Research interests
Visual Cultures, Regenerative Cultures, Social and Climate Justice, Cultural Studies, Mythologies, Creative Research Methods, Visual Storytelling, Sustainability and Creative Practices, Interdisciplinary Collaboration.
Education and Qualifications
PhD
2012. The University of the West of Scotland - School of Creative and Cultural Industries. Practice-based PhD: Visual Cultures, Contemporary Art Practice, Cultural Studies.
2012. The University of the West of Scotland - School of Creative and Cultural Industries. Practice-based PhD: Visual Cultures, Contemporary Art Practice, Cultural Studies.
MA
2003. University of Rome “La Sapienza”. MA Art History and Theory. Art Theory, Iconography and Iconology, Cultural Studies.
2003. University of Rome “La Sapienza”. MA Art History and Theory. Art Theory, Iconography and Iconology, Cultural Studies.
Teaching Qualification
2015. Glasgow School of Art. PG Certificate Teaching and Learning HE (Creative Arts).
2015. Glasgow School of Art. PG Certificate Teaching and Learning HE (Creative Arts).
Other Relevant Awards
2015. The New York University of Art+Design. Diploma in Feng Shui Interior Design.
2015. The New York University of Art+Design. Diploma in Feng Shui Interior Design.
2005. University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Post-Master Diploma in “Art Management Psychology”.
Teaching and Research
2021-present: Design Lecturer. The Open University. Milton Keynes, UK.
2018-2021: Art & Design Lecturer. University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness College, Scotland.
2011-2021: E-Learning Academic Developer, Lecturer and Module Leader for Critical and Cultural Studies. Interactive Design Institute (IDI) and Hertfordshire University, UK.
2012-2013: Associate Lecturer in Cultural Studies. School of Creative and Cultural Industries. The University of the West of Scotland, UK.
2010-2011: Visiting Lecturer in Fine Art. Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
2008-2012: PhD Researcher. School of Creative and Cultural Industries. The University of the West of Scotland, UK.
2005-2008: Researcher. Ev-K2 Committee (Bergamo, Italy and Kathmandu, Nepal), the Italian National Council of Scientific Research (CNR) and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2003-2005: Associate Researcher in Art History and Theory. The University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy.
Other Academic and Art Jobs
2021-present: External Adviser for Programme Approval. The University of East London. London, UK.
2012-2013: Academic module developer (Critical and Contextual Studies) for the e-learning BA Programme in Graphic and Media Design. Resource Development Centre (Coventry) – Anglia Ruskin University.
Fellowships
2015-present: Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK
Research and Scholarly Activity
2020-ongoing Breathe. A Creative Investigation into Carbon Sinks in the Age of Climate Changes.
The project aims at exploring the importance of the peatland in the North of Scotland as a carbon sink. It combines creative and visual research with a multidisciplinary scholarly enquiry. The project has been developed in the framework of the UHI mini-sabbatical scheme, in collaboration with the UHI Environmental Research Institute (Thurso).
Outputs: an augmented reality work combining photography, storytelling and scientific research. Application for the presentation of the work at COP 21 (Glasgow) has been submitted.
The project aims at exploring the importance of the peatland in the North of Scotland as a carbon sink. It combines creative and visual research with a multidisciplinary scholarly enquiry. The project has been developed in the framework of the UHI mini-sabbatical scheme, in collaboration with the UHI Environmental Research Institute (Thurso).
Outputs: an augmented reality work combining photography, storytelling and scientific research. Application for the presentation of the work at COP 21 (Glasgow) has been submitted.
2019-ongoing Persephone has crossed the border: Myth, Migration, Ecology, Femininity and the Sense of Belonging.
A creative project focused on investigating how ancient myths, collective memory and art practice can give us an alternative lexicon to discuss border crossing, migration and the idea of ‘home’. The project has been developed within the framework of the Inverness College Research and Scholarship Scheme 2019-20 and has received funding for further development from Creative Scotland in 2021.
Preliminary research outcomes have been presented at the IV International Conference on Memory Studies (Istanbul, November 2019) and the IV International Congress on Visual Studies, GKA (Paris, April 2020). A peer-reviewed article has been published in the International Visual Culture review in 2020.
