NELL CAMPBELL
born : Mississippi . lives and works in Santa Barbara CA
education
1987-1991 University of California Santa Barbara
Interdisciplinary Studies : Art History, Art Studio, History
1969-1970 Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara CA
1964-1967 Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA
American Studies
employment
1990-present Freelance photographer
1990-present Photo Editor, Photographer’s Forum, Santa Barbara CA
1986-present Founder and Owner, Alligator Bayou Press, Santa Barbara CA
1978-1990 Clerk, United States Postal Service
1976-1977 Chief Photographer and Head of Department United Farm Workers, Keene CA
teaching
1995-present
Master Artist for the Arts Fund of Santa Barbara Teen Arts Mentor Program
1998-2001
Teacher in the Artists in the Schools program co-sponsored by the California
Arts Council and the Children’s Creative Project
awards
2010
Direct to Artists Grant from the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative
2007
Artist’s Grant from the William T. Colville Foundation
Third Place, Best Photo Story Category, Annual New Orleans Press Club
Awards Competition for A Reckoning with Rita published in Louisiana Cultural
Vistas magazine, Spring 2006
2005
Honorable Mention, Best Photo Story Category, Annual New Orleans Press
Club Awards for Louisiana Landscapes published in Louisiana Cultural Vistas
Magazine, Fall 2004
1990
Freedom of Expression: The ACLU Postcard Project – photograph selected
for publication in postcard set of 21 images
1989
Grant, Individual Artists Award, Santa Barbara County Arts Commission and
The Arts Fund of Santa Barbara
solo exhibitions
2011
Duck Blinds : Louisiana, Jane Deering Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
2006
La Chanson Perdue : Recent Photographs from Louisiana, Art Resources
Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
2002
Havanity : Recent Photographs from Havana and the Valle de Los Ingenios,
Art Resources Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
1997
Louisiana Landscapes : An Elegy to My Father, Contemporary Arts Forum,
Santa Barbara CA
From Mecca to Marfa : Road Photographs from Texas and the Western Desert,
Art Resources Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
1993
Solos Exhibition, Art Resources Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
1989
Photographs of Mardi Gras, De La Guerra Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
selected group exhibitions
2010
GULF, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans LA
Reflections and Projections : 20 Years of the Individual Artist Awards,
Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
2009
Neighbors, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura CA
2008
Merci!, Selections from the Robert B. and Mercedes H. Eichholz Collection,
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara CA
The Essential Worker, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
2007
Made in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara CA
Art Over Troubled Waters, Zigler Art Museum, Jennings LA
Identities, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara CA
2006
The Barry Berkus & Family Art Collection, In Memory of Gail Berkus,
Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
2004
Blur at The Bekins, Santa Barbara CA
2003
Working Land, A Photographic Portrait of Contemporary Agriculture,
Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
California/Color, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara CA
2002
Formulations, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara CA
2000
Cuba Linda: Recent Photographs from Cuba, Art Resources Gallery,
Santa Barbara CA
1999
Photography by Nell Campbell and Larry Weise, The Salon at Studio 202,
Redondo Beach CA
1998
Santa Barbara Photographers, The Easton Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
Pilgrimages, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
1996
‘Scapes, Ro Snell Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
1994
The Santa Barbara Connection: Contemporary Photography, Santa Barbara
Museum of Art, Santa Barbara CA
1992
El Dia De Los Muertos Celebration, Frances Puccinelli Gallery, Carpinteria CA
1991
Greetings from Route 66, De La Guerra Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
editorial writing
2000-present Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Santa Barbara CA
2009-present BW and Color Magazines, Novato CA
selected bibliography
American Heritage Magazine, 1979
Stern, Rudi: Let There Be Neon, published by Harry N. Abrams . 1979
Made in California: Art, Image and Identity 1900-2000, published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art and University of California Press . 2000
Made in Santa Barbara, published by Santa Barbara Museum of Art . 2007
curatorial
2010
Uncharted Journeys, Seldom Seen Photographs, The Arts Fund Gallery, Santa Barbara CA
public collections
Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, The Berkus Collection, Santa Barbara CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara CA
selected private collections
Jesse & Nancy Alexander, Santa Barbara CA
Susan Bower, Santa Barbara CA
Jeff & Wendy Brouws, Stanfordville NY
Ginny Brush, Santa Barbara CA
Joann Clevenger, New Orleans LA
Mercedes Eichholz, Santa Barbara CA
MacDuff Everton & Mary Heebner, Santa Barbara CA
Cody Hartley & Marc Boman, Boston MA
Jim & Sheila Davidson, Santa Barbara CA
William Hendricks, Ventura CA
Joyce Johnson, Santa Barbara CA
Susan Jorgensen & Alice Gillaroo, Santa Ynez CA
Scott McClaine, Santa Barbara CA
Anne & James Morse, New Orleans LA
Fran & Keith Puccinelli, Ventura CA
Don & Kathleen Scott, Santa Barbara CA
Joan Tanner, Santa Barbara CA
