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		LACMA Curator chooses Salamanca
		The Los Angeles County Museum of Art's contemporary art curator, Howard Fox, selected Salamanca for a juried show entitled New Media Expo in downtown Los Angeles in August. The event was sponsored by Rex Bruce of LACDA and SIGGRAPh. In Mr. Fox's words, "this exhibition is characterized by invention, transfiguration and wonderment." View images [>]
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		New Salamanca Series shown at Culver City Artwalk
		My newest work, the Salamanca Series, will be shown at the Third Annual Culver City Artwalk. This free, self-guided tour of local art galleries and exhibitiion spaces is sponsored by Sony Pictures Entertainment and KCRW, with participation from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA). The series name, Salamanca, derives from a street of mysterious, convict built sandstone warehouses on the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania that I used to sneak into when I was quite a bit younger. View images [>]
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		SFMOMA Director chooses Avoca for major exhibition
		Campbell's newest series, Avoca, has been selected by the SFMOMA director, Neal Benezra, as part of an international exhibition called The Art of Digital. Because his artwork is a combination of hand drawn and digital, the artwork was a perfect choice for this show featuring all forms of cutting edge digital art. This new series is only available pre mounted on highly polished plexiglass, and is ready to hang and will only be available in an edition of 3. View images [>]
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		German Art Publisher Produces Stationery a la Campbell
		Need to send a beautifully designed note to a friend or a business associate? Now Campbell's Purer and Modu series are available in stationery sets and notecards from TeNeues. The stationery set is packaged in a reusable box with a magnetic closure and contains 20 notecards and envelopes, 5 each of 4 images and sells for only $12.95. Available at TeNeues. View images [>]
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		Beautiful Rug created from Modu No. 6
		In keeping with our philosophy of creating the highest quality product, with outstanding design, yet reasonably priced, Campbell allowed Modu No. 6 to be produced as a rug, made of luxurious 100% wool. Available in a variety of sizes, the rug has been renamed Rondo and can be purchased online from Chiasso or through Boom Design in Culver City, which also features Campbell's paper and canvas artworks. And this is just the start; there will be more rugs to come. View images [>]
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		Venice Art Walk
		Venice is known as an eclectic home for artists, surfers and movie stars and the Venice Art Fair attracts all of them. What started as a small art auction twenty eight years ago has grown to a national event bringing thousands of art collectors to this small ocean town for a weekend in May. And it's all for a good cause as the proceeds fund the Venice Family Clinic. This year Campbell has arranged to show a number of pieces at Loja Designs on Abbot Kinney Blvd. View images [>]
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		Ikea
		Ikea, the well known affordable modern furniture chain from Sweden, has acquired an exclusive image from Campbell called ZoZo #7, named for his daughter, Zoe. The chain currently has 254 stores in 35 countries around the globe, and their website received over 400 million visitors in 2006. So it's no surprise that this artwork has already sold out of its first printing, and is flying out of the warehouses around the globe. Look for it in your local IKEA today. View images [>]
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		Second Pharmaka Gallery Show
		For the juried Small Wonders show at Pharmaka Gallery, Campbell's work was chosen by Tyler Stallings, curator for the Laguna Art Museum, to support this artists' run non-profit exhibition space in downtown LA. At the recent opening, there was a large crowd of collectors which made the the fundraiser a big success. View images [>]
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		Flit Series at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
		The Beverly Hilton Hotel just completed an $80,000,000 renovation that included their famous restaurant, Circa 55. To compliment the new design, they purchased 3 of Campbell's pieces--the only artwork there. The food is amazing too! View images [>]

		Party with us at Boom Design
		On Thursday, July 13th, from 6-9, Boom Design is hosting a celebration for the designers and customers. Come join us and view the latest works from the new textured series Campbell has just completed. These pieces are exclusive to Boom and have never been shown before. So come take a look and enjoy the cocktails! BOOM STUDIO 3239 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA. View images [>]

		Caravan, NYC's Newest Design Store
		A new store at 2 Great Jones St., in Manhattan, called Caravan, featured 2 of Campbell's Vencka Series in large format canvases for their store opening during ICFF in May. They had a huge turnout as you can see from the photos and the images were placed high for an impressive presentation. It's a great place to see Campbell's works on the east coast. View images [>]

		Solo Show in Palm Springs
		Art + Industry is a new design store in Palm Springs that presented a solo show of Campbell's latest works in a well attended opening over Memorial Day Weekend. Featured were the Purer images which seem to be the new favorites of our collectors. The show will be up for the next two months, so you have a chance to view the works in case you missed the opening. View images [>]