Final Outputs: two peer-reviewed written essays, a video essay, a multimedia installation.
A creative project focused on investigating how ancient myths, collective memory and art practice can give us an alternative lexicon to discuss border crossing, migration and the idea of ‘home’. The project has been developed within the framework of the Inverness College Research and Scholarship Scheme 2019-20 and has received funding for further development from Creative Scotland in 2021.
Preliminary research outcomes have been presented at the IV International Conference on Memory Studies (Istanbul, November 2019) and the IV International Congress on Visual Studies, GKA (Paris, April 2020). A peer-reviewed article has been published in the International Visual Culture review in 2020.
Final Outputs: two peer-reviewed written essays, a video essay, a multimedia installation.
2018-2019 Uisge-Aqua. If You Stare at Me in the Light I will Melt into a Puddle.
A practice-based project about watery dreamscapes-landscapes in the Scottish Highlands, combining research into local folktales and old legends about mythical creatures living in seas and lochs with alternative photographic techniques and site-specific installations.
Output: solo exhibition at Upstairs Gallery, Inverness (2019).
A practice-based project about watery dreamscapes-landscapes in the Scottish Highlands, combining research into local folktales and old legends about mythical creatures living in seas and lochs with alternative photographic techniques and site-specific installations.
Output: solo exhibition at Upstairs Gallery, Inverness (2019).
2012-2014 Edges
A creative project investigating liminal spaces and the impact of traditional lore and legends on the perception of contemporary urban spaces. Partnerships include Creative Scotland, COFA (College of Fine Arts) Sydney, Silpakorn University Bangkok.
Outputs: two exhibitions in Glasgow (The Arches) and San Francisco (Bonnafont Gallery). The article: “Edges: Written and Visual Reflections on Marginal Space and its Exploration”. Interartive (55).
A creative project investigating liminal spaces and the impact of traditional lore and legends on the perception of contemporary urban spaces. Partnerships include Creative Scotland, COFA (College of Fine Arts) Sydney, Silpakorn University Bangkok.
Outputs: two exhibitions in Glasgow (The Arches) and San Francisco (Bonnafont Gallery). The article: “Edges: Written and Visual Reflections on Marginal Space and its Exploration”. Interartive (55).
2008-2012 Haunted Tropicality: Gothic Motifs and Melancholic Imagery toward an Aesthetics of Darkness.
A PhD research project, funded by the University of the West of Scotland.
Outputs: PhD thesis; publication of the book Mae Nak: Donne Vampiro e Spiriti Irati dal Lontano Oriente (Mae Nak: Female Vampires and Hungry Spirits from the Far East, from myth to contemporary imagery) Roma: Exorma; publication of the peer-reviewed article “A Ghostly Feminine Melancholy: Representing Decay And Experiencing Loss In Thai Horror Films”. Plaridel, 12 (2015); solo exhibition at the CCA (Glasgow).
A PhD research project, funded by the University of the West of Scotland.
Outputs: PhD thesis; publication of the book Mae Nak: Donne Vampiro e Spiriti Irati dal Lontano Oriente (Mae Nak: Female Vampires and Hungry Spirits from the Far East, from myth to contemporary imagery) Roma: Exorma; publication of the peer-reviewed article “A Ghostly Feminine Melancholy: Representing Decay And Experiencing Loss In Thai Horror Films”. Plaridel, 12 (2015); solo exhibition at the CCA (Glasgow).
2005-2008 Creative Practice and New Aesthetics in South Asia
The project aimed to examine the social impact of creative projects in South Asia. My research focused on the analysis of contemporary art practice in Nepal. The three-year project was funded by Ev-K2 Committee (Bergamo, Italy), the Italian National Council of Scientific Research (CNR) and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Outputs: the volumes: Campoli, A. (2008) Ritual Art of the Kingdom of Mithila: Traditional Paintings by Janakpur Women in Nepal. Kathmandu: Vajra Publications; Campoli, A. (2006) La Montagna Divina: Iconografia e Mito. Kathmandu: Vajra Publications.
