JOYCE CAMPBELL

Artist · Maker · Educator

Portland, OR | joycethemaker@gmail.com | @joycethemaker

www.joycethemaker.com

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

Portland Open Studio - Selected Participant, Portland, OR

2023

PNCA MFA Thesis Exhibition - Bank of Expensify Gallery, Portland, OR

Do-It-Yourself / Do-It-Ourselves: 2023 PNCA Graduate Symposium - Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

2022

Time In-Between: Temporal Matter(s) - Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

Future Tenses - Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

2014

Black & White Gala: Pilchuck Glass School 36th Annual Auction - Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA 

2012

Outside the Box - The People's Art of Portland Gallery Portland, OR

2011

LIGHT - 100th Monkey Studio, Portland, OR

You Don’t Know All The Bad Shit We Do! - Crooked Wall Gallery in Portland, OR

2010

Reduce/Reuse/Recycle - 100th Monkey Studio, Portland, OR

2009

Metal Urge - The Bronze Works Gallery, Tacoma, WA

Erotic Art Show - The Robert Daniel Gallery, Tacoma, WA

Cut the Kids in Half: a student sponsored art show - Brewery Loft Gallery,  Olympia, WA

2008

Screw Guns and Art-cicles: student sponsored art show - The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

Art Riot: student sponsored art show - The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020

Steel Landscapes - Sequel Apparel in Portland, OR

2017

A Show of Faces - Tiny’s Gallery, Portland, OR

2016

Industrial Dreams - Alberta Studio Gallery, Portland, OR

2015

Wonderland Adventures - Alberta Studio Gallery, Portland, OR

2014

Flight: An Installation - Crooked Wall Gallery, Portland, OR

Untitled - Cafe 26, Portland, OR

Pre Packaged Landscapes - Sequel Apparel, Portland, OR

Untitled - AND Cafe. Portland, OR

2013

Bike Part Menagerie: Part 4 - Tiny’s Gallery, Portland, OR

Bike Part Menagerie: Part 3 - Bikeasaurus Gallery, Portland, OR

Bike Part Menagerie: Part 2 - Sequel Apparel in Portland, OR

Neon Wonderland - Hub Brewery, Portland, OR

2012

Bike Part Menagerie: Part 1 - The Make House, Portland, OR

Northwestern Creatures - Grind in Portland, OR

Neon Dreams - Swift Lounge in Portland, OR

Metal and Light - Goldrush Coffee Bar in Portland, OR

Untitled - Sequel Apparel in Portland, OR

Crooked Little Neon Lines - Crooked Wall Gallery in Portland, OR

2011

Hello, Portland - Cooked Wall Gallery in Portland, OR

2009

Seattle Art Walk: Introducing Joyce Campbell - Rio Pacific Studio, Seattle, WA

Arts Walk: Undergraduate collection - Academy Dance Studio, Olympia, WA

PUBLIC WORKS

We Are All Friends Here - sculpture, Phenix English School, Koriyama, Japan, 2010

Dragon - sculpture, Mariah Art School, Olympia, WA, 2009

Molecular Configuration - sculpture, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, 2008

EDUCATION

MFA, Applied Craft + Design
Pacific Northwest College of Art / Willamette University, Portland, OR | 2021–2023

BA, Sculpture & Art History
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA | 2007–2009

AAA, Industrial Design Technology
The Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle, WA | 2002–2004

CRAFT & SKILLS WORKSHOPS

Alternative Blacksmithing with Erica Gordon
Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC | 2010

Glass for Sculpture with Alex Bernstein
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA | 2009

AWARDS & GRANTS

Arts3C Grant, Winter 2024
Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR

Written Thesis Award
MFA in Applied Craft + Design, PNCA / Willamette University | 2023

Outstanding Graduate
Pacific Northwest College of Art / Willamette University | 2023

Winner
Click! (Merv Griffin Productions, Game Show) | 1997

MEDIA & PRESS

Interviews & Features

  • CanvasRebel – Interview feature, December 2024

  • Kickin’ it with Kachi – YouTube interview, April 2024

Publications

  • Contributor, Hobb-English! Cooking in English – Featured in multiple entries | Edited by Erina Noda, The Japan Times, 2007

Creative Projects

  • Co-creator & performer, That Neato Show - A 3 episode sketch comedy series | OPB, Olympia, WA, 1996-1999

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor - Steel Fabrication for Furniture/Steel Fabrication for Sculpture/Block Printing for the Home/Home Project Management
Portland Community College Continuing Education, Portland, OR | 2023 – Present

President & Workshop Instructor
Sloth Skills Collective Club, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR | 2022 – 2023

Teaching Assistant & Shop Technician - Metal Furniture
Portland Community College, Portland, OR | 2022 – 2023

Teaching Assistant - Professional Practice (foundations)
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR | 2022

Teaching Assistant - Activated Objects (sculpture)
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR | 2021

Conference Speaker
DATCON, Austin, TX | 2019

Teaching Assistant, Neon Summer Program
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA | 2008 – 2014, 2017

Welding Instructor & Studio Manager
Healing Arts Resource Project, Portland, OR | 2011 – 2014

English Immersion Art Teacher
Phenix English School, Koriyama, Japan | 2005 – 2007

Adult English Cooking Teacher
Tokyo, Japan | 2005 – 2007

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Fundraising Customer Support Representative
Northworld LLC, Portland, OR | 2024 – Present

Sculpture Production Assistant & Cement Caster
Olander Earthworks, Portland, OR | 2021 – 2022

Educational Intern & Production Assistant
The Bronze Works Foundry, Tacoma, WA | 2008 – 2010

Lighting Design Engineer
Flux Inc., Seattle, WA | 2007 – 2008

SKILLS & TECHNICAL ABILITIES

Metalwork & Sculpture
MIG welding, plasma cutting, steel fabrication and finishing tools, woodworking tools, cement casting, small object mold-making

Textiles & Surface Design
Block printing on fabric and paper, hand and machine sewing, crochet, fabric dyeing, soft sculpture and garment construction

Design & Material Exploration
Sustainable design, functional prototyping, found object reuse and integration, rapid ideation and object iteration, material enthusiast

Teaching & Facilitation
Adult and community education, hands-on classes and workshops, curriculum development, one-on-one skill-building, confidence encourager

Digital Tools
Fusion 360, Rhino with Flamingo, SolidWorks, CAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Workspace, PowerPoint

Languages
English (native), Japanese (conversational; formerly fluent, currently rusty)