Jim Campbell (artist)
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Jim Campbell is a contemporary San Francisco based artist who primarily works with LED light installations. Cambpell began his artistic career in film making but soon switched to the LED pieces he is known for in the 1980s. His current work combines film, sound, and LED light installations. He has emerged as a leading figure in new media arts.
in electrical engineering and mathematics in 1978.
, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Smithsonian American Art Museum
, Washington, DC; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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In the fall of 2010, Campbell's work, "Scattered Light" was installed in the Madison Square Park Conservancy in Manhattan making it the largest and most extensive public art piece of his to date. Hundreds of hovering tiny lights made up a large-scale, three-dimensional public installation.
Education
Campbell received a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
in electrical engineering and mathematics in 1978.
Public Collections
Campbell's work is part of numerous public collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Smithsonian American Art Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C. with an extensive collection of American art.Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum has a broad variety of American art that covers all regions and art movements found in the United States...
, Washington, DC; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art and was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th century art...
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In the fall of 2010, Campbell's work, "Scattered Light" was installed in the Madison Square Park Conservancy in Manhattan making it the largest and most extensive public art piece of his to date. Hundreds of hovering tiny lights made up a large-scale, three-dimensional public installation.
Awards and Commissions
- 2010-2011: Madison Square Park Conservancy, "Scattered Light", New York
- 2003-2004: Guggenheim Fellowship (This award is given to those who show "exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.")
- 2002-2003: Langlois Foundation Grant, Montreal
- 1999-2000: Rockefeller FoundationRockefeller FoundationThe Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
Fellowship Award in Multimedia - 1999-2001: Eureka Fellowship Award, Fleishhacker Foundation
- 1996: SECA Electronic Media Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtThe San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art and was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th century art...
Publications
- Baker, Kenneth. “Electronics Artist Campbell Turns His Eye Toward Mass Protests, Echoing Futurists.” San Francisco Chronicle. February 26, 2005, pp. E1, 10.
- Baker, Kenneth. “‘Home Movies’ Not Like the Ones Your Dad Made.” San Francisco Chronicle. April 14, 2007, sec. E, p. 1.
- Vogel, Carol. "Inside Art: Madison Park, All Aglow", The New York Times. July 29, 2010.
- Zuckerman-Jacobsen, Heidi. "Jim Campbell / MATRIX 208 Memory Array." Berkeley Art Museum, 2003. http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibition/208