Marcus Campbell (artist)

Marcus Campbell (born August 24, 1951 in Taihape, New Zealand) is a writer, painter and sculptor.

Marcus Campbell (2018)

Family and education

Campbell grew up in Napier. His parents were Barbara and Harry Campbell.[1] He studied English literature and drama in New Zealand, scenography in California[2] and finished with a master's degree.[3]

Professional life

Plays he wrote were staged in Auckland, Seattle, Juneau and New York. In 1977 he was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship for theatre studies in Canada,[4] where he gained his Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Studies (Directing).[5] He published a number of short stories[6] and in 1981 received the Frank Sargeson Award for short story writing.

After 12 years he retired from theatre and turned to Eastern Orthodoxy. He spent a decade in a number of monasteries and visited Mount Athos, Greece about which he has written a memoir, ‘Crossways’. He was employed in gardening and sewing the vestments worn in the Orthodox liturgy. Later, he spent five years in Scotland then moved to France where he still lives,[7] and worked as a gardener and property manager. Now retired, he spends his time on painting and sculpture, particularly Outsider art, with an emphasis on the Found Objects.

Works
  • The Lady of Yesterday. In: Lydia Wevers (Ed.): Cabernet Sauvignon with my Brother. New Zealand short stories. Fourth series. First Ed. 1984. Second Ed. 1986. Third Ed. 1989. ISBN 0 19 558 109 1
  • A Blue Forest. Austin Macauley, London 2015. ISBN 978 1 78455 657 0
Art object by Marcus Campbell
  • Death of the Hawk: and other stories. CreateSpace, 2017. ISBN 9781539635208
    • Death of a Hawk
    • The Sheep Without
    • Slaves to Beauty
    • A Fire at Culverden
    • The Salt of the Sea
    • Midnight Clear
    • Ruby Chips
    • A Crown of Thorns
    • The Hour of Need
    • The Devil You Know
    • Flamin’ Giraffes
    • The C Change
    • Grandma’s Gift
    • Revolting
    • Black Pearls
    • Stancie and the Stylobate
    • Alverine

Sources
  • Marcus Campbell: Biografical Note. In: Claus Reisinger (Hg.): Marcus Campbell. Works and Days. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2015. ISBN 978-3-88462-361-9, S. 6.
  • Claus Reisinger (Hg.): Marcus Campbell. Works and Days (Catalogue). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2015. ISBN 978-3-88462-361-9

References
  1. Reisinger: Marcus Campbell, 8.
  2. NN: About the Author. In: Marcus Campbell: A Blue Forest.
  3. Campbell: Biografical Note.
  4. NN: About the Author. In: Marcus Campbell: A Blue Forest, 1.
  5. Campbell: Biografical Note.
  6. NN: About the Author. In: Marcus Campbell: A Blue Forest, 1.
  7. Campbell: Biografical Note.
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