Kris Campo

Kris Campo (b. 1961, Belgium) studied Ceramics at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and the Saint-Lucas Institute in Ghent, Belgium. Since establishing her own studio in 1987, she has actively participated in exhibitions and contests in Europe and beyond.

Between 1991 and 2007, Campo served as a guide at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and commenced teaching at various academies. Since 1997, she has operated her own studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in the city of Sint-Niklaas. In 2004 and 2008, she undertook transformative journeys to China, which profoundly influenced her artistic direction. This period saw the inception of larger installations rooted in her personal history and passions. Her work became characterized by vibrant dynamism, intricate decoration, and the incorporation of other elements such as paper prints and furniture.

In 2008, Kris Campo initiated the ‘Tracks & Traces’ project, comprising three parts: ‘Me, My Family & I,’ ‘Decades,’ and ‘Snowlight.’ In 2021, a solo exhibition at The Torhout Pottery Museum showcased a selection of works from this project. Campo’s work is regularly shown in exhibitions both domestically and internationally. She has been selected in contests, including the International Biennale of Ceramics Art, Vallauris (2012), Ceramics of Europe, Westerwaldpreis, Höhr-Grenzhausen (2009–2010), the European Ceramic Context, Bornholm (2018), and the 62nd Faenza Prize (2023). In 2012, she was awarded the First Prize at the International Award of Contemporary Ceramics CERCO, Spain.

Since 2018, she has also been active as a curator. Commissioned by Gallery “Zwart Huis” in Brussels, Belgium, Campo curated three editions of CRMCS (2019, 2020, 2023), featuring contemporary ceramic art by artists such as Tamara Van San, Monika Debus, and Patrick Loughran. In 2020, at the request of the Cultural Centre ZwanenBerg in Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium, she curated the exhibition “This is the Sound of C,” showcasing works by artists Michel Gouéry, Klaas Rommelaere, Babs Haenen, Clémence Van Lunen, Annemarie Laureys, Johannes Nagel, Robin Vermeersch and Coline Rosoux. In autumn 2023, Kris Campo served as co-curator for the exhibition “Mentors,” exploring the evolution of artistic ceramics education in Belgium on behalf of Becraft Belgium Mons, featuring works by 64 ceramic artists from 1890 to 1980.

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