Louise Campion "Cornered"
Louise Campion "Cornered" 2022
Painting: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 16 x 16 in (each)
Unique
Signed on Verso, Includes Certificate of Authenticity
Louise Campion is French artist and writer, based between Montreal (Tiohtià:ke - Mooniyang; Canada), Glasgow (UK), and Paris (France). She has exhibited works internationally, in galleries such as The Untitled Space (NYC, USA) or WASPS South Block Gallery (Glasgow, UK). She was part of notable art initiatives such as Artch Montreal, Art Souterrain Festival, the International Festival of Films on Art, amongst others. She holds a BFA in Studio Art (with distinction) from Concordia University and just completed her MFA (with distinction) from the Glasgow School of Art, for which she was awarded The Ranald and Jennifer May Postgraduate Painting Scholarship. Campion maintains a studio practice through grants and residencies, that she pairs with researched jobs, stimulating projects, curation and writing. She recently organized exhibitions at the Pipe Factory and the New Glasgow Society (Glasgow), and published essays for ISSAY magazine (Calgary, Ca) and Céline Bureau.
In a world teetering on the edge of collapse, Louise Campion’s work delves into the emotional and psychological dimensions of survival. Through painting, drawing, and writing, she interrogates the complex terrain of power, social violence, and ecological crisis. Her current painting series, 'Wondering if Men in suits turn me on or piss me off' (sometimes called 'The attractive value of greed'), peels back the polished veneer of corporate aesthetics, exposing the emptiness and contradictions beneath. By focusing on the body language of authority—how it manifests in posture, gesture, and presence—Louise invites the viewer to question the ideals upheld by systems of control and dominance. The figures in her work, often exaggerated in their poses, challenge us to reconsider the authority we have been taught to revere and illuminate the pedestal we are keeping our oppressors on.
In contrast, Louise’s drawings, 'The human head is heavy', offer a quieter, more personal space—one in which vulnerability and spontaneity take center stage. Using red ink on handmade paper, she draws from intuition and personal connection, capturing moments of comfort and solace: the faces of friends, the places that soothe, the intimate fragments of daily life. These works are an invitation to reconnect with raw emotion, to express what is often too difficult to articulate. They serve as a reminder that, as cliché as it might sound, we are not alone in our struggles.
Sustainability is central to Louise’s practice, not only in the materials she uses but also in the philosophy of slowness that informs her creative process. She hand-makes, hand-mixes, repurposes, and recycles what she can, and employs traditional techniques that resist the quick consumption and relentless pace of the modern world. For her, this deliberate slowness is more than a practical choice—it is a form of resistance, a way to reclaim time, intention, and autonomy in a culture that demands more, faster. It is a commitment to making art that is both mindful in its creation and meaningful in its impact. At the heart of Louise’s practice lies an exploration of resilience. How do we continue to create, to feel, to connect, when the world around us seems so fractured? Her work asks this question, offering both solace and action, as she seeks to understand what it means to be human in an uncertain time. In this uncertainty, Louise believes that art can be a space of both confrontation and possibility— where we may, perhaps, find a way forward.