Laetitzia Campbell is a British-French artist with Jamaican heritage, now based in London.

She studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie (BA) and the Institut Français de la Mode (MA), and worked for four years in the luxury industry in embroidery before concentrating solely on her own art practice.

Campbell’s work explores what she refers to as ‘second-hand memories' - stories, objects and gestures that have been passed down and create emotional legacies despite the inability to return to their sources. The slow and deliberate accumulation of needle marking fabric relays the artist’s central interest in time, remembering and longing. Intricate and free-flowing loose threads form compositions that hover between figuration and abstraction, engaging with the dual nature of presence and absence inherent to the recollection of the past.

Andelli Art are delighted to present two new works introducing Laetitzia’s new body of work, What Was Once Held, What Now Remains.

“The prayer is based on my last memories of my aunt, Precious, before she passed away during Covid.
The scene captures a moment of collective prayer before dinner, a ritual that carried a deep sense of presence, authority, and familial connection.
Precious was the eldest in the family. Strong, outspoken, and deeply protective of those she loved, she held a natural authority within the household.
Raised by her grandmother in Jamaica, much like my father, the two shared a particularly close bond. He looked up to her deeply, and continues to do so.
Entering her home meant entering her world: her rules, her rhythm, her way of gathering people together. Even my father’s Jamaican accent seemed to return more strongly in her presence, as though parts of identity and memory resurfaced through her.
The work reflects on the role women often occupy as cultural anchors within family structures.”
Laetitzia Campbell

Solo Exhibitions:
On your way home, Ed Cross Fine Art, London
On your way home, what did you find? David Parr House, Cambridge

Group Exhibitions:
Hands-on Project Residency, London
A Stitch In Time', Paul Smith Space, London
London Art Fair, Ed Cross Fine Arts, London