C.V.

Name: Sean Campbell
Born: Belfast, Ireland, 30.06.68
Currently: Independent studio artist.

Education/Training

2010 Waterjet and PV in Glass, Dr. Vanessa Cuttler and Chris Byrd Jones, IFG, England.
Cyanotype, Lithography and Monoprint, Belfast Print Workshop. N.Ireland.
Flat Glass and Screen Printing: Graphic Glass Printed and Brushed
Mark Angus & Kevin Petrie, Bild-werk, Frauenau, Germany.
2007 Emerging Artists Forum: Northland Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland.
Painting The Void :Sandblasting And Vitreous Painting, Denise
Stillwagon Leone, Corning Museum of Glass, New York. U.S.A.
BECon: Big Ideas: Kiln – Glass in Architecture, Portland, Oregon U.S.A.
2006 Advanced Photography, Mike Bunn.
2005 Bullseye Glass Intern Programme, May/June, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
2004 Northland Creative Glass, Masterclass, Scaling up, Warren Langley, Lybster, Scotland.
2003 Sandcasting and Hotglass, Paul Marioni, Co. Fermanagh.
GSOICM, Inspirational workshop, Bernard DeJonghe, Waterford.
2002 Northlands Creative Glass, Masterclass, Glass Casting, Irene Frolic, Lybster, Scotland.
2001 Firestation Studios, Advanced Glass Casting, Keith Seybert, Dublin.
Northlands Creative Glass, Masterclass , An investigation in colour and form, Alison Wilding, Lybster, Scotland.
Wanganui Polytechnic, Masterclass in Glass Casting, Anne Robinson, Wanganui, New Zealand.
2000 Artstation, Glass Casting, Joe Nuttall, Auckland, New Zealand
Wanganui Polytechnic, New Zealand, Masterclass in Fusing and Slumping, Claudia Borella, Wanganui, New Zealand.
1997 M.A. Business Strategy, University of Ulster, Ireland.
1989 Bachelor of Arts, Honors, Liverpool University, England.

Teaching

2010 T.A. Bullseye Master Class A Particulate Language with Catharine Newell, North Lands Creative Glass, Scotland.
Light, Colour, Action: Abstraction and Surface in Glass sponsored by Bullseye Glass Co.
Sean Campbell and Mary Mackey, National Sculpture factory, Cork, Ireland.



