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Flags of the Forest & Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand – Exhibitions

Acclaimed Somerset based artist Fiona Campbell brings two exhibitions and free community workshops to the Seed Creative Popup at Angel Place Shopping Centre in Bridgwater beginning February 2025

Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand & Life in the Undergrowth (film)

Open 18 – 23 Feb 2025

Step into a world of reflection and reinvention with Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand, an indoor installation crafted from recycled and found materials. This striking piece features suspended bodily forms, symbolizing the tragic plight of pangolins—the world’s most trafficked mammals. As you enter the space, this thought-provoking work invites you to consider the power of reimagining and repurposing materials to shed light on urgent environmental and conservation issues.

Flags of the Forest

Open 8 – 13 April 

Explore the beauty and resilience of nature with Flags of the Forest, a stunning installation of reclaimed and botanically-dyed fabrics combined with wood, metal, and other found materials. These eco-flags, rich with texture and meaning, celebrate the biodiversity of woodlands and the hope for a thriving natural world. Visitors can walk among these soft hangings and hard lines, experiencing the interplay of art, sustainability, and sound through an optional soundscape by Ushara Dilrukshan, adding another layer to this immersive experience.

Eco Sculpture workshop

Come along to our Eco Sculpture Workshop on Saturday, February 22, from 11 AM to 2 PM at the Seed Creative Popup at Angel Place

Free, fun, and open to everyone aged 6+ (children with an adult). Get hands-on with recycled wire, textiles, beads, and natural materials as you transform them into imaginative creature sculptures. Be inspired by the  installations on display and enjoy a relaxed, creative space where you can let your imagination run wild. No need to book—just drop in and join the fun!

Fiona Campbell

About the artist

Born and brought up in Kenya, I’ve been living and working as an artist, educator and curator in Somerset for 25 years. I create mixed media assemblages, blurring boundaries between sculpture, drawing, textiles and installation. Rooted in the notion of life’s interconnectedness, tentacularity, and transformation, my work focuses on environmental concerns, particularly human exploitation of nature. My use of recycled, discarded and found materials relates to waste, our relationship with matter, nature, and ourselves. My labour-intensive processes are a form of suturing, artivism, care and repair, giving abandoned objects new life.

 Alongside, I run workshops and courses, collaborate and curate large-scale community art projects involving a wide demographic.

I am a member of Royal Society of Sculptors. I have an MFA, was an Ingram Prize finalist ’21, recipient of a Gilbert Bayes Award ’19, and received a Red Line Art Works Award ’19 for environmental installations.

Curated projects include: As Old as the Hills, ’24, The Gleaning, ‘22, Inch by IN:CH, ’21, B-Wing,’19, and step in stone, ’15).  All integrate environment, culture and community.