Marilyn Campbell
Woodturning
I began turning in 1980 when my husband and I had finished building a 36’ sailboat. This venture had introduced me to wood and I was hooked, in spite of the fact that I had virtually no woodshop experience. Turning was the answer - an array of creative possibilities but all within the safe confines of one machine with certain limits. Boatbuilding also introduced another medium – epoxy resin, which I use extensively as both a decorative and a structural element.
In the past decade, my work has evolved through several stages, from platters to sculptural forms to vessel forms, and now wall pieces - all using, to some degree, my technique of cutting and reassembly. Inspiration comes from a combination of the materials I am playing with and my responses to the world around me.
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
American Association of Woodturners Permanent Collection
St. George Museum of Art, St George, Utah
Woodturning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Osaka Japan
Jane and Arthur Mason
R. Bohlen Collection
Stephen C. Keeble and Karen Depew
Kamm Teapot Collection
The Daniel Collection
2015
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN, instructor
2014
Mark Adams School of Woodworking, Indianapolis, IN, instructor
2013
Presenter – AAW Annual Symposium, Tampa FL
2013
Presenter - SWAT Texas Symposium, Waco TX
2012
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN, instructor
2011
North Carolina Woodturning Symposium, Greensboro NC
2011
Association of Woodturners of Great Britain, Loughborough, England
2010
French Association for Artistic Woodturning - AFTAB, Villeneuve, France
2010
West Coast Roundup, Vancouver, BC
2010
Totally Turning, Saratoga Springs, NY
2009
Presenter - AAW Annual Symposium, Albuquerque, NM
2008
Instructor, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2008
Turnfest, Brisbane, Australia
2006
Echo Lake invitational participant
2006
Emma Lake invitational participant
2004
Invitational presenter at AAW Annual Symposium, Orlando, FL
2004
Emma Lake invitational participant
2004
Invitational presenter at 6th Annual Rocky Mountain Woodturners Symposium, Denver, CO
2002
Emma Lake invitational participant
2017
Waves of Grain, AAW International Symposium, Kansas City, MO
2016
Masters of Wood Turned Sculpture, the Mary Martin Gallery, Charleston, SC
2016
Patterns, AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN; AAW International Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia
2015
Merging, AAW Invitational Exhibit, Pittsburgh, PA
2015
Creativity in Construction: A Collaboration of Materials, AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN; AAW International Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA
2014
Ceremony, AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul MN, AAW International Symposium Phoenix, Arizona
2013
Currents, AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul MN; AAW International Symposium Tampa, FL
2013
Harmony, AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul MN; AAW International Symposium Tampa, FL
2011
AAW International Invitational Exhibition of Turned and Sculptured Wood, Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville NC.
2011
Roots – An Artist’s Voice, AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN
2010
Be Our Guest Progressive Invitational, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH; AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul MN.
2010
SOFA Chicago, Tom Riley Galleries
2010
Beneath the Bark, Southampton ON, Stephen Hogbin, curator.
2009
Women in Wood, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN; Grovewood Gallery, Asheville NC.
2009
SOFA Chicago, Del Mano Gallery
2009
Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles
2009
SOFA New York, Del Mano Gallery
2008
Wood Takes Root, St George Museum of Art, Utah, Kevin Wallace curator.
2008
SOFA Chicago, del Mano Gallery
2008
SOFA New York, del Mano Gallery
2008
New Masters of Woodturning, Nina Bliese Gallery, Minneapolis MN
2007
SOFA Chicago
2007
Northern Exposure, Works in Wood by Canadian Artists, del Mano Gallery, LA
2007
SOFA New York
2007
Return to the Land of Oz Exhibition, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2007
Japanese Bowls: A Western Perspective, Portland, OR
2006
Woodturned Sculptures Too, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Chicago
2006
Exhibition of Award Winners, OCC, Toronto, Ont.
2006
Alturnatives; Form and Spirit, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
2006
SOFA New York
2006
Turned Objects 2006, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
14th Annual Fine Woodworking Show featuring Women in Woodworking, Saratoga Springs, NY.
2005
ReTurn to the Land of Oz, AAW National Symposium Exhibit, Overland Park, Kansas.
2003
SOFA Chicago, del Mano Gallery
2003
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Sante Fe, NM
2002
SOFA Chicago
2001
Turned Wood 2001, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001
8th Biennial Works in Wood, An International Exhibit, Chesterton Art Gallery, Chesterton, Indiana
1997
Annual Invitational Wood Show, O.C.C. Toronto, Ont.
2005
A Nation of Enchanted Form: Woodturning Artists Across North America, St. Paul, MN; Rockport, Maine
2004
From Sea to Odyssey, AAW National Symposium Exhibit, Orlando, FL
2002
Branching Out: Contemporary Woodturning in 2002, Arlington, Virginia
2001
Nature Takes a Turn, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St Paul, Minnesota
2000
Turning on Furnishings 2000, Toronto, Ont., Kingston, Ont.
1998
Pathways ’98, International Works in Wood, Cleveland, OH
1998
Wood, an Aesthetic and Social Ecology, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON, curated by Stephen Hogbin
2011
Excellence Award, AAW 25th Anniversary Symposium, St. Paul MN
2006
International Turning Exchange, Residency Program, University of the Arts/ Woodturning Center, Philadelphia
2004
Ontario Crafts Council Scholarship
2004
James H. MacPherson Scholarship in Wood
2003
1st Prize, Durham Wood Show, Durham, Ont.
2001
1st Prize, Durham Wood Show, Durham, Ont.
2000
1st Prize, Master Class, Ontario Open Woodturning Competition
1999
1st Prize, Specialty Class, Ontario Open Woodturning Competition, Toronto, Ont.
1999
2nd Prize, Master Class, Award for Excellence in Originality, Canadian Woodturning Competition, Vancouver, BC.
1999
1st Prize, Durham Wood Show, Durham, Ont.
1998
1st Prize, Best of Show, Canadian Woodturning Championships, Vancouver, BC.
1998
1st Prize, Best of Show, Ottawa Wood Show, Ottawa, Ont.
1998
2nd Prize, Woodstock Wood Show, Woodstock, Ont.
1998
2nd Prize, Durham Wood Show, Durham, Ont.
1997
2nd Prize, Award for Excellence in Originality, Canadian Woodturning Championships Vancouver, BC.
1997
1st Prize, Durham Wood Show, Durham, Ont.
1996
2nd Prize, Durham Wood Show, Durham, Ont.
1996
2nd Prize, Master Class, Ottawa Wood Show, Ottawa, Ont.
Audacious: The Fine Art of Wood from the Montalto Bohlen Collection, Dean Lahikainen, published by Peabody Essex Museum
“Feminine Silhouette”, Dreschler Magazine, August 2012, profile by Holger Graf
Wood Art Today 2, Jeffery B. Snyder, Editor, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
Masters: Woodturning, Jim Christiansen, Curator, Lark Books
New Masters of Woodturning, Kevin Wallace and Terry Martin, Editors, Fox Chapel Publishing
“Smooth Sailing”, Woodturning, Dec. 2007, no. 181, profile by Kevin Wallace
“A Design of the Times”, Woodturning, July 2006, no. 164, article by Marilyn Campbell
500 Wood Bowls, Lark Press
Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, Sean M. Ulmer, Editor, University of Michigan Museum of Art
“Epoxy Complementing Wood”, American Woodturner, Winter 2004, vol. 19, No 4, article by Marilyn Campbell
Scratching the Surface, Michael Hosaluk, Guild Publishing
Appearance and Reality, Stephen Hogbin, Cambium Press