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)