THOMAS CAMPBELL
BORN:
1969, USA
Lives and works in Bonny Doon, CA
Thomas Campbell is a self-taught painter,sculpture,photographer, and filmmaker. He splits his time between his painting/sculpture/stuff making studio in Bonny Doon, California and traversing the globe making films. Campbell's artworks combine scribbles and scriptures, taking slogans and anecdotes from his unique vocabulary and juxtaposing them with a profound look at human nature. His movement-oriented paintings are as layered with meaning as they are with paint. The works, typically composed of several panels, are free-flowing with wide expressionist swipes of color, bold graphics and intricate renderings of characters and text. His photographs mimic the intensity of the paintings, yet in a more abstract fashion. Campbell has mounted solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, Tokyo,Denmark,The Netherlands,San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Morocco. In 1999, he completed his first feature length surfing film, The Seedling, and in 2004 released his second, Sprout and in 2009 he completed "The Present". Campbell was also part owner and creative director of a small, independent record label based in Santa Cruz,Calif, Galaxia, which has released records by contemporary artists Tommy Guerrero, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Peggy Honeywell and The Black Heart Procession among others. Galaxia was established in 1993. In 2013 Campbell started an new creative platform called UM YEAH ARTS which is a nexus for the making of books,music and films.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2021
"Spirits in Spacesuits" Eighteen gallery ,Copenhagen ,Denmark
2020
“Lint Basket Supremeo and Unii cion yyikae” Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art - Utah State University , Logan Utah
2018
“Apples and Oranges – Neerbea Bae” ” Mollusk Gallery ,San Francisco, CA
2017
“We are the Cosmos” Chandran Gallery ,San Francisco,CA
”Look and Move On” Four Mile Books, Wellfleet, Mass
2016
“Overwhelming Color Fast” ” Mollusk Gallery ,San Francisco,CA
2015
“Strewnfield” Bolinas Museum Bolinas, CA
“Doi” Fullerton College Gallery Fullerton, CA
“Seeing Fatima’s Eyes” Mollusk Gallery ,San Francisco,CA
2014
"Ampersand" Joshua Liner Gallery NYC, New York
2013
"Work in progress" Santa Cruz Museum of art and history CA
"Slide your brains out" Art Park Gallery ,Byron bay Australia
"Residential Debree" Art Park Gallery ,Byron bay Australia
"Slide your brains out" Common Gallery ,Tokyo Japan
2012
"Clastic Plowers" V1 gallery ,Copenhagen ,Denmark
"Slide your brains out" Mollusk gallery ,San Francisco,CA
2012
"Capture and Release" - Half Gallery NY,NY
2011
"Der" solo collectors showing - Gallery A.S. Sydney,Australia
2010
"Yar" Gregory Lind Gallery San Francisco,CA
2009
"Ummmm" V1 gallery ,Copenhagen ,Denmark
2007
"Kook out" Mollusk gallery ,San Francisco,CA
2006
"Yep", Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles
"Sing ding aling" Hetdomein museum ,Sittard ,The Netherlands
2005
"New Monotypes", Robert and Tilton , Los Angles,CA
2002
"Awakea", Colette, Paris, France
2001
"Untitled 2001", Grey Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2000
"Exhaust", Alleged Gallery, New York
1998
"Scuba", 509 Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
1996
"Rejoiceism", Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio
1995
"Bliss Treatment in Progress", Alleged Gallery, New York
"Well Constructed Destruction", Grande Masse des Beaux-Artes, Paris, France
1994
"Dios Tiene Sida", Alleged Gallery, New York
"Star Power", Galleria Arcanes, Rabat, Morocco, North Africa
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2021
"Lush" Hashimoto Contemporary, Ny, Nyc
"See Saw" These Days Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2020
“Mine IV" V1 Gallery ,Copenhagen , Denmark
"How About That" Check This Out Gallery Nyc, NY
2019
“Mine II” V1 Gallery ,Copenhagen , Denmark
“Three Sixty” Lux Art Institute Solana Beach, CA
2018
“Now and Then” The Hole NYC, NY
“Group Hang” Gallery 200 San Francisco, CA
”Melted City 4” Yui Gallery NYC, NY
”Now and Then” The Hole NYC, NY
2017
“Mine” V1 gallery ,Copenhagen , Denmark
“Stay Gold” V1 gallery ,Copenhagen , Denmark
“10th Anniversary Show” Gallery Target, Tokyo, Japan
“Color and Contrast” Fullerton College Gallery, Fullerton, CA
“Shutter Spead” Harvey Milk Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
"Melted City 3” Quezon City, Philippines
“Group Hang” The Lab, San Francisco, CA
“We are all in this Together – Dead Beat Club” Nevven Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
"Melted City 4" ISB Gallery - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
“Lil Swim” The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
“Twenty One” Subliminal Projects Los Angeles, CA
“Rolling thru the shadows” Leica Gallery Boston, Mass
2016
“Rolling thru the shadows” Leica Gallery Belleview, WA
“Talk to the hand” " Santa Cruz Museum of art and history ,CA
“Landfill/Bedrock” Guerrero Gallery San Francisco,CA
“Rolling thru the shadows” Leica Gallery Los Angeles, CA
“Send Whatever” AKA Gallery Portland, Oregon
2015
“Permanent collection show” Fullerton College Gallery Fullerton, CA
2014
"Your Favorite Artist's Favorite Artist" Joshua Liner Gallery NYC, NY
“Orale” Harwood Museum of Art, Taos MN
“Expression Session 2 “ Artists Republic For Tomorrow Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
"The Provocateurs" Block 37 ,Chicago, IL
"Decade of Decadunce" Cinders Gallery NYC, NY
"Art Truancy" Jonathan LeVine Gallery NYC, NY
"Hindsight" V1 gallery ,Copenhagen ,Denmark
2013
"Summer group show" Gregory Lind Gallery San Francisco,CA
"Folklore" Joshua Liner Gallery NYC, New York
