Anna Campbell
Assistant Professor
Department of Art & Design
Grand Valley State University
1105 Calder Art Center
Allendale, MI 49401-9403
EDUCATION
2006
MFA Sculpture, University of Wisconsin – Madison
2001
BA Studio Art, College of Wooster, Ohio, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
2001
University of Toledo, Ohio, study in digital media, installation, and public art
1995 - 1996
Akademisches Gymnasium, Willich Germany, study in art history and practice
Areas of Specialization: sculpture, installation, video
TEACHING
2006 - present
Assistant Professor of Art & Design, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2010 – 2011
Studio Mentor, Art Institute of Boston, low residency MFA Program based in Boston, MA; mentoring in Grand Rapids, MI
2005 – 2006
Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record, 104: Introduction to Three-Dimensional Design, University of Wisconsin – Madison
2003 – 2005
Teaching Assistant, 108: Foundations of Contemporary Art & 208: Current Directions in Art, University of Wisconsin - Madison
EXHIBITION RECORD
2011
Pop-Up Museum of Queer History, Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York NY
Wish You Were Here 10, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Associations, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI
Queer Me, (juried) The Center, New York, NY
(a)wake, (invitational), The Cornerstone Building, Grand Rapids, MI
2010
Physical Center (invitational), former Convent of St. Cecilia, Brooklyn, NY
New Media, Sex, and Culture in the 21st Century, (juried) MONA Detroit, MI
SiTE:LAB (invitational), 833 Lake, Grand Rapids, MI
Alumni Video Exhibit, (invitational) The Commons - UW Education Building, Madison, WI
MultiMedia I, (invitational) PAC Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Seven Easy Steps, (invitational) Horton Gallery, New York, NY
Michigan - Land of Riches, (invitational) former Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MIOn Snow (juried), BS Gallery, Iowa City, IA
P.S. On Lifted, (juried) the REFERENCE Gallery, Richmond, VA
Their Daily Bread, (invitational) Leonard at Logan House, Grand Rapids, MI
Desire.10, (juried) Logsdon 1909 Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009
Plus 3 Ferris Wheels, (juried) at
CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY and
DDT Delavski dom Trbovlje, Trbovlje, Slovenia
Homegrown (juried), SOMArts Gallery, Homo a Gogo festival, San Francisco, CA
Brilliant, (juried) Division Avenue Arts Cooperative, Grand Rapids, MI
ArtPrize, Pub 43, Grand Rapids, MI
Artists Run Chicago, (invitational, catalog) Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Polymer, (invitational) Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN
Wonders of the Woven World, (invitational) South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, MI
2008
Getting Strong Now (solo), Second Bedroom Gallery, Chicago, IL
ACTIVESITE IV, (invitational) Old Federal Building, Grand Rapids, MI
The Audacity of Desperation, (juried) at
The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL and
Sea and Space, Los Angeles, CA
ACTIVESITE III, (invitational) Old Kindel Furniture Factory, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Speculation, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
Making Room for Wonder, (juried) SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Plus 3 Ferris Wheels, (juried) at
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI,
University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY
Alfred University, Alfred, NY,
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL,
The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT and
Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
On Procession, (juried) Fountain Square/ Downtown Indianapolis, organized by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2007
Stories To Be Looked At; Pictures To Be Read, Grand Valley State Faculty Exhibit, (juried) Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
30 Years/ 30 Cakes, (juried) Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA), Grand Rapids, MI
2006
Visualizing Trans, (juried) The Kupfer Center, Madison, WI
Desperado (solo) Humanities Gallery UW-Madison, WI
Last Summer (solo) Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
Blindspot (collaboration with the Spectacle Collective)
Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI and
Nova Art Fair, Chicago, IL
You Count the Centuries, I Blink My Eyes, Vilas Hall, UW-Madison, WI
TKO, EBCO Station/ Municipal Workshop, Sheboygan, WI
North By Northwest, (juried) at
Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI and
Diamond Ink Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Representative Samples Humanities Gallery UW-Madison, WI
2005
When Push Comes, (solo) Silo Gallery, Stoughton, WI
Think Tank, (juried) Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
Menagerie, (invitational) Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
Madison Juried Show, Steinhilber Gallery, Oshkosh, WI
