightclub, London[1]
• 2000 Now We Are Five, Plank Gallery, London[1]
• 2011 Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender, Berlin[3]
• 2012 STW, Michael Benevento in Los Angeles[6]
• 2013 No More Car Sick, Cabinet, London[7]
• 2014 Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool[8]
• 2015 The Military Industrial Complex, South London Gallery, London[3]
• 2017 Bonnie Camplin, Camden Arts Centre, London[9]

Selected group exhibitions and screenings

• 1999 The Lux, London[1]
• 2001 Roll Yer Own, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London[1]
• 2001 Electric Blue, The Barbican, London[1]
• 2002 The Difference Between Us, Five Years Gallery (Saatchi East), London[1]
• 2009 When the Wind Blows Up You, Chisenhale Gallery, London[3]
• 2011 Madame Realism, Marres Centre for Contemporary Art, Maastricht[3]
• 2012 Sound works, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London[3]
• 2013 Assembly, A survey of Recent Artists Film and Video in Britain 2008–2013, Tate Britain, London[3]

References

1. The best book about pessimism I ever read : John Byrne, Bonnie Camplin, Enrico David ... McKenzie, Lucy, 1977-, Kunstverein Braunschweig. Braunschweig: Kunstverein Braunschweig. 2002. p. 61. ISBN 3883756245. OCLC 55097467.
2. "Bonnie Camplin". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
3. Tate. "Turner Prize 2015 artists: Bonnie Camplin | Tate". Tate. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
4. Brown, Mark (12 May 2015). "Turner prize 2015 shortlist: three women – and a housing estate". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
5. "UbuWeb Film & Video: Bonnie Camplin". ubu.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
6. "Michael Benevento". beneventolosangeles.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
7. "Bonnie Camplin - CABINET Gallery: 132 Tyers Street, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, London SE11 5HS". www.cabinet.uk.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
8. "Bonnie Camplin, Liverpool Biennial". Liverpool Biennial. 24 November 2018.
9. "Bonnie Camplin - What's On - Camden Arts Centre". Camden Arts Centre. Retrieved 24 November 2018.