A pot decorated with a drawing is something of a paradox. They have different terms of reference and are in different languages, and bringing them together in a way that works is an exciting challenge. I try to make the form strong enough in its own right to hold the drawing, to be muscular and even dynamic. too much movement, however, would make it an incompatible partner, so there is a balance to be struck. The drawing must not overwhelm the shape, but at the same time it must have a content of its own and be more than decoration.
James Campbell: An Artist’s Diary, Art Review June 1997
Hills by the Sea flat jug 16" high 2007
Storm Cloud Flat jar 18" high 2006
The Waves flat jug 12" high 2007
The Waves Flat jar 17" high 2007
Skyline with Woods flat jug 16" high 2007
EDUCATION
| 1960-4 | Royal College of Art |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2007 | The Land, the wind and the water, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, Ireland |
| 2005 | Alpha House Gallery, Sherbourne, Dorset |
| 2004 | Black Swan Arts, Frome |
| 2002 | Alpha House Gallery, Sherbourne, Dorset |
| 2000 | West Wales Arts Centre, Fishguard |
| 2000 | The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 1999 | Oxford Gallery, Oxford |
| 1999 | Eton Applied Arts, Windsor |
| 1998 | Anderson Gallery, Broadway, Worcestershire |
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
| 2008 | The Padstow Studio, Cornwall |
| 2008 | Stour Gallery, Shipston on Stour |
| 2007 | De Morgan Centre, London |
| 2007 | Piers Feetham@Aldeborough |
| 2006 | Eton College Drawing Schools |
| 2006 | Collect, Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
| 2006 | West Wales Arts Centre, Fishguard |
| 2006 | Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate |
| 2006 | Sadler Street Gallery, Wells |
| 2005 | Far Horizons, Yew Tree Gallery, Morvah, Cornwall |
| 2004 | Collect, Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
| 2004 | The Mark of the Maker, Eton Applied Arts, Windsor |
| 2004 | Personal Selection, Brewery Arts, Cirencester |
| 2004 | Blue & White, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 2003 | Alpha House Gallery, Sherbourne, Dorset |
| 2003 | Hereford City Art Gallery, Hereford |
| 2003 | Dish Wish, Brewery Arts, Cirencester |
| 2002 | West Wales Arts Centre, Fishguard |
| 2002 | Emerging from the Landscape, Brewery Arts, Cirencester |
| 2001 | Spring Action, Mid Cornwall Gallery |
| 2001 | Shorelines, Veena Bunker Gallery, Bristol |
| 2001 | International Fine Ceramics II, Alpha House Gallery, Sherbourne, Dorset |
| 2000 | Once in a Blue Moon, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, USA |
| 2000 | Get Real - Romanticism and New Landscapes, Artsway, Sway, Hampshire and touring |
| 1998 | Potters Who Paint, Gibbs Gallery, Canterbury |
PUBLICATIONS
Painted Ceramics, Brenda Pegrum, Crowood Press 1999
The Potters Dictionary of Shape and Form, Neal French, Kraus Publications 1997
James Campbell, Artist’s Diary, Art Review, June 1997
Collectors History of English Pottery, Griselda Lewis, Antique Collectors Club 1999
Ceramic Review, No 158, Jack Doherty, May/June 1996
Ceramic Review, No 117, James Campbell, May/June 1989
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Manchester City Art Gallery
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Tokoname Institute of Ceramic Art, Japan
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Dundee Art Gallery
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff
CONSULTANCIES
| 1998-2001 | Arts Council of Wales, Art and Crafts Advisory Panel |
| 2002 | Selector, Arts and Crafts Exhibition, National Eisteddfod of Wales |