		Two New Series: Flit and Purer
		Campbell has just completed two new series of artworks called Flit and Purer--available only through the Studio and Boom Design in the Helms Bakery in Culver City, LA, Ca. Click on the View Images link below for a sneak peek, but for the full collection, click on the first gallery on the web site. View images [>]

		ABC's Extreme Makeover:Home Edition
		On Sunday, Jan. 22, Extreme Makeover:Home Edition aired an episode featuring the Hebert family in Idaho. Four prints from the Campbell Laird Studio decorated the walls of their modernist home. View images [>]

		Pharmaka Gallery Show
		An important new gallery in downtown LA assembled a show of works called Small Wonders and one of Campbell Laird's images from his new Vencka series was featured. Curated by well known artist, Shane Guffogg, this show also featured the work of Alejandro Gehry, Lisa Adams, Mel Ramos and Ed Ruscha. View image [>]

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		twentieth gallery
		Twentieth is one of the premier design venues in Los Angeles, and my solo show there will last through Feb. 24th, 2006. The featured works are a new series called Vencka. Go by and see for yourself. Campbell Laird at twentieth gallery, 8057 Beverly Blvd, LA, CA View images [>]

		The Devil Wears Prada
		The NY Times No. 1 Best Seller by Lauren Weisberger, is being made into a movie starring Meryl Streep and Adrian Grenier of "Entourage" fame. Decorating the wall of the one of the main sets, a Lower East Side apartment, will be the Campbell Laird framed print of Fracture No. 1. Look for it soon! View image [>]

		Richard Neutra's Gettysburg Cyclorama
		Richard Neutra, one of the most famous mid-century modern American architects, designed a cyclorama at Gettysburg, Pa. in 1961 to commemorate the famed Civil War battle. However, this premiere monument was slated for demolition by the National Park Service until the Recent Past Preservation Network took up the cause to save it. In order to help fund the restoration, they requested a Campbell Laird signed print for their auction which was held in coordination with Design Within Reach on Nov. 4, 2005. Many thousands of dollars were raised to help fund the restoration. View images [>]

		Boom Design
		Founded in 1994, Boom is a progressive store that designs and manufactures modern home décor and furnishings. It is located in the historic Helms Bakery District, in LA . Andy Ng, partner of Boom asked Campbell Laird to create a new line called Bruso, a series of framed prints available in smaller sizes. Also displayed are a series of canvases in the Modu Series, and two diasec plexi images. View images [>]

		Modernism
		This new magazine is inspired by the best of early modern and current design. Campbell Laird's art was featured in their Modern Times section where they displayed, Balanca, No 3. View images [>]

		Room Service
		Los Angeles is the modernist architecture and furniture capital of the world and Room Service is one of the stores that defines that style. With a new store on Beverly Blvd., and another in Palm Springs, Campbell Laird's prints have sold very well. View images [>]

		L.A. Magazine
		This cool monthly featured a write up just after the Campbell Laird Studio moved here. The article concentrated on the creation of large artworks, a format in high demand. View the article in L.A. Magazine [>]

		Mixture
		Down in Little Italy in San Diego, there is an emerging art and furniture district, bringing great design and great art together. One of those stores is Mixture Designs. In July, they held a big event, their second annual Art Night, with over 100 artworks, and an amazing DJ. The Campbell Laird Studio sold all pieces on view that night! View images [>]

		MOMA
		Totem Design/MOD, a ground-breaking design concern in NYC founded by David Shearer, gave a celebration in honor of Terence Riley, Chief Curator for the Dept. of Architecture and Design, at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. The Campbell Laird Studio was asked to exhibit 3 pieces. View images [>]

		Laumont Graphics, Our Printer
		This is a finished Diasec 30x40 plexi, Nebu Series, No. 1, created by my printer in NYC, and photographed at Laumont Graphics. This Campbell Laird work was commissioned by a collector in Texas. View images [>]

		Dwell Home I
		Dwell Magazine is the coolest shelter magazine around, and they resurrected the idea of Case Study Houses, from John Entenza's Art and Architecture Magazine published in the '50's. They sponsored an architectural competition to build an environmentally friendly, pre-fab, low cost home, and Resolution 4 Architecture was chosen to build it near Raleigh, NC. The Dwell Home I was completed in July, 2004. The Campbell Laird Studio was chosen as the Art Sponsor, and we donated Kinesia, No 11. View Images [>]

		Open House
		In October 2004, the Campbell Laird Studio created a carpet of art. People came and went all day. It was a great success. View images [>]

		Sublime American Design
		A one of a kind store in Tribeca, right across the street from our studio in NYC. We kept walking past it thinking the art would work perfectly with their unique and outstanding pieces, and when we met with Stephen Mitchell, the manager, he agreed. With walls of glass from floor to ceiling, it was easy to appreciate these plexi images even from the street. View images [>]