Biography

Chelsey Campbell (they/she) is a queer crip artist, educator, and cultural worker. A nonbinary white settler of Scottish descent, Campbell graciously resides as an uninvited guest in ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ amiskwacîwâskahikan (colonially referred to as Edmonton, Alberta) on Treaty 6 Territory. Exploring tender narratives of disability justice, feminized care labour, and crip kinship, their practice intertwines autoethnographic storytelling with community-oriented practices of access, care, and interdependence. Through a combination of printmaking, textiles, 3D modelling, installation, and photography, their work seeks to make space for the body in pain, celebrate disabled narratives as complex and whole, and build radical access for community through artistic practice.

During the completion of their MFA in Printmaking at the University of Alberta (2022), Campbell’s research-creation practice on the body in pain and patient narratives was supported by a SSHRC grant. They have exhibited and lectured nationally and internationally, exploring crip aesthetics and accessibility in academic and exhibition spaces. Creatively and professionally driven by making space for the community to gather, connect, share, listen and learn, Campbell's practice explores professional service and curation as an act of care. Recently, they coordinated SNAP’s inaugural Queer Crip Community Residency, providing physical, financial, and material resources to five queer crip artists to create and disseminate new print works exploring access as materiality. Their work has been supported through grants by the Edmonton Arts Council and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.