Flower Meditation #40 - Limited Edition of 10 Print

Since 1975 Clayton Campbell has been a cultural producer who has worked in the field of arts and culture as a visual artist, curator, arts administrator, and arts writer. His most recent work, Flower Meditations, have been photographed with an I-Phone and are released three to four times a week on his Instagram account , at . A departure from his other work, they are created to give his audience and public a resting place in the midst of the “serious stuff that is happening out there.” Clayton Campbell’s artist statement: We live in a time of intense social, environmental and spiritual change. My practice uses social commentary to find alignment with the meanings behind these transformations. I am making art that explores the behavior of ordinary people who find themselves in these extraordinary circumstances. A practicing artist, Campbell is known for his socially engaged projects, and has been exhibiting paintings, drawings, prints and photographs since 1980. His most recent exhibits include one-person shows of his seminal project, Words We Have Learned Since 9/11. This is a public participatory photographic project begun in 2005 and now consists of over 1300 portraits. It has been exhibited nationally and internationally at Unit 24 Gallery, London; The Higher Bridges Arts Center, Enniskellen, Northern Ireland; the Nam Jun Paik Art Center, South Korea; the Aaran Gallery in Tehran; The Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris; the WYSPA Institute for Art, Gdansk Poland; Scope Basel, Switzerland; the International Center of Contemporary Art, Bucharest; City Museum of Dubrovnik, the Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing; the University of Capetown, South Africa; The Museum of Mobile, Alabama; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Mr. Campbell’s work is in the collection of the Wiggins Collection of Prints and Drawings, Boston; the Center for Political Graphics, Los Angeles; the Library of Congress 9/11 Print and Drawing Collection; The Phoenix Museum of Fine Art; the New Mexico Museum of Fine Art; and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris. He has received research grants from the British Council, the Asian Cultural Council and the Trust for Mutual Understanding; Durfee Foundation Fellowship; MacDowell Colony Fellowship; artist in residence fellowship, Irish Museum of Modern Art. In 2003 the French Ministry of Culture awarded him the distinction of Chevalier, Order of Arts and Letters.