Tara Campbell, The Writer (View 2), 2025, Yarn, bone, mannequin hands, hemp twine, leather cord, 43 x 9 x 9 in

Before moving to Seattle in 2023, Tara Campbell was active as a painter in the Washington, DC arts community, exhibiting in group and solo shows. She received grants and commissions from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and has work in institutional and private collections in the U.S. and abroad. Since her arrival in Seattle in 2023, she has begun creating visual art once again, with fiber arts as her medium. Crochet exists in a liminal space between craft and art, but by combining it with unexpected materials, the work can help shift and broaden perspectives on art and value. The softness of yarn may seem inappropriate to pair with the hardness of bone, but in a way, they belong together because of their fragility. Campbell is additionally a writer, teacher, Kimbilio Fellow, and fiction co-editor at Barrelhouse. She writes and teaches speculative and flash fiction, and is the author of two novels, two hybrid collections, two short story collections, and a chapbook of sestinas. Additional publication credits include Masters Review, Wigleaf, Electric Literature, CRAFT Literary, Uncharted Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, and Escape Pod/Artemis Rising.