Second Thoughts, Humanities Gallery UW-Madison, WI
2004
Dog Days, (solo) 734 Gallery, Madison, WI
Ana 33, (juried) Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Over Oceans, Through the Air, Beyond All Barriers, (juried) Ironworks Factory, Madison, WI
DDD, (invitational) Urban Market, Madison, WI
76th Annual Student Art Exhibit, (juried) Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, WI
You Go First, Humanities Gallery, UW-Madison, WI
2003
Citation, Humanities Gallery, UW-Madison, WI
Books2Eat, Toledo Museum of Art, OH
Guerrilla Gallery, Old Secor Hotel Ballroom, Toledo, OH
Real Saints, (invitational) Lourdes College, Toledo, OH
Inaugural Exhibit, Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, OH
2002
Real Saints, (invitational) Corpus Christi, Toledo, OH
Drawing Resistance, (invitational) Collingwood Arts Center, Toledo, OH
Salon de Refuses, (Best in Sculpture Award) 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH
2001
Superwell, (solo) MacKenzie Gallery, Wooster, OH
Well Off, (solo) Utopia Arts Center, Toledo, OH
Hydrostone, collaborative installation, Lake Erie Center, Oregon, OH
Grand Opening Exhibit, (invitational) Orobs Fine Art Gallery, Toledo, OH
Open Summer Show, (juried) Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, OH
2001
NSAL small Sculpture Exhibit, (juried) Parkersberg, WV
Five Colleges Juried Art Show, Sussel Gallery, Wooster, OH
2000
Stagedoor Dance Concert, Freedlander Theatre, Wooster, OH
Red Eleven, MacKenzie Gallery, Wooster, OH
LECTURES AND PANELS
2012
Session Chair, Flagging: Aesthetic Tactics and Queer Signification, CAA (College Art Association) Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California
2011
Panelist, Curating: A Group Discussion, DAAC (Division Avenue Arts Collective), Grand Rapids, MI
Session Chair, Teaching the Foundations of Site-Specific Practices, FATE Biennial Conference (Foundations in Art: Theory & Education) St Louis, Missouri
Panelist, Sowing Dissent, for Queer Diaspora, CAA (College Art Association) Annual Conference, New York, NY
2010
Moderator, Video Salon, UICA (Urban Institute of Contemporary Art) Grand Rapids, Michigan
Panelist, Critical Discourse, ArtPrize, Goei Center, Grand Rapids, MI
2009
Moderator, Video Salon, Old Federal Building, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Lecture, Seeding Trilogy, ActiveSite, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Panelist, Artists on Artists SMoCA - Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
Panelist, DESPERADO AND SADDLEDRAG: Female Performances Queering Cowboys PCA/ACA (Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association National Conference) New Orleans, LA
2008
Workshop Leader, One Stitch After Another: Crochet as a Sculptural Practice, ISC (International Sculpture Center) Conference, Grand Rapids, MI
Moderator, ARTSlam, International Sculpture Conference, Grand Rapids, MI
Panelist, Queering Failure, or, Glub! Glub! for Queer Love Boat: The Politics of Inclusion in Visual Culture panel at the College Art Association Conference, Dallas, Texas
Lecture, Making Contact: Boxing and Aesthetics, Friday Night at GRAM Lecture Series, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan
Lecture, Relational Aesthetics: Considering Communities for Art and Experience: Assorted Experiments in American Aesthetics Fifth Annual Research Conference held by the Philosophy Department at the University of Toledo, OH
2007
Panelist, GVSU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Research November Colloquium, Allendale, Michigan
Panelist, The Power of Art? Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Panelist, Notes from a Native Informant on Seeking Aesthetic and Ethical Satisfaction through Queered Representations of the Iconic American Cowboy Sex/Life/Politics Conference, University of Loughborough University, England
Lecture, Desperado and Peter Pan Live!: Romantic Considerations of Failure, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Lecture, Desperado, Warm Guns and Peter Pan Live!: Romantic Considerations of Failure, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
2006
Panelist, Desperado: Romantic Considerations of Failure for the Queer Tactics panel at Trans: A Visual Culture Conference, U-W Madison, Wisconsin
Presenter, When Push Comes for ArtSlam!, International Sculpture Center Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio
Lecture, Romanticizing Failure, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
2005
Lecture, Warm Guns for Peace, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2006
You Count the Centuries, I Blink My Eyes, cross-disciplinary time-based media exhibit, screening and symposium, Vilas Hall, UW-Madison, Wisconsin
North by Northwest, UW-Madison/Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Curatorial Exchange, exhibited at the Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin and the Diamond Ink Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2005
Think Tank, (juried) Gallery I & II, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, Wisconsin
