Victoria Campbell

New York / San Francisco
+1 210 897 5814 · vc@absolut.vc
@badsignifier
Business Networking · Dancing
10+Years
producing
1,400Peak single-event
attendance
250+Executive + collector
relationships
$4M+Collections
advised
$350K+Sales
facilitated

Events

2011-2026

2026
Emily Harvey Foundation
Source Integrity + Public Knowledge WorkEmpirical atlas; gallery source record; Federated Wiki
2025
Art Science Research Laboratory
Research Assistant & SalonsReadymades evidence atlas; Rhonda Roland Shearer source inventory; public-record updates; linked citation library; Duchamp salon series
2025
FUTO / Boston University / Internet Archive
Demo, Crit, Event SupportDecentralization of wiki; guest critic; Aaron Swartz Statue Unveiling floral arrangements w/ Pablo Peniche for the Aaron Swartz memorial project
2024
SO MUCH / Urbit Subassembly
Panel + Federated Wiki DemoEarth, 49 Orchard St; PNW Subassembly; trustless exchange demo using Federated Wiki
2024-26
Palladium Magazine Release Party
Quarterly Event Support + OutreachGuest-list support, outreach, event communications
2024
Yarvin Wedding
Afterparty host, sound (Grimes) & barPrivate event planning, guest-flow support, A/V and run-of-show.
2023
Make Spiritual America Great Again / Art Boy 2
· Podcast + Screening DiscussionMontez Press Radio; Caesura-adjacent screening and discussion; Wallach-Stein Collection advisory
2022
Rainer Ganahl at White Box / Merde! / Baitball 02
Performance + ExhibitionWhite Box; Alyssa Davis Gallery Gala event liason and press release; Alyssa Davis Gallery, Polignano a Mare
2022
Social Photography X / TopSoil: URBEXIT / Urbit Poker
Benefit, Scene Report, Event ProductionCarriage Trade; New Models; Urbit ecosystem event support
2021
Cadavre Exquisite
ExhibitionBowman Gallery, Los Angeles · With Micaela Carolan and Robin Winters
2020
Noblesse Oblige / Biennale 2020
NY Bienniale Tailgate ShowBleecker Playground, New York · Public happening / block prints / car-based installation
2020
Social Photography XIII / Bad Masterpieces
Benefit + PodcastCarriage Trade; Nate Freeman and Dean Kissick ft. Victoria Campbell
2019
Visit, Inc. Annual Report / Deconstructing the Deck
Public Demo + KeynoteBoweryshed; Flowers for All Occasions
2019
Code Societies / Hard to Read / ConsenSys Hackathon
Public Program + Radio + AwardSchool for Poetic Computation; Montez Press Radio; Ethereum artist rights agreement, 3rd place
2019
Collective Consciousness · Group ShowChurch of Greenwich Village, New York
2018
NAFTA Miami
Produced and directed stageplay aired as a radio show on Montez Press + Miami Basel Art FairMiami Basel / Montez Press Radio · 4 actors · 6 contractors · 800+ guests
2018
Other Side of History / Rainer Ganahl S/L / The End
Public Action + Art-Fair Sales + ExhibitionColumbia strike aprons; Frieze New York; Gallerina Valerina + Greg
2018
Alt-D Future Development
Dinner SeriesFuture Development, New York · Rotating staff · Curated invitation list · Run-of-show
2017
Moodring / Emergency Index / Printed Matter LA
Art Direction + Performance Anthology + ReadingMoodring Nightclub; Ugly Duckling Presse; Hard to Read at Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair
2017
An Application / Environmental Research Expedition, Manila, Philippenes
Production AssistantAlli Miller Studio · Great Pacific Garbage Patch / UNESCO recognition campaign
2016
HAMSTERMACHINE / Memory Room / Pool Party Theatre production, Exhibition, Reading13th St Repertory Theatre; OUTPOST Artists Resources; Molasses Books
2015
Soft Skills / CKTV Karaoke Bar / Art Girl TV
Workshop Performance + Karaoke Format + Video SeriesRed Bull Studios; Cleopatra's Gallery @ Red Bull Studios; Miami Basel
2015
Bloomsday / Calvin Klein x Opening Ceremony / The Jogging
Exhibition, Art Direction, Online ContributionKnockdown Center; art direction for CKxOC underwear shoot; online contributor
2014
The Last Brucennial / Under the Seams Runs the Pain / Emergency Index
Exhibition + AnthologyVito Schnabel Gallery; BHQFU; Ugly Duckling Presse
2013
#YNYHPHP / Art and the Commodity Form
Ed Fornieles + PanelNew Museum; Left Forum
2012
Capture the Flag / Harderer Betterer Fasterer Strongerer / A Day, a month, a Year Roundable · Public Action + Brucennial + TalkCooper Union; Bruce High Quality Foundation; NYU Kimmel Center; Michael Chambers Senior Presentation
2011
Bring Your Own Beamer / Yes Lab / Riot Pornography
Exhibition + Working Group + Live MediaKnockdown Center; Hemispheric Institute; Zuccotti Park / tweetboat / WBAI Occupy Radio
2010
Lawrence Art Center / Blue Star Contemporary
Student ExhibitionsSpencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS; Fire in the Belly, San Antonio, TX

