Gillian Campbell

Bio

GILLIAN CAMPBELL HAS MASTERED THE VERSATILITY OF MAKEUP TO ARTICULATE THEIR UNIQUE VIEW OF CONSIDERED BEAUTY WITH A GRAPHIC EDGE. INHABITING THE WORLD OF MUSIC, QUEER CULTURE AND UNDERGROUND RAVE COMMUNITY, GILLIE’S WORK IS GUIDED BY A FRESH PERSPECTIVE THAT HEROS TALENT. INFORMED BY A KEEN INTEREST IN CLASSIC AND CULT CINEMA AND YOUTH CULTURE, THEIR ARTISTRY TOUCHES ON A NOSTALGIA FOR TIMELESS BEAUTY EXECUTED WITH A CONTEMPORARY FINISH. AN ADVOCATE FOR MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF THEIR CANVAS, GILLIAN WORKS TO KEEP SKIN LOOKING AND FEELING REAL, WHILST FREELY PLAYING WITH PAINTERLY BRUSH STROKES, SHARP GRAPHIC SHAPES, PRECISE LINES AND FLOURISHES OF BOLD COLOUR. GILLIAN’S ONGOING EXPERIMENTATION WITH NEW PRODUCTS AND TECHNIQUES BREATHES AN EVOLVING ENERGY INTO THEIR WORK, EARNING THEM RECOGNITION FOR BEING ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THE MOOD OF AN EDITORIAL SHOOT, ENCOMPASS THE IDEOLOGY OF A BRAND OR REPRESENT AN INDIVIDUAL’S PERSONALITY. THEIR EXPERIENCE CANNOT BE RIVALLED. FOLLOWING AN EARLY REALISATION THAT MAKEUP ARTISTRY WAS THE CAREER FOR THEM, GILLIAN TOOK THEMSELF TO LONDON WHERE THEY SOON WORKED UNDER INDUSTRY LEADERS SUCH AS LUCIA PIERONI, LISA ELDRIDGE, HANNAH MURRAY AND SAM BRYANT, AS WELL AS LEARNING FROM THE EXPERIMENTAL WORK THAT DEFINED THE NEW GENERATION OF MAKEUP ARTISTS SUCH AS LAUREN PARSONS, ISAMAYA FFRENCH AND THOMAS DEKLUYVER. GILLIE APPLIES THEIR EXPERIENCE TO AN IMPRESSIVE ROSTER OF EDITORIAL AND COMMERCIAL CLIENTS: NUMERO, US VOGUE, VOGUE AUSTRALIA, HARPERS BAZAAR, WONDERLAND AND RUSSH MAGAZINES. AS WELL AS CLIENTS SUCH AS H&M, ZARA, CAMILLA & MARC, MECCA AND JURLIQUE. THEIR CELEBRITY CLIENT INCLUDES CHARLI XCX, FKA TWIGS, TROYE SIVAN, FLORENCE WELCH, LILY ALLEN AND RITA ORA.