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Cressida Campbell | |
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| Born | 8 July 1960 Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
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Warren Macris (m. 2022) |
Cressida Campbell AM (born 8 July 1960)[1] is an Australian artist.
She was born in Sydney in 1960 to Ruth and Ross Campbell. She studied at East Sydney Technical College in 1978 and 1979. Her older sister is actress Nell Campbell.[2]
Her first husband Peter Crayford died in 2011. She married Warren Macris in April 2022. She lives in the Sydney suburb of Bronte, in her home studio.[3]
Campbell held her first solo show in Sydney in 1979.[4] 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.[5] 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.[4]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.[6]
As of 2006, her technique has centered on painting her woodblocks in preparation for hand-printing with them.[7] An image is drawn on wood, carved, wetted and passed through a press with paper.[4] Two artworks are then created - one on paper, and one on wood. Her work emphasizes color and design.[8] It echoes the flattened picture plane of Japanese ukiyo-e-prints [8],whilst being anchored in contemporary Australia.[5] The Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro is one of several artists who have influenced her work. [9] Campbell exhibits prints and hand painted woodblocks as artworks in their own right. [10]
Campbell's technique is based on 'white line' printmaking, a technique pioneered by Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt in 1914. 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.[8]
Campbell was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to the visual arts".[12]
Campbell’s work is held in the following collections: Art Gallery of New South Wales (9 works),[13] and the National Gallery of Australia (4 works).[14] Two photos of Campbell are featured in the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. [4]
