Health & Wellness
Kristina Campbell © Artful the Gallery
WELLNESS ARTIST Kristina Campbell : Ancient Songs ARTFUL : THE GALLERY PRESENTS ‘Ancient Songs’,
a trip to Denmark 15 years ago, culminating with a
a solo exhibition of artwork by local multi-media artist
University of Victoria continuing studies trip to
Kristina Campbell. This body of work, produced over
Iceland in 2014 accompanied by a Viking archeologist
the past decade, is populated with the Norse gods.
and a geologist.
Kristina Campbell is a settler on these lands, the eldest
Campbell has reached back through her Danish ances-
daughter of Danish immigrants. She grew
try to bring the Nordic gods to her mytho-
up on the unceded traditional territories
poetic sensibility as an artist. Painting with
of the K’tunaxa in the interior of B.C., the
warm, rich red and earthen pigments,
Creston Valley. Since 2015, she has grate-
Campbell often adds gold leaf to her lyri-
fully made her home in the Comox Valley
cal designs. Campbell initially learned how
on the unceded traditional territories of
to ‘draw like a Viking’ by copying designs
the K’omoks First Nation.
from each of the various Viking periods. She quickly found her signature meth-
Campbell’s deep fascination with Viking
od of ‘drawing’ with a Dremel drill into
culture and the Norse gods began in a
the surface of wooden cradle panels. In
Viking graveyard, Lindholm Høje, on
2020, seeking security in the early days of
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