Set in the hilly land of cows and lakes in which I was raised, my work dwells 

on the strange yet familiar intersections between the manmade and the organic, 

where the human desire to contain, control, and optimize seems at odds with an 

inherent appreciation and yearning for the natural. By now, nature is so intertwined 

with humanity that we often fail to recognize our own influence; the line between 

the artificial and the organic is long since blurred. 

My iconography is thus derived from the imagery of my upbringing that best 

embodies this tension between that which is manipulated or built, and that which 

grows or develops naturally. And with this work, I aim to champion humility. My 

figures are unheroic—pathetic, even. They do not flaunt themselves to the world, 

but, rather, contemplate their place in it. Here is where hope lies, in my opinion; 

here, in the humble assertion that we are not in fact champions of the world, but 

characters within it.

Camilla Marie Dahl CV 2020 – Camilla Dahl Busby (1)