Biography

Born and brought up in Kenya, Fiona Campbell is now based in Cranmore, Somerset, UK.  After graduation from Byam School of Art (Fine Art: sculpture, distinction), London in the ‘80s, Fiona worked from her studios in London, later doing a PGCE (secondary, art) at Exeter University.  She spent years teaching and subsequently raising her son as a single mum.

In 2018, Fiona gained a Masters in Fine Art (distinction) at Bath Spa University.  She was an Ingram Prize finalist 2021, recipient of a Royal Society of Sculptors Gilbert Bayes Award 2019, and received the Red Line Art Works Award 2020 for her environmental sculptural installations Glut, Accretion, Snakes and Ladders. She exhibits throughout UK and internationally and is a Member of Royal Society of Sculptors.  

Through representation at Maureen Michaelson Gallery, Fiona was commissioned to create a 4m hand woven canopy as a focal piece for Sarah Eberle’s Viking Cruises Mekong Garden, Chelsea Flower Show 2016, which won gold and best artisan garden.  In 2018 she was awarded a research fellowship to take part in Ingruttati Palermo workshop and exhibition, a collateral 5x5x5 event, part of Manifesta12.  Fiona was highly commended for her work as Green Capital Artist in Residence ’12, culminating in exhibitions at the Arnolfini, Harbour and Create Centre, Bristol.

Alongside her own practice, Fiona works within the community on collaborative, socially engaged art projects, holds residencies, teaches art courses and leads workshops.  She curates large-scale art projects involving a wide demographic.  These include step in stone ’15: ambitious artscapes with 14 international artists in 6 venues including 3 Mendip quarries, linking culture, environment, and community.  B-Wing, Shepton Mallet prison, involved site-responsive installations across vast and intimate spaces.  During lockdown 2020, Fiona developed a project Life in the Undergrowth, for which she received an Arts Council England fund.  Inspired by small hidden worlds in her garden, she created a film about the project.  Last year she co-curated The Gleaning in St.Peter & Paul’s church. The community art project focused on large-scale translucent textiles and paper installations suspended in front of 11 windows. Fiona’s latest art residency at Create@#8, as part of her Arts Council England ‘Developing Your Creative Practice Award’ culminated in a solo exhibition.

Involved in the local art community, Fiona serves on the Board of Trustees for Somerset Art Works (and was previously a SAW Rep). She has been a Trustee and on the Programming Committee at Black Swan Arts, Frome.