Menagerie, (invitational) Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
2004
Over Oceans, Through the Air, Beyond All Barriers, (juried) Ironworks Factory, Madison, Wisconsin
GRANTS
2011
Faculty Research Grant-In-Aid, Grand Valley State University
2010
Faculty Mini Grant, Grand Valley State University
2007
Summer Research Grant-in-Aid, Grand Valley State University
Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Travel Grant, Grand Valley State University
2006
Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Travel Grant, Grand Valley State University
2005
Professional Development Travel Grant, UW-Madison Art Department
2004
Copeland Grant to assist in the completion of Senior Thesis Exhibit, College of Wooster
2000
Professional Development Grant, College of Wooster Art Department Copeland Grant, funds awarded for study at Haystack Mt. School of Crafts
AWARDS
2005
Scholarship for study at Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, UW-Madison Art Department
Commission by the Campus Art Collective for the UW-Madison Political Science, Madison, Wisconsin
2004
Rowland Foundation Fellowship, Residency, Vermont Studio Center
Honorable Mention, 76th Annual Student Art Exhibit, Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
2001
Scott Senior prize for excellence in Studio Art, College of Wooster
Honorable Mention, NSAL small Sculpture Exhibit, Parkersberg, West Virginia
2000
Scott Junior prize for excellence in Studio Art, College of Wooster
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
On procession: art on parade, Rebecca Uchill, editor; with essays by Fritz Haeg and Nato Thompson. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN. 94, 99, 106
2008
On Labor and Looking: Erin V. Sotak’s Consuming Tableaux, (author) Exposure: The Journal of the Society for Photographic Education, Volume 41:2, Fall 2008, p. 12-19.
2007
CULTURESERVE.NET, Video: Anna Campbell, Diana McClure, September 2, 2008 http://cultureserve.net/blog/2008/09/02/video-anna-campbell/
Chicago Reader, image featured in Galleries and Museums section of July 20, 2007 print and online editions www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/art/070720/
SERVICE
UNIT SERVICE
2007 – 2011
Visiting Artist Committee
Members of this committee facilitate the Visiting Artist program of the Art & Design Dept., often partnering with other departments to host guest artists and critics. My responsibilities have included researching, recruiting, publicizing, hosting, and attending to other logistical details associated with these visitors.
2010
Art 101 Ad Hoc Search Committee
The charge of this committee was to hire a visiting faculty to teach Art 101. My responsibilities included reviewing applicants, interviewing candidates, and facilitating campus visits for candidates.
2009 - 2010
Gallery Committee
The charge of this committee was to advise the faculty member coordinating the Padnos Gallery. As Gallery Coordinator, my responsibilities included relating the progress of the gallery to the committee and proposing new initiatives. These included formalizing the process to apply for off-campus BFA exhibits and drafting a non-censorship policy.
2009 - 2010
PR Committee
Members manage departmental website and printed matter related to A&D promotion. My responsibilities were to assist in the editing of the most recent Art & Design viewbook, to assist in the research and decision-making process that shaped the website re-design, and to offer perspective on publicity related to my role as Padnos Gallery Coordinator.
2009 -2010
Art 101 Ad Hoc Committee
The charge of this committee was to propose alternate solutions for the large-format lecture model of instruction currently offered as Art & Design’s sole General Education course. My responsibilities included collaborating on this proposal.
2009 - 2010
International Committee
My responsibilities included reviewing course catalog descriptions to assess which classes from international institutions can be transferred directly as GVSU courses, and cross-checking these courses with relevant as Art & Design faculty.
2009
Orientation Committee, Chair
The charge of this committee is to organize the annual Freshmen Orientation event that occurs prior to the beginning of fall semester classes. My responsibilities included: writing letters of invitation to incoming students, working with office staff to coordinate their mailing and to assemble informational packets for each attending student, tracking the number of attending students and family members, ordering food and reserving tables, inviting GVSU President Haas and representatives from the CLAS Dean’s office to speak, writing remarks for the Unit Head, recruiting and assisting faculty and student volunteers in leading orientation sessions, coordinating an exhibit in the Padnos Gallery that informs incoming students and their family members about off-campus course offerings, coordinating with committee members to set up and break down the event.