Selected Exhibitions

2010 NLA, Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, IMOCA, Dublin, Ireland. Selected Group Show.
RUA RED Summer Show, Dublin, Ireland. Selected Group show.
Remarkable Glass, CAA, London, UK. Selected group show.
Summer Exhibition, Mullan Gallery, Belfast, N.Ireland. Gallery Group Show.
E-Merge, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Selected group show.
On the Edge, touring venues including Triskel Art Centre (Cork) and National Botanic Gardens (Dublin), Ireland. Selected Group Show.
Through the looking Glass, Cill Rialaig, Ireland. Selected group show.
3rd Baronscourt Clay Pigeon Shoot with The Prince’s Trust, Baronscourt, N.Ireland. Selected Auction Event.
three x 3, touring venues including, Signal Art Centre, Bray, Ireland and NI Craft Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland. Three person show.
Aras Eanna, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Galway Town Hall, Galway, Ireland.
2009 On the Edge, Touring venues including Cheltenham Art Gallery, England. Selected group Show.
Beginnings Without Boundaries, Alley Art Gallery, Strabane, N.Ireland. Solo Show.
Residents at Northlands, Northlands Creative Glass, Scotland.
The Association of Danish Sculptors Skulturudstilling I Olgod,
City of Ølgod, Denmark, Invited artist.
Vernissage, Marsvinsholm, Sweeden. Selected group Show
Visions In Glass, Jerpoint, Kilkenny. Selected Group Show.
Michael Brolly Goggleworks, Pennsylvania, USA. Sean Campbell, Kevin O’Dwyer Invited artists.
Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin.
2008 E-Merge, Bullseye Glass Co., Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Selected Group Show.
British Glass Biennale Selected Group Show
The Association of Danish Sculptors Skulturudstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark, Invited artist.
Vernissage, Marsvinsholm, Sweeden. Selected group Show.
Window On to Studio Glass, Flowerfield Arts, Coleraine, N.Ireland.
Outside:Insight, Sculpture in the Gardens 2008, Galway, Ireland.
2007 The Association of Danish Sculptors Skulturudstilling I Olgod,
City of Ølgod, Denmark, Invited artist.
Ecology, Mythology, Technology, CCOI, Kilkenny, Ireland.
“Fire” Solo Show, Phoenix Gallery, Grand Opera House, Belfast.
Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin, Ireland.
2006 “Freagra” Response, Arras Eanna, Inishir, Ceara Conway and
Sean Campbell Duo Show.
E-Merge, Bullseye Glass Co., Portland, U.S.A. Selected group show.
2005 Anna Cheyne Visual Art Awards Ceremony, Lisburn.
2004 Inspirational Awakening Contemporary Irish Glass – 1st Major Exhibition of the 21st Century. Exhibition venues include Ulster Museum and Irish National Museum.
2003 Group Exhibition, Cavehill Gallery, Belfast
Glass works for Cill Rialaig – Cill Rialaig, Dun Geagan, Ballinskelligs.
Inspirational Awakening Contemporary Irish Glass
Anna Cheyne Visual Art Ceremony, Lisburn.
2001 Translucence, Waihiki Art Gallery, New Zealand. Group Show.
A Sense of Desire, Chiasso, New Zealand. Duo show with Jim Dennison.
New Zealand Studio Glass, Compendium Gallery (Wellington & Auckland), New Zealand. Group Show.
2000 The Opening, Tortooga Glass, Tauranga, New Zealand, Group Show.

Public Commissions, Awards and Residencies

2009 Northlands Creative Glass, Scotland. Residency April/May.
Culture Ireland Grant
Bullseye Residency Grant
Arts Council Ireland Travel and Training award.
2008 “Arc” Integrated Public Art, Bayview Resource Centre, Bangor.
2007 “Passage of Time” Ballymena Museum and Civic Centre Integrated Public Art.
Sculpture in Context Award
2006 “Between the known and the Unknown”
N 15 By Pass Ballyshannon/Bundoran Joint Public art Commission
with Elizabeth Caffrey.
Craft Council of Ireland Product Development Award.
2005 N.I. Arts Council Individual Artist Funding.
May – June 2005 Bullseye Glass U.S.A. Intern programme
2004 N.I. Arts Council Travel Award Scheme
2003 One Month Residency Cill Rialaig, Co. Kerry.
Merit award, Combined Bay Arts, New Zealand.

Publications & Media

2010 Sean Campbell: Selected Works, Catalogue.
E-merge - A showcase of rising talents in Kiln-Glass.
2008 British Glass Biennale 08
E-merge - A showcase of rising talents in Kiln-Glass
The Fold, Issue 3 – Disappeared.
2007 Sculpture (International sculpture Centre) Vol 26 No. 3
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet Issue 5 2007
Ecology, Mythology, Technology, CCOI
2006 E-merge - A showcase of rising talents in Kiln-Glass
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet Issue 5 2006
Culture magazine Sept – Dec 2006
2004 Neus Glass:New Glass Winter 2004
2003 Irish Arts Review Autumn 2003
2001 The Evening Post, 28th June. (Wellington, New Zealand)
Prime News, 6th June. (New Zealand Television)
Weekend Sun, 1st June. (Tauranga, New Zealand))
Bay News Page 26, Feb 28th (Tauranga, New Zealand)
2000 Bay of Plenty Times Page 1 & 21, 13th December.

Collections

Northlands Creative Glass Permanent Collection
Office of Public Works, Ireland

1997- 2010 Work held by private collectors in New Zealand, USA, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Denmark, Switzerland and United Kingdom.