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Neil Campbell

Neil Campbell (Saskatchewan, Canada, 1958) lives and works in Vancouver, Canada. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Vancouver School of Art and Concordia University in Montreal where he received a MFA in 1979.

Campbell’s work has been the subject of major international exhibitions, most recently at Esker Foundation, Calgary; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver and Palazzo Fortuny, Venice.


Neil Campbell Wheatfield, Installation view Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2019. Photo by: John Dean

Neil Campbell Wheatfield, Installation view Esker Foundation, Calgary, 2019. Photo by: John Dean

Neil Campbell

Vancouver artist Neil Campbell’s abstract, quasi-geometric paintings are scaled to the human body, and despite their apparent flatness, are performative in nature. They exact a calculated effect on viewer’s bodies and senses. Far from ‘abstract’, the experience is both physical and spiritual.

Neil Campbell, 2/3, 2018. Acrylic on wall, dimensions variable, Office Baroque, Brussels, 2018

Neil Campbell, 2/3, 2018. Acrylic on wall, dimensions variable, Office Baroque, Brussels, 2018

Neil Campbell, Wheatfield, installation view Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada, 2019. Photo by: John Dean


Neil Campbell, Wheatfield, installation view Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada, 2019. Photo by: John Dean

Neil Campbell, Perfume, 2013. Acrylic on wall, dimensions variable. Installation view Office Baroque, Independent New York, 2013

Neil Campbell, Perfume, 2013. Acrylic on wall, dimensions variable. Installation view Office Baroque, Independent New York, 2013

Neil Campbell, Wheatfield, installation view Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada, 2019. Photo by: John Dean


Neil Campbell, Wheatfield, installation view Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada, 2019. Photo by: John Dean