Marcus Campbell (artist)

Marcus Campbell (born August 24, 1951, in Taihape, New Zealand) is a writer, painter and sculptor.
Family and education
Campbell grew up in Napier. His parents were Barbara and Harry Campbell. He studied English literature and drama in New Zealand, scenography in California and finished with a master's degree.
Professional life
Plays he wrote were staged in Auckland, Seattle, Juneau and New York. In 1977 he was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship for theatre studies in Canada, where he gained his Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Studies (Directing). He published a number of short stories and in 1981 received the Sargeson Prize for short story writing.
After 12 years he retired from theatre and turned to Eastern Orthodoxy. He spent a decade in a number of monasteries and visited Mount Athos, Greece about which he has written a memoir, ‘Crossways’. He was employed in gardening and sewing the vestments worn in the Orthodox liturgy. Later, he spent five years in Scotland then moved to France where he still lives, and worked as a gardener and property manager. Now retired, he spends his time on painting and sculpture, particularly Outsider art, with an emphasis on the Found Objects.
Works
* The Lady of Yesterday. In: Lydia Wevers (Ed.): Cabernet Sauvignon with my Brother. New Zealand short stories. Fourth series. First Ed. 1984. Second Ed. 1986. Third Ed. 1989.
* A Blue Forest. Austin Macauley, London 2015.
* Death of the Hawk: and other stories. CreateSpace, 2017.
Sources
* Marcus Campbell: Biografical Note. In: Claus Reisinger (Hg.): Marcus Campbell. Works and Days. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2015. , S. 6.
* Claus Reisinger (Hg.): Marcus Campbell. Works and Days (Catalogue). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2015.

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