Philip Campbell

Visual Arts : Painting , Sculpture , Textiles ; installation

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2018

Adventureland Gallery Chicago, Illinois solo exhibit April 6 – 30

2017

DeHaan Artist of Distinction Award

Thunder-Sky Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio Thunder-Snow January 7- February 4

Butler University Creation and Creativity February 22

BG Gallery Santa Monica, Ca. Outside The Box March 11-28

Garner Narrative Louisville, Ky. solo exhibit June 2 – July 28

Tube Factory Indianapolis, IN Twin Peaks August 4 – 31

2016

The Harrison Gallery The Dubious Luxury of Ordinary Men May 6 – 27

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2018

Adventureland Gallery Chicago, Illinois solo exhibit April 6 – 30

2017

DeHaan Artist of Distinction Award

Thunder-Sky Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio Thunder-Snow January 7- February 4

Butler University Creation and Creativity February 22

BG Gallery Santa Monica, Ca. Outside The Box March 11-28

Garner Narrative Louisville, Ky. solo exhibit June 2 – July 28

Tube Factory Indianapolis, IN Twin Peaks August 4 – 31

2016

The Harrison Gallery The Dubious Luxury of Ordinary Men May 6 – 27

Listen Hear A Spontaneous Act Of Beauty July 10

Artist of the year AlphaOmegaPrize

2015

Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art Your Catfish Friend February 6 – April 18
Gallery Two Wet Paint, Heavy Metal and Broken Records April 9
Indianapolis Art Center Creative Renewal Retrospective April 17 – June 7
Gallery 924 The Water Show June 5 – July 10
Spiral Gallery Interstate Commerce August 7 – 23
ArtPrize7, Grand Rapids, Michigan – DeVos Place September 23 – October 11

2014
Garner Narrative 100 Burning Boats January 1 – January 31
Full Body Transformation: Tattoo Project January 1 – December 31
Anderson Center For The Arts Figures of Speech June 6 – August 16

2013
Recipient IAC $10,000 Creative Renewal Fellowship
Gallery 924 Self-Portraits June 7 – July 31
Garner Narrative 100 Burning Boats December 6 – January 31

2012
Gallery 924 Tiny December 7 – January 4
Indy Indie Artist Colony End Of The World December 7 – December 27
Harrison Center for the arts ROBOTS: an invitational
Indianapolis Art Center Shrine Exhibit October 19 through January 1st

2011
Indiana State Museum Heartland Art: Selections from your Indiana Collection October 1, 2011 – November 2013
Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art Bodies of Waters November 4 – December 10

Additional Earlier Exhibitions
Headley Whitney Museum
Indiana State Museum
National Art Museum of Sport
Richmond Museum of Art
Museum for Contemporary Art – Baltimore, Maryland
Indiana University Art Museum
Hot House Art Gallery – Indianapolis, Indiana
Christel Dehaan Fine Arts Center Gallery – University of Indianapolis
Art@Large – New York, New York
Friedl Gallery – Chicago, Illinois
Dirty Detroit – Detroit Michigan
Galerie Hertz – Louisville, Kentucky
Copeland Rutherford Fine Arts – Sante Fe, New Mexico
Ruschman Gallery – Indianapolis, Indiana
Malton Gallery – Cincinnati, Ohio
Actors Theater – Louisville, Kentucky
Swanson Cralle Gallery – Louisville, Kentucky
Architectural Center – Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis
Art Center Artlink – Fort Wayne, Indiana
The Who Show – Indianapolis, Indiana
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Harper College – Pallatine, Illinois
Herron Gallery – Herron School of Art
Art Columbus – Columbus, Indiana
Primary Colors – Indianapolis, Indiana
Woodburn & Westcott Fine Art – Indianapolis, Indiana
Big Car Gallery – Indianapolis, Indiana
Studio One – Indianapolis, Indiana
Diekhoff – Indianapolis, Indiana
Boxx – Indianapolis, Indiana

Selected Corporate Collections
Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
Baker and Daniels
Community Hospitals
Corinthian Pharmaceutical
The Indiana State Museum
Eli Lilly and Company
North American Capacitor, Inc.
Support Net, Inc.
Thriftway Inc.
University of Indianapolis, Indiana
University Medical Center
Halstead Architecture
Baltimore Department of Health
Bank
One Conseco
The Diner
Fries and Fries, Inc.
Metal Services International
The Nyhart Company
Target
Vasa Brougher Inc.
Winona Hospital
World Life and Accident, Inc
Good News Ministries
Atlanta Electronics
Egg Records
also in private collections throughout the U.S., Japan & Brazil

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About My Work:

I STARTED MAKING CARVED BAS-RELIEF PAINTINGS IN THE MID 1990’S SO THAT MY AUDIENCE COULD PHYSICALLY CONNECT WITH MY WORK. THIS WAS AFTER I VISITED A FRANK STELLA WALL SCULPTURE EXHIBIT AT THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART. THERE I WITNESSED A WOMAN REACH OUT AND GENTLY STROKE ONE OF THE PIECES. GUARDS CAME FROM EVERY DIRECTION TO REPRIMAND HER. THAT VERY MOMENT MADE ME WANT TO MAKE ART THAT PEOPLE COULD TOUCH AND INTERACT WITH. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT YOU TOUCHED THE PIECES AND ENJOYED THEIR SURFACES

IN 2009 MY WORK BECAME MUCH MORE PERSONAL.I BEGAN TO TELL MY STORIES AND THOSE YOU HAD TOLD TO ME. THE SENSE OF HOME AND IDEA THAT WE ARE THE SUM OF OUR MEMORIES BECAME VERY IMPORTANT IN THE WORK.
I WANTED THE VIEWER TO PERSONALLY CONNECT AND THEN RELATE THE STORY TO THEIR OWN MEMORIES SO THAT THE STORY I TOLD BECAME THEIR STORY.

ROOTING MY NARRATIVES IN A TRADITIONAL, TACTILE CRAFT MEDIUM (wood, fabric, dried flowers) HAS ALLOWED ME TO CREATE A SIMPLER MORE ACCESSIBLE LANGUAGE IN MY WORK INSPIRED BY THE SIMPLICITY AND DIRECTNESS OF FOLK ART AND THE BEAUTIFUL STORYTELLING OF JAPANESE WOODCUT PRINTS.

Upcoming Events:

April 2018 – Adventureland Gallery in Chicago, Illinois – solo exhibit

March 2018 – 10th West Gallery – group exhibit

September 2018 – Gallery 924 – group exhibit

October 2018 – 10th West Gallery – solo exhibit

Education:

BFA Herron School of Art

Awards:

DeHaan Artist of Distinction Award

Alpha Omega Artist of the Year Award

Nuvo Cultural Leadership Award

Creative Renewal Fellowship