Enterprise

Writing and Editorial

Grokipedia / grok.surf / grok.talk: art controversies, source reliability, automated peer review, retrieval domains, public diff archive
Federated Wiki / viki.wiki: client/server maintenance, 2,000+ independent content stores, revision history and collaborative research infrastructure
Art Science Research Laboratory: Duchamp readymades evidence atlas, source inventory and public-record updates for Rhonda Roland Shearer research
Visit, Inc.: open-source MVP, internal communications, artist sale contracts and IP protocol; Ethereum artist rights agreement hackathon project
Spike Art Magazine: contributing editor; essays on culture, labor, biotechnology, emerging technology and contemporary art
Penelopemachine / Studio Assistant: low-key international arthouse model; GT Pellizzi Studio fabrication and carpentry for contemporary artist projects

Ops

Core competencies

Event Production and Operations: guest lists / RSVP / outreach / venues / vendors / contractors / run-of-show / budgets / collateral / documentation
Scale: 4 actors / 6 contractors / 800+ guests / 376-700 artists / 800-1,400 attendees / 60+ students
Event formats: performances / panels / dinners / radio programs / art-fair activations / salons / happenings / exhibitions
Event support: Palladium Magazine release parties / Yarvin Wedding / Urbit Poker / Moodring Bar / CKTV Karaoke Bar
Relations: 250+ executive + collector relationships / 70+ sales / $350K+ sales facilitated / $4M+ collections advised

Public

2012-2025

2025 - Boston University: guest critic, visual & literary criticism seminar
2025 - FUTO Friday: decentralization of wiki; technical demo (organizer)
2024 - Earth, 49 Orchard St: So Much panel talk ft. David Rudnick
2024 - Urbit Subassembly PNW: demo on federated wiki
2023 - Montez Press Radio: Make Spiritual America Great Again podcast (organizer)
2023 - Art Boy 2: screening and discussion with Caesura / Taylor Ervin
2020 - Caesura, Berlin: Jon Rafman Dream Journal panel (organizer)
2020 - Bad Masterpieces: Is Art Dead? podcast
2019 - Hard to Read: radio guest speaker on Montez Press Radio
2019 - Boweryshed: Visit, Inc. Annual Report demo (organizer)
2019 - Flowers for All Occasions: Deconstructing the Deck keynote (organizer)
2018 - Will this be Livestreamed? Reading group organized by Joshua Citarella & Mike Pepi
2016 - Cloud-based Institutional Critique Reading group organized by Mike Pepi
2015 - Red Bull Studios: Soft Skills / Mastering Online Performance as part of Ryder Ripps 'Alone Together' exhibition with Pwrplant. (organizer)
2015 - BHQFU: What is a Metaphor? Studio critique; Writing about Art w/David Salle; Chatroom / Alternative School of Art workshop
2014 - New Inquiry: Consent: It's Not Sexy interview
2013 - Left Forum: Art and the Commodity Form (organizer)/div>
2012 - NYU Kimmel Center: A Year, a Month, and a Day roundtable (organizer)

Past Life

Roles and responsibilities

Sales & Event Support

Alyssa Davis Gallery · 2016-present

  • Exhibition and event support for established contemporary art gallery in NYC.
  • Press release, outreach, lead generation, collector relationships and sales on a commission basis.
  • Corporate liason for Merde! Gala at 99 Scott, organized by Alyssa Davis, Genevieve Goffman and Rachel Rosheger, May26th, 2022. With No Agency x Bela Borsodi following May of 2021 when a private investigator visited Alyssa Davis Gallery with an agenda – to gather enough evidence against Ms. Davis to prevent the young dealer from showing artwork in her 11th story apartment. Just over a year later, the gallery shuttered its doors on April 3rd, 2022. The final exhibition was Abby Lloyd’s Goodbye Dolly, which was featured in the New York Times, Brooklyn Rail and OFluxo.

