BORN: 1957, Saint Albans, NY
EDUCATION:
1986
MFA, The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
1979 BA, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
1986 Van Dorn Mills Fellowship, The Claremont Graduate
School, Claremont, CA
1985 Fellowship Award, The Claremont Graduate School,
Claremont, CA
AWARDS:
1989
Neil Fitzpatrick Art Competition: "Our Native Local Environment",
Laguna Beach, CA
"All Media '89", Irvine
Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA (first place)
1986 "Fine Arts Institute 21st Annual Juried
Exhibition", San Bernardino Co. Museum, CA
(Grumbacher Gold Award)
"Images '86", Bowers
Museum, Santa Ana, CA (third place)
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS:
2007
"Portraits of California", Koplin Del Rio Gallery,
Culver City, CA
2002 "The Nature of California", Koplin
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 "Earth Movement", Koplin Gallery,
Los Angeles
1997 "Contemporary Landscapes", University
of Redlands, Peppers Art Gallery, CA
"Regional Character: New
Paintings", Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996 "New Developments" , The Art Works,
Riverside, CA
1995 "Portrait of an Empire", The Art Works,
Riverside, CA
1994 "Perceptions of Beauty", The Art Works,
Riverside, CA
1993 "The Ever Changing View", The Art
Works, Riverside, CA
1986 "MFA Exhibit", The Claremont Graduate
School, Claremont, CA
1983 Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna
Beach, CA
GROUP
EXHIBITIONS:
2006
“Suburban Escape: The Art of California Sprawl”,
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
“Reality Effect”, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
2005 “Speculative Terrain: from San Diego to Santa Barbara”,
Laguna College of Art & Design, CA
2004 The Political Landscape, The
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Speculative Terrain: from San Diego to Santa
Barbara, Laband Art Gallery, LA, CA
2001 "Re-Presenting Representation V,"
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira NY "Representing L.A.,"
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; travelling to Art Museum of
South Texas, Corpus Christie,
TX, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
"Breaking New Ground: AISC
Faculty Exhibit", Gallery Seven Degrees,
Laguna Beach, CA
"California Visions",
Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
2000 "Recalling Space," Cerritos College
Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
"Landscape Not Forgotten,"
William D. Cannon Art Gallery,
Carlsbad City Library Complex, Carlsbad, CA
"Dusk to Dawn: Nocturnal
Landscapes," Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
1999 Faculty Show- Art Institute of Southern
California, Laguna Beach, CA
"Courting the Muse: Contemporary
Paintings, Historical Influences",
CSU Fullerton, Main Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA
1998 Faculty Exhibition, Art Institute of Southern
California, Laguna Beach, CA
"Landscapes of the Mind",
Fine Arts Gallery, Mt. San Jacinto College, CA
1997 "Land, Sea and Sky: Transitions",
The Art Works Gallery, Riverside, CA
"Faculty Exhibition",
Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
"Inhabited Spaces: Artists'
Depictions", Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
"Under One Roof",
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1996 "Paintings of the New Landscape",
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
"The Cup and the Teapot:
The Extraordinary Diversity of a Simple Form",
Scripps College Claremont, CA
"Works in a Small Scale",
Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA
"Faculty Exhibition",
Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
1995 "Landscape: The Continuum", Los Angeles
Municipal Art Gallery,
Barnsdall Art Park, LA, CA
"Art Under a Foot",
Cafe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Faculty Exhibit",
Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
1994 "Trees", Riverside Art Museum, Riverside,
CA
"External Views/Internal
Perception", Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
"Human/Nature", El
Camino College, Torrance, CA
"Faculty Exhibit",
Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
1993 "Best of Laguna", Art Institute of
Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
"Earth, Sky, Water",
Koll Center, Newport Beach, CA
1992 "A Room With a View", Art Institute
of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
"Personal Vision",
Northrop Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
1990 "Landscape: A Post Modern Interpretation",
Biola University, La Mirada, CA
"Urban Landscapes",
The Art Works, Riverside, CA
"Small Works", El
Camino College, Torrance, CA
1989 "Pacific Perspectives", Art Rental
and Sales Gallery, LACMA, LA, CA
"Orange County Collects",
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
"All Media '89", Irvine
Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1988 "The Cultivated Landscape", Riverside
Art Museum, Riverside, CA
"Elements of Place",
Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
"Surveyors: Southern California
Vistas", Gensler and Associates/Architects, LA, CA
1987 "New Juice in Orange County II", Irvine
Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
"Visions '87", Art
Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
"Julia Morgan Memorial
