Fern Liberty Kallenbach Campbell
Textile Artist, Illustrator
Fern Liberty Kallenbach Campbell
Textile Artist, Illustrator
Based in
Halle (Saale), Germany
Seniority
1 - 3 years experience
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About

Through the medium of fiber art Fern manifests her psyche and satirical view of her
surroundings, simultaneously exploring the correlation between these two realms. She uses her work to express our Zeitgeist filled with spam and cyber sex, substance abuse and excess, toxic relationships and feminine

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divinity. In a naive style, a childlike mix of pop- and outsider art, Fern processes her life experiences and depicts personal anecdotes in the form of tapestry. Resembling a painting but textured soft like a carpet, her work is a homogeneous mix of fine art and handicraft. Fern‘s most recent work focuses on the hardships of self-set boundaries towards the people loved most. Not really aware of the borders between good and evil, medication and addiction. Fern explores her personal and digital realities and engages with them through carpet tufting, punching and textile applique. She appreciates the fast and passionate work these techniques allow her to do. They enable her to apply lines, structures and forms intuitively, spontaneously and completely freely.

Fern Liberty Kallenbach Campbell is a German-American artist. Born in New York 1995, growing up in Berlin and based in Halle (Saale) since 2015. She completed her bachelor in communication design with the focus on Illustration at the Burg Giebichenstein under the tutelage of Georg Barber. Currently she pursues a Diploma in the textile arts class of Caroline Achaintre. Fern's work has been shown in Berlin, Halle, Erfurt, Prag, Moscow, London, Antwerp, Brussels and Geneva.

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Winner
Giebichenstein Design Prize
2021
Halle (Saale), Germany

Design Prize for best Idea/Concept of the Year 2020/2021

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Winner
Art-Prize des Förderkreises der Freunde der Augenklinik
2019
Halle (Saale), Germany

The clinic for eye heath and cornea transplants in Halle (Saale) called out students from the Burg Giebichenstein to hand in a piece of work under the topic 'Wiedersehen' (See you again)

Skills

Hand Sketching

Graphic design software

Design creation

Improvisation

tufting

Sewing

Painting

Result oriented

Silk-screen printing

Creative Ideas

determination and commitment

technical ability

stamina and a willingness to put in long hours

Software skills

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Languages

German

Bilingual

English

Bilingual

Personal details

Green card holder / US working permit

Potentially open to relocate