Exhibitions: Tropical Lomo (2010) The Arches. Glasgow, UK; Raining Buddhas (2009) Area Privata Gallery. Perugia, Italy; Winter Monsoon (2008) Fahrenheit 451. Rome, Italy.
The project aimed to examine the social impact of creative projects in South Asia. My research focused on the analysis of contemporary art practice in Nepal. The three-year project was funded by Ev-K2 Committee (Bergamo, Italy), the Italian National Council of Scientific Research (CNR) and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Outputs: the volumes: Campoli, A. (2008) Ritual Art of the Kingdom of Mithila: Traditional Paintings by Janakpur Women in Nepal. Kathmandu: Vajra Publications; Campoli, A. (2006) La Montagna Divina: Iconografia e Mito. Kathmandu: Vajra Publications.
Exhibitions: Tropical Lomo (2010) The Arches. Glasgow, UK; Raining Buddhas (2009) Area Privata Gallery. Perugia, Italy; Winter Monsoon (2008) Fahrenheit 451. Rome, Italy.
Publications
Books/Monographs
2011 Campoli, A. (2011) Mae Nak: Donne Vampiro e Spiriti Irati dal Lontano Oriente. Roma: Exorma.
2008 Campoli, A. (2008) Ritual Art of the Kingdom of Mithila: Traditional Paintings by Janakpur Women in Nepal. Kathmandu: Vajra Publications – EvK2 Publications.
2006 Campoli, A. (2006) La Montagna Divina: Iconografia e Mito. Kathmandu: Vajra Publications – EvK2 Publications.
Articles/Chapters in Books/Conference Proceedings
2020 Campoli, A. (2020) “Art, Myth and Memory: An Investigation into the Relationship Between Ancient Myths, Collective and Cultural Memory and the Visual Arts”. The International Visual Culture Review, 2 (2020).
2019 Campoli, A. (2019) “Myth, Collective Memory and Art Practice” Conference Proceedings: IV International Conference on Memory Studies. Istanbul, Dakam.
2015 Campoli, A. (2015) “A Ghostly Feminine Melancholy: Representing Decay And Experiencing Loss In Thai Horror Films”. Plaridel, 12 (2015).
2013 Campoli A. (2013) “Edges: Written and Visual Reflections on Marginal Space and its Exploration”. Interartive (55).
2007 Campoli, A. (2007) “Chintamani: il gioiello degli dei” (Chintamani: the Jewel of Gods), in S. Macioce (edited by), Ori nell’arte. Roma: Logart Press.
2004 Campoli, A. (2004) “Le Stregonerie di Salvator Rosa” (Salvator Rosa’s Witchcraft Scenes), in S. Macioce (edited by), L’incantesimo di Circe. Roma: Logart Press.
Conference Papers
2022 "Coming Full Circle": Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Creative Practice. Eco-Creativity 2022: The Arts Mapping Emotional Landscapes of the Climate and Ecological. The Open University (UK).
2022 What Would Nature Do? Permaculture Principles for a Sustainable Pedagogy. Advanced HE Sustainability Symposium 2022 - Front, Centre and Now: Sustainability as a Core Purpose of Higher Education.
2020 Persephone has Crossed the Border: Myth and Contemporary Art Practice. GKA 2020 - VI International Congress on Visual Studies. University of Paris Diderot (Paris).
2019 Myth, Collective Memory and Art Practice. IV Interdisciplinary Conference on Memory Studies. DAKAM (Istanbul).
2019 From Modern Ruins to Human Decay: Creative Practices and Students as Researchers. Ruination and Decay. UHI (Inverness, UK).
2019 Ritual Art of the Kingdom of Mithila. Rituality, Art Practice and Sustainable Development: A Case Study from Southern Nepal. 17th Rural Entrepreneurship Conference. UHI-Impact Hub (Inverness, UK).
2014 Toward the Margins: Dark Memories of a Futuristic Megalopolis. Between Places and Spaces: Landscapes of Liminality. Trinity College (Dublin)
2012 Haunted Femininity: Gothic Imagery in Contemporary Thailand, between Myth, Visual Culture and Creative Practice (Immaginario gotico nella Tailandia contemporanea, tra mito, cinema e pratica artistica). Cinema e diversità culturale. University of Rome III (Italy)
2011 The Dark Side of the Land of Smile: Gothic Myths and Haunted Geography in Thailand. “Gothic Limit/Gothic Ltd”: Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Gothic Association. University of Heidelberg (Germany).