Exhibition", Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1986 "Cutting Loose", The Claremont Graduate
School, Claremont, CA
"Twenty Four Artists Travel",
California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
"Fine Arts Institute 21st
Annual Juried Exhibition", San Bernardino County Museum,
San Bernardino, CA
"20th Annual All Media
Juried Exhibition," Orange County Art Association, Brea, CA
"Visual Arts '86",
Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
"Images '86", Bowers
Museum, Santa Ana, CA
1994 The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
1983 "Scapes Reconstruction", Mills House
Visual Arts Complex, Garden Grove, CA
"All Media '83", Laguna
Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1982 "16th Annual All Media", Orange County
Art Association, Brea, CA
"7th Annual Juried Show",
Costa Mesa League, Newport Beach, CA
JURIED
EXHIBITIONS:
1997 Southern California Open Juried Exhibition,
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1991 All Media 91, Irvine Fine Arts Center,
Irvine, CA
1989 All Media 89, Irvine Fine Arts Center,
Irvine, CA
1987 Visions 87, Art Institute of Southern
California, Laguna Beach, CA
Julia Morgan Memorial Exhibition,
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1986 Fine Arts Institute 21st Annual Juried Exhibition,
San Bernardino County Museum, CA
20th Annual All Media Juried
Art Exhibition, Orange County Art Association, Brea, CA
Visual Arts 86, Art Institute
of Southern California, Laguna Beach, California
Images 86, Bowers Museum,
Santa Ana, California
1983 All Media 83, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna
Beach, California
1982 16th Annual All Media, Orange County Art Association,
Brea, California
7th Annual Juried Show, Costa
Mesa League, Newport Beach, California
PUBLICATIONS:
A Little Southwest Cookbook,
text by Barbara Karoff & illustrations by Darlene Campbell,
Chronicle Books, 1993
A Little California Cookbook,
text by John P. Carroll & illustrations by Darlene Campbell,
Chronicle Books, 1992
LA Times Magazine, "Coming
into the City," Richard Rodriguez, author & Darlene Campbell,
illustrator, Sept., 13, 1992
ARTICLES,
CATALOGS, AND REVIEWS:
2001 Lydia Ringwald, "Representing LA Paints
Diverse Pictures of So Cal"
Laguna
News Post, Nov. 15
Richard Chang, "Art Comes
of Age in L.A.", Orange County Register, Nov. 4
John O'Hern, "Re-presenting
Representation V" (exhibition catalogue), October
2000 Fuglie, Gordon. Representing LA: Pictorial Currents
in Contemporary Southern
California Art (exhibition catalog), Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Judy Wagonfeld, "Inside
LaLa Land: Frye Show Exposes a Swatch of Grit",
Seatlle Post Intelligencer, Dec. 22
Pincus, Robert, "Changing
Nature of Landscape," San Diego Union-Tribune,
Oct. 15 Brown, Margaret, "The Changing Landscape," Southwest
Art, Feb.
1999 Schoenkopf, Rebecca, "Next Please: What
the Art World Needs is a Good Renaissance",
OC Weekly, April 23 - 29
Gilbert, Rick, "Campbell
Captures Runaway Real Estate Development on Canvas",
Laguna News Post, April 22
Novikoff, Nadia, "Courting
the Muse: Contemporary Paintings, Historical Influences
(exhibition catalogue), March
1998 Geer, Suvan, "The Mobile Desert",
Artweek, March
1997 Knaff, Devorah L., "Darlene Campbell at
The Art Works Gallery", Artweek, January
Buck, Lisa, "Museum's Group
of Exhibits Revolves Around Visions of Home",
Grunion Gazette, Dec. 11
1996 Knaff, Devorah L., "Loss of Land Compellingly
Told in Exhibit," The Press Enterprise,
(Riverside), Nov. 26
Dunlap, Doree, "the Golden
Land: In The Name of Progress",
Orange County Weekly, March 8-14
Dunlap, Doree, "Works in
a Small Scale", (exhibit catalogue) Darlene Campbell, Feb.
Frank, Peter, "Landscape:
The Continuum; Act,Activate,Analyze,Ask",
LA Weekly, Jan. 26-Feb. 1
1995 Canty, Scott, "Landscape the Continuum,"
(exhibition catalogue), December
Knaff, Devorah L., "Documenting
the Region's Transformation",
The Press Enterprise, (Riverside), Nov.
Leddy, Patricia, "Just
a Moment Ago and Very Close By", Santa Barbara Review, Summer
1994 Knaff, Devorah L., "Windows on a Changing
Scene", The Press Enterprise,
(Riverside), Dec. 4
Knaff, Devorah L., The Press
Enterprise, (Riverside) "Encroachment", November 27,
Hight, Lafayette Jr., "Natural
Beauty Versus Technology", Highlander,
(UCLA Riverside), Nov. 22
Led, Pat, "Dreams of Hope",
Artwork, January, 6
1993 Knaff, Devorah L., "Beautiful Signs of
Doom", The Press Enterprise
(Riverside) December, 5
Lasarow, Bill, "The Ever
Changing View", Art Scene, November
Mendenhall, Laurie, "Earth,
Sky, Water," (exhibition catalogue), January
1992 Reed, Jim, "A Room With a View", (exhibit
catalogue), November
Butler, Brian, "Showcase:
Darlene Campbell", Visions Art Quarterly, Spring
1991 Knaff, Devorah L., "Wry Anger Amid Gentle
Scenery", The Press Enterprise,
(Riverside) November
Butler, Brian, "Precious
Space: Vastness Measured in Inches",
Visions Art Quarterly, Fall
1990 Cline, Mary Alice, "A Pair of Views on
Urban Scenes," The Press Enterprise,
(Riverside) May 20
1989 Butler, Brian, "Adding to Tradition",
Artweek, June 17
Cline, Mary Alice, "Four
Recent Cultivations of the Landscape,"
The Press Enterprise, (Riverside), July 10
1987 Geer, Suvan, "Arts Center Nurtures Its
Native Talent", Orange County Register, July 3
Hammond, Miki, "New Juice'
Appetizing Exhibition of Unknowns,"
Irvine World News, June 25