British-Ghanaian artist and photographer Campbell Addy draws inspiration from his culturally diverse upbringing, this has informed an intricate discovery of the self and a unique eye. Since graduating from Central Saint Martins in 2016 Addy’s striking imagery has garnered him international success and awards including the 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 list and the British Fashion Awards in both 2018 & 19. His first monograph ‘Feeling Seen - the photographs of Campbell Addy’ debuted in 2022 to critical acclaim.
In 2023 Addy collaborated with 180 Studios to create the major solo exhibition, I ❤ Campbell. Featuring a newly conceived set of images, original paintings and a short film shot on location in Ghana, I ❤ Campbell reflected a personal meditation on the artist's roots and inspirations. Following a year of much artistic growth in 2023 The British Fashion Council awarded Addy the Isabella Blow award in for Fashion Creator.
Awards
Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator - The Fashion Awards, 2023
BOF 500, 2022
Forbes 30 Under 30, 2021
Nowness Awards, 2019
The British Fashion Awards: New Wave Creatives, 2018 & 2019
Creative Review - Zeitgeist Award, 2017 / 2018
Africa Media Works Photography Prize, 2018
Exhibitions
Solo
I ❤ Campbell @ 180 Studios, London, 2023
Matthew 7:7 & 8, 2017
Group
A New Paradise @ Saatchi Gallery London, 2022-23
The New Black Vanguard w/ Aperture @ Saatchi Gallery London, 2022-23
Haute Photographie Amsterdam, 2022
The New Black Vanguard w/ Aperture @ The Rencontres D’Arles, 2021
The New Black Vanguard w/ Aperture @ Tasweer Photo Festival Qatar, 2021
The New Black Vanguard w/ Aperture @ Bunjil Place Gallery Australia, 2020
The Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, 2019 - 2020
Somerset House: Get Up Stand Up Now!, 2019
50m., 2018
Galerie Number 8, AKAA, 2017
Protein Studios, 2017
The Naughton Gallery, Hello Mr. exhibition, 2017
Talks & Lectures
Saatchi Lates - in Conversation with Campbell Addy, joined by Judith Watt, 2023
Business of Fashion VOICES 2022: Creativity and Its Power to Change
V&A Friday Lates - in Conversation with Nadine Ijewere and Antwaun Sargent, 2022
Photo Vogue Festival - Reframing History: A discourse on all the shades of Black Queer Love, 2021
i-D Summer School, 2020
The Photographers' Gallery, 2020
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, 2019 & 2020
NOWNESS: Photographers In Focus, 2019
Frieze, 2018
Victoria & Albert Museum + i-D, 2018
The Laundry Arts, 2018
Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, 2017
ShowStudio, 2017
Tate Modern, 2016
Publications
Feeling Seen: The Photographs of Campbell Addy, 2022
The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion, 2019
Niijournal III, 2018
Niijournal II, 2017
Unlocking Seoul, 2017
Niijournal I, 2016
