Education
Campbell received a Bachelor of Science from the in electrical engineering and mathematics in 1978.
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Jim Campbell
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Campbell began his artistic career in film making but switched to electronic sculpture in 1990 and started making his iconic LED matrix works in 2000. His current work combines film, sound, and LED light installations. Campbell"s work is part of numerous public collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New New York
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, District of Columbia. The Whitney Museum of American Art, New New York
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Artist 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.
Achievements
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2010-2017: Werner Klotz & Jim Campbell Reflecting Ribbon, The New San Francisco Central Subway, Union Square Market Station 2010-2013: San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Installation 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 Foundation Fellowship Award in Multimedia 1999-2001: Eureka Fellowship Award, Fleishhacker Foundation 1996: SECA Electronic Media Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Artist
