Bonnie Camplin Explained

Bonnie Camplin
Birth Date:	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

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).

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.

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

• 1993 What About My Innocence, Maximus Nightclub, London
• 2000 Now We Are Five, Plank Gallery, London
• 2011 Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender, Berlin
• 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
• 2017 Bonnie Camplin, Camden Arts Centre, London^[9]

Selected group exhibitions and screenings

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

References

Notes and References

1. Book: The best book about pessimism I ever read : John Byrne, Bonnie Camplin, Enrico David .... 2002. Kunstverein Braunschweig. McKenzie, Lucy, 1977-, Kunstverein Braunschweig.. 3883756245. Braunschweig. 61. 55097467.
2. News: Bonnie Camplin. Goldsmiths, University of London. 2018-11-24. en.
3. News: Turner Prize 2015 artists: Bonnie Camplin Tate. Tate. Tate. 2018-11-24. en-GB.
4. News: Turner prize 2015 shortlist: three women – and a housing estate. Brown. Mark. 12 May 2015. The Guardian. 13 May 2015.
5. Web site: UbuWeb Film & Video: Bonnie Camplin. ubu.com. 2018-11-24.
6. Web site: Michael Benevento. beneventolosangeles.com. en. 2018-11-24.
7. Web site: Bonnie Camplin - CABINET Gallery: 132 Tyers Street, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, London SE11 5HS. www.cabinet.uk.com. en. 2018-11-24.
8. Web site: Bonnie Camplin, Liverpool Biennial. 24 November 2018. Liverpool Biennial.
9. Web site: Bonnie Camplin - What's On - Camden Arts Centre. Camden Arts Centre. en. 2018-11-24.