2011 The Global Gothic: an Intermedial and Transcultural Phenomenon. Symposium on Transmediality. Linnaeus University, Vaxjo (Sweden).
2010 Tropical Melancholy: the Ephemeral in Thai Contemporary Visual Imagination. ACSA Asian Cultural Studies Association: The Visual Imagination: Across Boundaries. Assumption University, Bangkok (Thailand).
2010 When Death Crosses the Borders: Female Ghosts in South East Asian Contemporary Imagery. Transgression and its Limits. University of Stirling, Stirling (UK).
2009 The Ephemeral Body: Aesthetics of the Body in the New Media Arts of Continental Southeast Asia. ISEA International Symposium for Electronic Arts, Belfast (Ireland).
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Until the End of an Everlasting Day (and Beyond), Impact Hub, Inverness.
2018 Uisge-Aqua (If you Look at me in the Eyes I will Melt into a Puddle), Upstairs Gallery, Inverness.
2012 Until the End of an Everlasting Day. PhD exhibition. Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA). Glasgow, UK.
2011 Edges. The Arches. Glasgow, UK.
2011 Haunted. Fahrenheit 451. Rome, Italy.
2010 Melencholia Seveneleven. White Space Gallery. Bangkok, Thailand.
2010 Tropical Lomo. The Arches. Glasgow, UK.
2009 Raining Buddhas. Area Privata Gallery. Perugia, Italy.
2008 Winter Monsoon. Fahrenheit 451. Rome, Italy.
2007 Shadows in the Forest. Trasimeno Lake, Italy.
2006 Butonudo. Teatro Abarico. Rome, Italy.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 This is the Way the World Ends. Unfix aCOPalypse. CCA. Glasgow.
2015 Awakening an Ecology of the Imagination. Unfix, Festival of Ecology and Performance. CCA. Glasgow.
2013 Oniric Visions. Sharmanka Theatre. Glasgow.
2012 The Last Mile. The Bonnafont Gallery. San Francisco (USA).
2011 Beuys e lo Sciamano. Contemporary Art Museum, Palazzo Della Penna. Perugia, Italy.
2011 Dell’Albero. Castello Brancaccio. San Gregorio di Sassola (Rome), Italy.
2010 Stenopeica. Reun Prakumsakee House. Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
2010 A Shadow in the Wardrobe: Memories. Faculty of Painting and Sculpture, Silpakorn University, Sanam Chandra Campus. Bangkok, Thailand.
2010 Seed Mutation. Sanam Chandra Art Gallery. Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
2008 Play for gods. “Grande Casa d’Arte”, S. Giuseppe Factory. Spello, Italy.
2005 Disturbare le Valanghe. Teatro Furio Camillo. Rome, Italy.
2005 Disturbare le Valanghe. Teatro Furio Camillo. Rome, Italy.
2005 Matrimoni. Abraxa Festival. Rome, Italy.
2003 Fili. Spazio Pietralata. Rome, Italy.
2003 Oros. Chiesa S. Pietro, Tuscania, Italy.
Grants Awarded
2020 University of the Highlands and Islands: Mini Sabbatical Scheme.
2019 Inverness College UHI: Research and Scholarship Scheme.
2012 Creative Scotland: Professional Development award.
2012 The Artship Foundation, San Francisco (USA): artist in residence.
2010 Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand: artist in residence.
2010 Art Trust Scotland: award for practice-based PhD portfolio.
2008 University of the West of Scotland: Internal practice-based PhD studentship.
2008 Italian National Council of Research (CNR): grant for the publication of the monograph: Ritual Art of the Kingdom of Mithila: Traditional Paintings by Janakpur Women in Nepal
2007 Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: travel grant for research in South Asia (Nepal, India).
Language Skills
Italian: mother tongue;
English: fluent;
French: fluent;
Nepali: basic;
Spanish: basic.
English: fluent;
French: fluent;
Nepali: basic;
Spanish: basic.