Camilla Bliss

Biography

We are thrilled that Camilla will be showing with us at the Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London this coming Spring 25

12 - 16 March - Stand C4

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Camilla Bliss diffuses the boundaries between life and death giving an ulterior perspective that death does not need to follow the dark garments of tradition, or the light veil of the living, but in fact these subjects are very much intertwined and open to the viewers interpretation. In this show her works reflect celestial or heavenly phantom creatures.

 

 

London based artist Camilla Bliss diffuses the boundaries between life and death giving an ulterior perspective that death does not need to follow the dark garments of tradition, or the light veil of the living, but in fact these subjects are very much intertwined and open to the viewers interpretation. Bliss does this through the use of a personal language of symbols.

Playful decisions around colour, material and form allow Bliss to make specific cultural connections, whilst taking the viewer on a personal and potentially ambiguous journey.

She is an artist who primarily works in sculpture, her work places importance on handmade processes and qualities. In this way, she utilises a wide range of materials such as ceramics, metalwork, glass, wood, textiles and 3D printing.

 

 

PNEUMA 

These are a set of artworks especially commissioned for the Some Roses and their Phantoms exhibition for Darle and the Bear in London and sits as a different entity yet bound together like a constellation. Dream images appear like phantoms as we look through the skin of the glass. The refractions of light on the surrounding surface shift between a strong blaze of colour to a diffused glow barely noticeable as time passes. 

The work expands beyond it’s physical body as light stretches across its surrounding surface. Looking into a transcendent state of mind, the works explore our psyche in flux - moving between altered states of consciousness. 

Taking inspiration from Dorothea Tanning’s surrealist painting ‘Some roses and Their Phantoms’ where animal-like creatures emerge from the domestic still-life of a crumpled tablecloth Bliss focuses our attention on the shifting nature of the domestic and how our minds can enter alternate worlds as we shift in and out of focus between reality and our subconscious. The everyday holds a ‘quiet mystery’ mutating constantly often passed unnoticed - like air in motion. 

 

THE G U A R D I A N  RANGE

 

The Guardian collection originated from ‘Guardians of Bliss’ whjich is a green glazed ceramic urn with many relief faces on the outside and a tuft of horsehair coming out of a multifaceted head on the lid. ‘Bliss’ not only refers to the artist’s mother’s maiden name, but also to a state of perfect happiness or euphoria. This piece stands in limbo as a relic to the dead, but also to the living, as guardians of bliss can refer to both the artists deceased mother: Helen Bliss, and to the wellbeing of those alive.

 

In addition, the piece also references an earlier work by the artist titled ‘Et In Arcadia Ego’; another memorial to her mother, which stands in an indefinable space of anonymity, as the title implies ‘Even in Arcadia there is death’. Camilla Bliss diffuses the boundaries between life and death giving an ulterior perspective that death does not need to follow the dark garments of tradition, or the light veil of the living, but in fact these subjects are very much intertwined and open to the viewers interpretation. 

 

 

Read  Camilla's Biography here

Download   -  Camilla Bliss's Private View

Works
  • Camilla Bliss, Guardian Candlestick , 2024
    Guardian Candlestick , 2024£ 99.00
  • Camilla Bliss, Guardian Lamp, 2024
    Guardian Lamp, 2024£ 730.00
  • Camilla Bliss, Guardian Lamps, 2024
    Guardian Lamps, 2024£ 1,130.00
  • Camilla Bliss, Guardian Stem Lamp (white) , 2024
    Guardian Stem Lamp (white) , 2024£ 830.00
  • Camilla Bliss, Large Guardian Lamp (Petrol), 2024
    Large Guardian Lamp (Petrol), 2024£ 1,130.00
  • Camilla Bliss, Pneuma ( Crinkled Blaze ), 2024
    Pneuma ( Crinkled Blaze ), 2024
  • Camilla Bliss, Pneuma ( Folded Wisp ), 2024
    Pneuma ( Folded Wisp ), 2024
  • Camilla Bliss, Pneuma ( Nebula Dew ), 2024
    Pneuma ( Nebula Dew ), 2024
  • Camilla Bliss, Low Guardian Bowl, 2023
    Low Guardian Bowl, 2023£ 730.00
  • Camilla Bliss, Serpha, 2023
    Serpha, 2023£ 780.00
  • Camilla Bliss, Serpha, 2023
    Serpha, 2023£ 730.00
  • Camilla Bliss, Small Guardian Lamp (White) , 2023
    Small Guardian Lamp (White) , 2023£ 780.00
  • Camilla Bliss, Moon Drifter, 2022
    Moon Drifter, 2022£ 350.00
  • Camilla Bliss, Guardian Stem Lamp (Petrol) , 2021
    Guardian Stem Lamp (Petrol) , 2021£ 830.00
  • Camilla Bliss, Guardian Stem Lamp (Speckled grey) , 2021
    Guardian Stem Lamp (Speckled grey) , 2021£ 830.00
  • Camilla Bliss, Guardian Vessel (Olive), 2020
    Guardian Vessel (Olive), 2020£ 880.00
  • Camilla Bliss, Guardian Candlestick (Black), 2018
    Guardian Candlestick (Black), 2018£ 99.00
Exhibitions