Producer

Campbell Carolan Studio · Selected Projects

2012 - Present · New York · Miami · Berlin · Remote

  • Designed and produced performances, panels, dinners, screenings, radio programs, public actions and art-fair activations from concept through guest list, script, staffing, collateral, on-site delivery and documentation.
  • Co-wrote and directed NAFTA Miami at Art Basel Miami Beach: coordinated 4 actors and 6 production contractors, debuted to 800+ guests, and negotiated later syndication with Montez Press Radio.
  • Led Alt-D / Future Development dinner format; produced Columbia strike aprons, off-off-Broadway theatre, gallery dinners, karaoke formats and public interventions.
  • Produced art-fair activations at Frieze New York and Miami Basel; managed artist representation, sales collateral and collector outreach on-site.

Studio & Community Manager

Bruce High Quality Foundation & BHQFU

2011 - 2016 · New York

  • Managed operations and production for an artist collective and open-access art school; coordinated institutional projects with Whitney Biennial, Miami Basel, Brooklyn Museum and Creative Time.
  • Co-organized Brucennial and artist-participation programs at scale: 376 artists / 800 attendees; 700 artists / 1,400 attendees; 700+ artist public program.
  • Program lead for SX-ED: queer feminist practice and theory course taught with Ana Cecilia Alvarez to 60+ students over two semesters.
  • Maintained budget oversight, vendor coordination, fabrication timelines, public programming and run-of-show documentation across concurrent multi-venue events.

Independent Art Advisor

Private Clients · Emerging Artists & Galleries

2018 - Present · New York · Remote

  • Cultivated a 250+ person network of artists, collectors, gallery directors, editors and founders; facilitated 70+ artwork sales totaling $350K+ and advised on collections valued at $4M+.
  • Represented artists at Frieze New York and Miami Basel; managed provenance, condition reporting, certificates of authenticity and appraisal-ready records.

Fundraising & Strategy / Co-Founder

Early-Stage Technology Startups · Visit, Inc.

2019 - Present · New York · Remote

  • Built investor narratives, pitch materials and strategic communications; generated meetings with 15+ angel investors and 3 VC firms.
  • Secured $120K+ in seed funding, exceeding target by 30%; formed C-corporation infrastructure, organized an open-source MVP, onboarded 15 studios and conducted 40 user interviews.
  • Designed marketing and communications materials, user stories, wireframes and screen prototypes for worldbuilding software and art-contract infrastructure.

Contributing Editor

Spike Art Magazine

2018 - Present · Remote

  • Write and edit essays on culture, labor, biotechnology, emerging technology and contemporary art; shape research-heavy ideas into accessible public narratives and branded publishing moments.

Curatorial Assistant

Kunstverein NY

2011 - 2014 · New York

  • Managed website, social media, exhibition publishing, printed matter, catalogues, sales inventory and international independent press distribution for a curatorial platform.
  • Exhibition development for An Exhibition in Your Mouth for Performa 11 in conjunction with the exhibition Prospectus at NYU to take place at Isa Restaurant feauturing a historic menu of recipes by artists from Marcel Duchamp's Steak Tartare to Louise Bourgeois' Mashed Potatoes.
  • Docent-participant for The Work of Art in a Stored Condition — The Work of Art in a Stored Condition: An Exhibition of the Collection of the Emily Harvey Foundation, featuring Protocols for a Coordinated Action of “Practical Aesthesis” (including Temporary Metempsychotic Exercises, Episodes of Sustained Collective Attention, and, generally, Diligent Efforts to Air a Collection Not Often Seen) presented by Individuals Having Some Knowledge of the Rites and Rituals of the Order of the Third Bird.

Riot Pornographer

Movement of the Squares

2011 · New York

  • Organized global media communications for Occupy Wall Street; captured and disseminated live video feeds from New York to command $1M of free advertising nightly; OWS Tweetboat

Thank You

Unsafe House
Federated Wiki
Alyssa Davis Gallery
Order of the 3rd Bird
BHQF
Art Observed
WNYC
Spectra Poets
Frieze New York
Miami Basel
Art Students League
Rebecca's Bar
Creative Time
Montez Press Radio
FUTO
Urbit Foundation
Caesura Berlin
Boston University
New York University
ConsenSys Hackathon
Red Bull Studios
Spike Art Magazine
Art Science Research Lab
Internet Archive
School for Poetic Computation
Carriage Trade
Eros Platform
Performa
White Box
Knockdown Center
OUTPOST Artists Resources
Free Cooper Union
Hemispheric Institute
WBAI Pacifica
Vito Schnabel Gallery
Computer Lab
Moodring Nightclub
Kai Matsumiya Gallery
Y Gallery
Downtown Critic