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Freelance speed-walker
writing, architecture etc
Director @madeupcollective_
1/7th @patch_collective_
@ingramcollectionuk finalist
Drawing year 2025

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Memorable moments & discussing my artworks with some professors from the Royal Drawing School. 💫🎨

Respected Teacher's ...
Racgeal.neale , Arun Dodds , Teshome / ruben , Hannah buckman. 🎨❤️
@texchures

#moments
#artofinstagram
#foreigner
#artistoninstagram
#viralpost

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When five artists get together
to chill, sketch, hike and talk,
we can definitely call it
an Artists Retreat.

Tridiva was their studio
Pradeep & myself the in-house chefs
and Oak their muse ♥️

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THIS SUNDAY‼️Collective Action calls for collective joy🤪
It’s been six months volunteering as the Chair of @lovethyneighbour_e5 , a Tenants Residents Association for Clapton. We’re celebrating the end of summer and our collective opposition to regeneration in our area.
Come and enjoy with us through music 🔊 through family fun 🤸🏿‍♀️ through community co-design 📌 as part of @claptonjumble 👣 as a volunteer 👀. But all with the intention of HENJOYMENT! TOGETHER!

Thank you to @hackneycouncil, @donpaparum @vitacocoeu , @krushpuppiesldn , @lea.ogunlami + all the DJs for taking bets on a good time!

📍Beecholme Estate, E5 9NR
⏰Sunday 13th September, 12-8pm
🩵LOVE🧡THY💚NEIGHBOUR❤️
Link in bio
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Designed by @koch_a_

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🙌🏾 THE GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING: BANDCAMP FRIDAY IS TODAY 🙌🏾

☆ 'Come Dance Nuh' t-shirts back inna black and natural/cream (seen here in Tokyo)
☆ @SlickNBobby return with 'Jimmy Dubbers/Alpha Dub' — two peppery doses of dub and steppers
☆ @Shyclart's second repress of the 'Mali' LP lands next week; order now
☆ Teshome Douglas-Campbell's (@ark_rube) timeless A2 poster for our 2026 Carnival Jam

+ MUCH MORE (link inna bio)

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The ‘Kinda Chic’ Poorly Carousel ⚡️

Besides the relatability of the ‘Kinda Chic’ trend, we remind ourselves of the long-term, tangible challenges that come with creativity, sickness and health.

We acknowledge the strength it takes to find humour and share our personal stories on online platforms.

Trends are fleeting. Discourse on sickness, health and well-being is ongoing and indiscriminate.

Thank you to all who approach trends with care and consideration, and as an opportunity for advocacy.

Share your ‘Kinda Chic’ moments with us!

#kindachic

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Meet Teshome Douglas-Campbell (@ark_rube), the immensely talented artist behind our 2026 TB Carnival Jam event artwork.

'Dancehall 02' is the original painting at the heart of the poster, and so many of you reached out to us about prints. So we’ve listened...

Follow Teshome's work and head to TB's Bandcamp to find limited edition A2 versions of the poster.

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Meet Teshome Douglas-Campbell (@ark_rube), the immensely talented artist behind our 2026 TB Carnival Jam event artwork.

'Dancehall 02' is the original painting at the heart of the poster, and so many of you reached out to us about prints. So we’ve listened...

Head to our Bandcamp to find limited edition A2 versions of the art, and follow Teshome's work!

❤️‍🔥

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SOLD OUT, SUN 9 AUG: TB CARNIVAL JAM 2026 LINE UP 🤯 — tickets inna bio

☆ Wiley (Jungle Set) with FAUZIA (DJ)
☆ Kikelomo
☆ Nîdia (Principe Discos)
☆ SlickNBobby meets ZENA (Live)
☆ Top Klas
☆ fat-lïp
☆ Ms. Sankofa
☆ Errol

Now in its fifth year, the Touching Bass Carnival Jam unites the finest names across the soundsystem continuum and beyond for an all-ages-welcome, pre–Notting Hill Carnival gathering of music, dance and food.

Powered by @FeltSoundsystem, nourished by @ChanetiEats_/Hills of Troy

Bureau of Silly Ideas
18 Valentia Pl, Brixton, London SW9 8PJ
14:00 - 22:00

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🔋: @NewBalanceLifestyle
🎨: Teshome Douglas-Campbell ‘Dancehall 2’ (@ark_rube)

@iglooceo / @fauzia.1 / @nidiasukulbembe / @principediscos_verdadeiro / @_kikelomo_ / @slicknbobby / @zenaforeva / @djtopklas / @fat_lip_____ / @dkb_sankofa / @errol.and

PLEASE READ:

- ⁠Physical ID is required for entry
- ⁠Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult
- Under 16s enter free; 16-18 year olds will be charged £10.00 on the door
- We advise parents to provide ear protection for babies/small children.
- A dedicated child's area and baby-changing facilities will be provided for babies/small children; standby for more info

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Artist Spotlight - @ark_rube

Teshome Douglas-Campbell is a London-based artist, architectural designer, and writer whose work explores identity, place, and diasporic experience.

Through expressive figurative paintings and drawings, he captures intimate moments of everyday life, reflecting on human relationships, community, and our connection to the spaces we inhabit.

#artist #blackart #contemporayart #visualartist #blackartist

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‘HEALTH, ACCESS & SPACIAL INJUSTICE IN ARCHITECTURE’ | @londonfestivalofarchitecture 2026: A Lifetime in The City

IN CONVERSATION WITH TESHOME DOUGLAS-CAMPBELL @ark_rube & CHLOE SHANG @chloetshang

Delivered in partnership with @bartsnorthwing and @riba for London Festival of Architecture 2026

🗓️13TH JUNE 2026

🕰️ 15:15 - 16:00PM

📍 Barts North Wing, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Barts, West Smithfield, London EC1A 2BE

This conversation will explore how health and wealth have always historically been linked, and how architecture and wellbeing have a tandem role to play in our cities today.

Looking to the future, the discussion will shed light on how the idea of wellbeing in architecture has influenced the way we build and inhabit space— questioning how ideas of retrofit and redress might help materialise new visions of wellbeing and access to wellbeing in the built environment.

For more information and tickets 🎟️ Visit our link in bio!

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Get @reshare_app • @_zetteler_ ‘The Weight of Being’ doesn’t promise answers or easy solutions, it instead offers something more nuanced – permission to linger with discomfort and recognise resilience,’ writes @ark_rube for @wallpapermag.

He continues: ‘Marking how art has always been a tool for carving out individual and collective freedoms. As curator Angela Thomas remarks, ‘we do not pretend that art can cure, fix, or neatly resolve, but it can invite us to sit with vulnerability and hope, and to see how they coexist’.

The exhibition @twotempleplace continues until 19 April 2026.

📸 Mark Titchner, Do Others Respect Your Intentions In What You Choose To Do, 2019; Graphic by @zarashasorecreative

#Exhibition #Art #MentalHealth

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Excerpts from Style & Poise, a poem by @ark_rube for Butu Mag Issue 2.

Issue 2 on sale now at butumag.com

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