Thomas Campbell (visual artist)
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Thomas Campbell is a California-based visual artist whose work has appeared on the Ugly Casanova
album Sharpen Your Teeth
and in Juxtapoz Magazine's September 2006 issue.
Beyond his paintings, Campbell is also a filmmaker, sculptor and photographer.
Thomas grew up surfing and skating in southern California before moving to New York in the 1980s, where he immersed himself in the skate/street art/punk/hip hop/hell-raising scene that rotated around the central axis of Alleged Gallery. In that setting he came to know and be associated with the artists that would go on to make up San Francisco's Mission School painters and the generation that would be at least loosely defined by the Beautiful Losers exhibition in 2004.
His first feature length surf film, The Seedling came out in 1999, his second release was a film called Sprout in 2004 and his third surf film is called The Present released in 2009.
Campbell is represented by the Roberts & Tilton Gallery in Los Angeles, California.
Ugly Casanova
Ugly Casanova is an American indie rock band carried on Sub Pop Records. The band has only released one album: Sharpen Your Teeth.According to the Ugly Casanova website, in 1998 a man named Edgar E.Graham, a.k.a. "Ugly Casanova", impressed himself upon the band Modest Mouse while backstage at a...
album Sharpen Your Teeth
Sharpen Your Teeth
Sharpen Your Teeth is an album by the indie rock band Ugly Casanova. Brainchild of Modest Mouse lead singer Isaac Brock, Ugly Casanova was his attempt to try new methods and genres outside the realms of Modest Mouse. The album sees Brock performing on more instruments and using a more stripped down...
and in Juxtapoz Magazine's September 2006 issue.
Beyond his paintings, Campbell is also a filmmaker, sculptor and photographer.
Thomas grew up surfing and skating in southern California before moving to New York in the 1980s, where he immersed himself in the skate/street art/punk/hip hop/hell-raising scene that rotated around the central axis of Alleged Gallery. In that setting he came to know and be associated with the artists that would go on to make up San Francisco's Mission School painters and the generation that would be at least loosely defined by the Beautiful Losers exhibition in 2004.
His first feature length surf film, The Seedling came out in 1999, his second release was a film called Sprout in 2004 and his third surf film is called The Present released in 2009.
Campbell is represented by the Roberts & Tilton Gallery in Los Angeles, California.
External links
- Thomas Campbell bibliography: http://www.thomascampbell-art.com/bio.html
- Haven Collective article: http://thepinehavencollective.blogspot.com/2009/04/thomas-campbell-surf-x-art-squared.html