The Behnke Family Gallery is pleased to announce Haecceities, a solo sabbatical exhibition by Cornish professor and new media artist Robert Campbell; curated by Preston Wadley. Haecceities (heck-SEE-it-eez), refers to the “this-ness” of things: the singular, unrepeatable essence that distinguishes one moment, object, or encounter from another. 

Featuring prints, video installation, and assemblage, the exhibition invites viewers to experience work that dissolves traditional boundaries between disciplines. The work traces Campbell’s ongoing inquiry into how technology mediates perception and how art can capture the intangible qualities of the everyday. The exhibition will include an array of video works that blur abstraction and representation through photogrammetry techniques; digital prints that explore color, shape and rhythm; and assemblages that merge analog and digital gestures. 

Opening Reception:
Friday, January 16th, 2026 at 4:30pm

On View:
January 16th - February 14th, 2026

 About the Artist:

Robert Campbell is a professor in the Art Department at Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University. He received his BFA and MFA degrees from the School of Film and Video at California Institute of the Arts. Since 1984, his single-channel video art work has been exhibited at festivals and exhibitions in the U.S., Europe and Japan. His new media, installation and digital print work has been featured regionally and nationally at the Frye Art Museum, Whatcom Museum, Kittredge Gallery, Henry Art Gallery, Museum of Northwest Art, University of Arizona Museum of Art, and twelve of the past fourteen annual Currents Santa Fe International New Media Festivals. His video/dance/music collaborations have been featured at On the Boards, Bumbershoot, Cornish Playhouse, Port Angeles Fine Art Center, MOXSonic Experimental Sonic Arts Festival and Lincoln Center. He has produced documentaries in the U.S., Italy, Ukraine, Cambodia, Zambia and South Africa, with excerpts of his work in Africa selected for the Journey to Planet Earth series on the PBS network. He was the 2016 Astra Zarina Fellow with The Civita Institute in central Italy; Artist-In-Residence at: Pilchuck Glass School (2006, ’07) and Centrum (2000, ’05 and ’09) in Washington State; and Burren College of Art in County Clare, Ireland (2000).