"This is not music" Friche la Belle de Mai , Marseille, France
"Kill two birds with one Stone" Charlotte Fogh Gallery Aarhus, Denmark
"Photo ID" Santa Cruz Museum of art and history
2012
"Tonight we won't be bored" V1 gallery ,Copenhagen ,Denmark
"Decade" Gregory Lind Gallery San Francisco,CA
2011
"Public Domaine" Gaite Lyrique, Paris , France
"La Migra" Vice Gallery ,Mexico City ,Mexico
“Der” China Heights Gallery – Curated by Gallery A.S. , Sydney, Australia
"Space Cake" w/ Kyle Field Park Life ,San Francisco,CA
"Status" V1 gallery ,Copenhagen ,Denmark
2010
"The Rule of typical things" Gregory Lind Gallery San Francisco,CA
"Projections" Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles
"Transfer" Brazilian Cultural Pavilion Sao Paulo Brazil
"Simulacrum" Monster Children Gallery Sydney,Australia
"Swell" Friedrich Petzel NYC, New York
"There is xerox on the inside of your eyelids" Torrance Art Museum Torrance ,California
"Back in five" Monster Children Gallery Sydney,Australia
2009
"The Winter Group show" White walls Gallery San Francisco,CA
"One shot" Werkstette Gallery,Copenhagen Denmark
"There is xerox on the inside of your eyelids " Schnuck museum, Heerlen ,The Netherlands
''Cinders Gallery Benefit" Cinders Gallery,Brooklyn ,NY
"15 Years of New Image Art" New Image Art, Los Angles,CA
"Move 7" Curated by rich Jacobs- New Image Art, Los Angles,CA
" Juxtapoz 15th Anniversary show", Factory Arts Complex, Los Angles,CA
"2008
"In the Land of Retinal Delights"Laguna Beach Art Museum,Laguna Beach,CA
"Thread as the line"Ellipse arts center, arlington,VA
"There is xerox on the inside of your eyelids " Pins and Needles" San Francisco,CA
2007
"In the fullness of time" The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
2003 - 2008
"Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art And Street Culture", Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; curated by Christian Strike and Aaron Rose [catalog]; travels to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD; The University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL; Fondazione La Triennale, Milan, Italy; Le Tri Postal, Lille, France
2006
"Ugly Winners", galerie du jour, Paris, France
2002
"Burn eternally for your company", The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
"Scratch of the Serial", ICA, Philadelphia, PA
2001
"Move 7", New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Sunshine", Alleged Gallery, NYC, New York
2000
"Move 4 Text", Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
"Barbed Wire Heaven", New Image Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999
"The Luggage Store Benefit Show", The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
"ModArt", Reincarnation Project, San Diego, CA
"The Bird Show", Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
"A Four Person Photo Show", Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
"Paper Magazine - 15th Anniversary", Holly Solomon Gallery, New York
"Move3 - A Half Frame Show", New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998
"Off The Hook", The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
"Always/Forever/Infinity Never-ending (summer)" TERRAIN Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Skatelore Expo", Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
"Move", George's Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997
"The Independents", Alleged Gallery NYC, New York
"Pernod Liquid Art", Mary Boone Gallery NYC, New York
1996
"Culture Is Our Business", The Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia; travels to First Draft Gallery, Sydney, Australia
"Necessary Evel Knievel", Downtown Art Exchange NYC, New York
"Shred Sled Symposium", Thread Waxing Space NYC, New York
"Sugar Mountain", White Columns Gallery NYC, New York
1995
"City Folk", Holly Solomon Gallery NYC, New York
"Dysfunctional", Bluenote Gallery London, England
"The Salon Show", Alleged Gallery NYC, New York
1993
"Eye Grind", Gallery X, Los Angeles, CA
"E-330 Group Show", Local 101 Galleria, Northern Spain
1992
"Minimal Trix", Alleged Gallery NYC, New York
"The Degenerates", World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago, IL
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
2021 “Yi-Wo” – director , 61 minutes
2020 "Everyone Hates Poetry" Featuring Stefan Janoski for Nike SB
2020 “Ye Olde Destruction” – director ,58 minutes
2017 “Highline” music video for Glitterbust (Kim Gordan and Alex Knost) director , 5.5 minutes
2013 "Cuatro Suenos Pequenos" director , 24 minutes
2011 "Come Hell or High Water" Cinematographer 42 minutes
2009 "The Present", director and producer , 74 minutes
2009 "Dear and Yonder", director of photography , 68 minutes
2006 "Death in the sea" w/ Bonny "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney director , 4 minutes
2004 "Sprout", director and producer , 92 minutes
1999 "The Seedling", director and producer , 65 minutes
1997 "Ear Eye Data Poop", director, 23 minutes
1996 "A Love Supreme", director, 17 minutes
1996 "SPED" 35 minutes, Featured artist & cinematographer - film by Cheryl Dunn
1996 "Standpipe Siamese"(a look into the life of Phil Frost) 20 minutes, cinematographer
1995 "Light Blue Supremacist" artist spot for mtv director - producer arron rose,45 seconds
1993 "Debunker" 40 minutes, Co-Director video for sma skateboards
RESIDENCIES
2019 Utah State University
2018 Port Manteau Mallorca Spain
2015 Fullerton College Fullerton CA
2014 Facebook Residency Program, Menlo park CA
2013 Art Park - Atlantic residency, Byron bay Australia
2006 Headland center for the Arts, Marin CA
Galleries
V1 Gallery Copenhagen, Denmark
Chandran Gallery San Francisco, CA USA