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HAL CAMPLIN

Bio

Hal Camplin was born in 1978 in London and has a spinal condition called syringomyelia. He set up a studio in Bristol in 2002 and engaged with the artist-led scene across the south west UK. He works with painting, sculpture, assemblages, music and performance. He has painted with his cat (Moggy Marks, 2007-9) and has performed as a giant badger in a musical/live art act (Badgertrap 2007-present). His Illness and Anarchy project (2017) explored humour and pain. He studied art psychotherapy at USW (2019-2022) and has researched the effects of art meditations and chronic pain. His current focus is abstract, lyrical and movement-based painting with biomorphic sculpture.

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Ganed Hal Camplin yn Llundain yn 1978 ac mae ganddo gyflwr asgwrn cefn o'r enw syringomyelia. Sefydlodd stiwdio ym Mryste yn 2002 ac ymgysylltodd â’r sîn dan arweiniad artistiaid ar draws de orllewin y DU. Mae'n gweithio gyda phaentio, cerflunio, cyfosodiadau, cerddoriaeth a pherfformiad. Mae wedi peintio gyda’i gath (Moggy Marks, 2007-9) ac wedi perfformio fel mochyn daear enfawr mewn act gerddorol/celfyddyd fyw (Badgertrap 2007-presennol). Archwiliodd ei brosiect Illness and Anarchy (2017) hiwmor a phoen. Astudiodd seicotherapi celf ym Mhrifysgol De Cymru (2019-2022) ac mae wedi ymchwilio i effeithiau myfyrdodau celf a phoen cronig. Ei ffocws presennol yw peintio haniaethol, telynegol a seiliedig ar symudiadau gyda cherflunio biomorffig.

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