Cressida Campbell Explained

Birth Date:8 July 1960
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia

Cressida Rosemary Campbell (born 8 July 1960) is an Australian artist.

Early life and education

Cressida Rosemary Campbell was born on 8 July 1960 in Sydney[1] to Ruth and Ross Campbell.

She studied at East Sydney Technical College in 1978 and 1979. Her older sister is actress Nell Campbell.[2]

Career

Campbell held her first solo show in Sydney in 1979.[3] Campbell spent several weeks at the Yoshida Hanga Academy in Tokyo in 1985.  From this she learned how to lead the eye around the picture plane using composition.[4] Through the 1990s and the 2000s, she showed work with Rex Irwin Art Dealer (now Olsen Irwin). From 1994 she also showed with Phillip Bacon Galleries in Brisbane. Later Campbell worked with the Sophie Gannon gallery in Melbourne. She exhibited in London in 2001 (when Germaine Greer introduced her at the opening) and 2003. A major exhibition surveying her work was held at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra in 2022.[5]

As of 2006, her technique has centered on painting her woodblocks in preparation for hand-printing with them.[6] An image is drawn on wood, carved, wetted and passed through a press with paper. Two artworks are then created - one on paper, and one on wood. Her work emphasizes colour and design.[7] It echoes the flattened picture plane of Japanese ukiyo-e-prints, whilst being anchored in contemporary Australia. The Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro is one of several artists who have influenced her work.[8] Campbell exhibits prints and hand painted woodblocks as artworks in their own right.[9] One of Campbell's woodblocks was sold at the highest price for a living Australian women artist in 2022.[10]

Campbell's technique is based on 'white line' printmaking, a technique pioneered by the Provincetown Printers of Massachusetts in 1913. She is described as following in the footsteps of Margaret Preston and Thea Proctor.[11] She created a suite of painted woodblocks to celebrate the life and home of Campbell's friend and fellow artist, Margaret Olley.

Recognition and honours

Campbell was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to the visual arts".[12]

Two photos of Campbell are featured in the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.

Personal life

In 1991 Campbell married Peter Crayford, who had ongoing health problems, which caused them to decide against having children. she lived in the Sydney suburb of Bronte, in her home studio.[13]

Selected exhibitions

Solo:

Group:

Collections

Campbell's work is held in the following collections:

NGA director Nick Mitzevich said in 2022 that Campbell was among the most privately collected artists of Australia.

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cressida Campbell. Centre for Australian Art: Australian Prints + Printmaking. 5 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Timeless: The art of Cressida Campbell. S.H. Ervin Gallery. en-AU. 2020-03-07.
  3. Web site: Cressida Campbell AM, b. 1960 . 2024-02-10 . National Portrait Gallery people.
  4. Web site: Fortescue . Elizabeth . Art & life: Cressida Campbell: Openbook winter 2022 . 2022-07-05 . State Library of NSW.
  5. Web site: Cressida Campbell . 2024-02-10 . National Gallery of Australia . en.
  6. Web site: Art for Humanity – Fine Art Heritage. https://web.archive.org/web/20070905092109/http://www.redcross.org.au/howyoucanhelp_ArtforHumanity_ccampbell.htm. 5 September 2007.
  7. Web site: UNSW Bookshop . 2024-02-10 . www.bookshop.unsw.edu.au . en.
  8. Web site: The art that made me: Cressida Campbell . 2024-02-11 . Art Gallery NSW.
  9. Web site: Cressida Campbell . 2024-02-11 . www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au . en.
  10. News: 2022-09-23 . She’s one of Australia’s most underrated artists — but she’s finally getting her due . 2024-03-16 . ABC News . en-AU.
  11. Web site: Cressida Campbell. www.abc.net.au.
  12. Web site: Mrs Cressida Rosemary Campbell . 2024-01-25 . Australian Honours Search Facility.
  13. News: Portrait of an unsung artist. Keenan. Catherine. 4 March 2009. Sydney Morning Herald. 3 February 2017.
  14. Web site: Cressida Campbell . 2024-03-16 . National Gallery of Australia . en.
  15. Web site: Timeless: The art of Cressida Campbell . 2024-03-16 . S.H. Ervin Gallery . en-AU.
  16. Web site: McKenzie . Janet . Cressida Campbell . 2024-03-16 . www.studiointernational.com . en.
  17. Web site: Cressida Campbell (Masks, Paintings and Things). at (1979) · Australian Prints + Printmaking . 2024-03-16 . www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au.
  18. Web site: Cutting Through Time—Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, and the Japanese Print Geelong Gallery . 2024-03-16 . www.geelonggallery.org.au.
  19. Web site: Cressida Campbell :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online . 2024-03-16 . www.daao.org.au.
  20. Web site: Australian Perspecta '85. at Art Gallery Of New South Wales. (1985) · Australian Prints + Printmaking . 2024-03-16 . www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au.
  21. Web site: Works by Cressida Campbell :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW. www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. 2019-08-28.
  22. Web site: NGA collection search: Cressida Campbell . artsearch.nga.gov.au. 2019-08-28.

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