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Bonnie Camplin is a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she has been teaching since prior to 2018. Her academic career includes serving as a guest professor at Städelschule in Frankfurt (2008-2010), program mentor for LUX Associate Artists (2012-2013), and workshop leader for the Hayward Gallery's Wide Open School (2011). She has lectured at numerous prestigious institutions including the Slade School of Art, Central Saint Martins, the Royal Academy School, and Oxford's Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art.
Camplin received her formal education at St. Martins School of Art, earning a BA (Hons) in Fine Art - Film and Video (2:1) from 1989-1992, followed by a Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Photography from 1995-1996.
Her research interests span a unique synthesis of contemporary art practice with esoteric knowledge systems, alternative physics theories, consciousness studies, and perception theory. Camplin's work explores the nature of reality through what she describes as 'gnostical modality' or 'dimensional gates,' investigating spirals, time consciousness, and the holographic nature of reality. She has spent 25 years researching Celtic ritual, quantum physics, extrasensory perception, experimental theatre, anomalous psychology, military science, and femtotechnology, synthesizing these into a comprehensive theory of perception and ontology. Her practice blends artistic creation with what she terms 'psionic interaction with the rest of nature,' moving beyond traditional gallery-based work toward more direct engagement with consciousness and the natural world.
Her publications from 2014-2025 reveal a clear trajectory from traditional art objects toward more conceptual and interactive practices, with increasing focus on consciousness, perception, and alternative knowledge systems. The 2016-2023 period shows a significant shift from gallery-based exhibitions toward more collaborative, discursive formats including panel discussions, interviews, and theoretical explorations of cosmic consciousness, military-industrial critique, and alternative physics. Her most recent works like 'Plasma is the Sister of Water' (2025) and 'Caribic Matter' (2024) indicate continued exploration of ecological and metaphysical themes through interdisciplinary approaches.
- Paul Hamlyn award for artists (2014)
- Turner Prize nomination (2015)
As an educator, Camplin has mentored numerous students through her teaching positions, with particular emphasis on encouraging students to explore beyond traditional gallery systems. She has actively reworked public materials for her program of study to de-emphasize the gallery system as the ultimate destination for artists, instead promoting more fluid, less aspirational approaches to artistic practice. Her teaching philosophy centers on the belief that 'all humans will realize that they are born creators,' challenging the professionalized notion of 'artist' as a 'special case.' She has conducted unconventional workshops including remote viewing sessions and field trips to factories, reflecting her commitment to experiential learning that connects art with broader knowledge systems.
While not affiliated with a traditional laboratory setting, Camplin's creative practice functions as a research facility, particularly evident in her 2015 Turner Prize exhibition 'The Military Industrial Complex,' which took the form of an experimental research space. She has developed innovative conceptual frameworks around mental mapping of natural environments, especially her work with a 200-acre forest in Cumbria as a model for understanding neural networks and thought processes. Living off-grid in a yurt on the edge of an ancient forest, she integrates her physical environment directly into her research methodology, using the forest as both subject and tool for exploring consciousness and perception.