2008 - 2010
Visual Studies/Foundations Ad-Hoc Search Committee
The charge of this committee was to hire a tenure-track faculty in Visual Studies/ Foundations. My responsibilities include assisting in editing the call for applications and candidate evaluation forms, reviewing applicants, interviewing candidates, and facilitating campus visits for candidates.
2008
Padnos Endowed Chair Investigatory Committee
The charge for this committee was to solicit suggestions from the Dept. on the Padnos Endowed Chair Position and to craft proposals for alternate structures for the position.
2006 - 2010
Admissions Committee
Members review incoming freshmen portfolios for admission and incoming student portfolios for transfer credit in A&D, and review and recommend revisions of the criteria and processes used for admissions. My responsibilities focused on Transfer Student Reviews and review processes.
2006 - 2010
Technology Committee
Members assist Dept. Chair with coordination of department hardware and software that is not provided and maintained by IT. My responsibilities included coordinating and maintaining Padnos Gallery hardware in my role as Gallery Coordinator.
2006 - 2008
Orientation Committee
My responsibilities included helping to facilitate logistics of the event.
NON-COMMITTEE-BASED SERVICE TO THE UNIT AND COLLEGE
2009
Art & Design Representative, Fall Majors Fair
2008
GVSU Art & Design Representative, National Portfolio Day, hosted by the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois
2007 - 2010
Interdepartmental Teaching, including lectures for Art 101: Introduction to Art [Fall 2007 and Winter 2010] and Philosophy 220: Aesthetics [Fall 2009]
2007 - 2011
Faculty evaluator, Junior and Senior Review, Fall and Winter semesters
2007
GVSU Art & Design Representative, National Portfolio Day, hosted by CCS, The College of Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2007
Assisting with Padnos Endowed Chair campus visits
2006 - 2011
Faculty evaluator, Foundations Review, Winter semester
2006 - 2011
Co-coordinator for Chicago Field trip, Fall and Winter semesters
2006
High school recruit night
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2011 -
Gender Expression Committee
This committee works to align campus policies related to housing, student affairs, the counseling center, public safety, human resources, records, athletics and additional issues related to faculty and students with the recent inclusion of gender identity and expression in the University’s Affirmative Action Statement.
2011 -
LGBTQ Minor Curriculum Committee
Members craft the minor proposal and new course proposals associated with the LGBTQ minor, and will work to implement of the minor within the Women and Gender Studies Department in the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2006 - 2011
Urban Institute for Contemporary Art Visual Arts Committee
The charge of this committee is to determine and support the exhibition program at the UICA. My responsibilities include working with other committee members to jury work for the annual Call for Art, as well as several other theme-based exhibits, to assist with the installation and deinstallation of exhibits, to communicate with and assist exhibiting artists. In addition, I donate work to the UICA fundraising event Live Coverage, and assist in other fund-raising events as volunteer.
PROFESSIONAL ARTS EXPERIENCE
2004 - 2005
Gallery Coordinator, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, Wisconsin
2002 - 2003
Special Projects Assistant, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Ohio
2001
Videographer, Spring Dance Concert, College of Wooster, Ohio
2000 - 2001
Woodshop Assistant, College of Wooster, Ohio
1999
Artist Assistant to Loren Madsen, New York, New York
Artist Assistant to Mary Beth Edelson, New York, New York
RESIDENCIES
2011
ACRE, Steuben WI
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
2007
Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Gym, Toronto, Canada
2005
Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2004
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2001
Degrees of Freedom, New Philadelphia, OH
2000
Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2011 -
New Media Caucus member
2009-
Foundations in Art Theory and Education (FATE) member
Queer Caucus for Art, an affiliated society of the College Art Association
2006 -
International Sculpture Center (ISC) member
2005 -
College Art Association (CAA) member
TECHNICAL ABILITIES
Metal
TIG welder, MIG welder, oxyacetylene welder, plasma cutter, vertical and horizontal band saw, chop saw, drill press, manual roller, sandblaster, hand tools
Wood
table saw, panel saw, band saw, chop saw, planer, jointer, disc sander, belt sander, drill press, hand tools
Fiber
sewing machine, overlock machine, crochet, knit
Digital
Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Expression Media, Microsoft Office
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Functional literacy in German