Education
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, May 1999

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Independent Study in Painting and Film, 1988-1992

Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Graduate Painting Program, 1975-1976

University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
Bachelors of Art, 1974

Academic Appointments
Corcoran College of Art and Design; Washington, D.C.
Adjunct Faculty
Post-Conceptualism: Epistemic Myth and the Metonymic Avant Garde; Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006, Spring 2005
Theory Now; Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2005, Summer 2005, Fall 2004, Summer 2004, Spring 2004
Theories of Art; Fall 2005, Spring 2005
Abstract Painting; Spring 2004, Summer 2003, Spring 2003
Figure Drawing, Fall 2003
Painting I, Summer 2003

The Art League; Alexandria, VA
Instructor
Abstract Painting; Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006, Spring 2005, Winter-Spring 2004
Figurative Abstraction, Fall 2006, Winter 2005
Minimalist/Post-Minimalist Painting, Fall 2007, December 2004

School of Art and Design at Montgomery College; Silver Spring, MD
Adjunct Faculty
Intermediate Drawing, Spring 2005
Drawing I, Fall 2004
Introduction to Figure Drawing, Spring 2003
Drawing II, Fall 2002
Introduction to Photography, Summer 2001

Montgomery College; Rockville, MD
Adjunct Faculty
Drawing I, Spring 2004
Two-Dimensional Design 1, Summer 2003

University of Maryland; College Park, MD
Adjunct Faculty
Introduction to Art Theory; Spring 2003, Fall 2002, Spring 2002, Fall 2001, Summer 1999
Two-Dimensional Art Fundamentals; Fall 2002, Fall 2001
Elements of Drawing II, Spring 2002
Teaching Assistantship
Introduction to Art Theory; Spring 1999, Fall 1998, Spring 1998
Intorduction to Photography; Fall 1997

Monterey Peninsula College; Monterey, CA
Lecturer
Beginning Photography, Summer 2000
Black & White Photography II, Spring 2000

Monterey Museum of Art; Monterey, CA
Lecturer
A Walk on the Dark Side: Film Noir Series, June 2000
Hard-Boiled in the Afternoon: A Film Noir Primer, January 2000

University of Maryland, University College; College Park, MD
Assistant Teacher
Elements of Painting; Spring 1999, Fall 1998
Painting I; Spring 1999, Fall 1998
Special Problems in Studio Art: Color; Spring 1999, Fall 1998

Art Center College of Design; Pasadena, CA
Lecturer (self-designed courses)
Post-Modern Teenage Nervous Breakdown, Summer 1993
Post-Noir Film, Fall 1992
Rebellion and Post-War Pop Mayhem, Spring 1992
Crime Film, Spring 1991
Outlaw Culture, Fall 1990
Film Noir Canon 1941-1959, Spring 1990
The Dark Side of Post-War Cinema, Summer 1989

Solo Exhibitions
Meat Market Gallery; Washington, DC; Reading mirror/looking glass; January 2007

American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center; Washington, DC; Logocentric Playground; November-December 2006

Galerie Ingrid Cooper; North Bethesda, MD; Winter 2005, Winter 2003, Spring 2002

Granados 2 Gallery; Los Angeles, CA; Abandoned Thinking; June 1994

Higher Grounds; Westwood, CA; Paintings and Photographs; November 1993

Group Exhibitions
School of Art and Design at Montgomery College; Cafritz Art Center Gallery; 50/50=100%: Faculty & Alumni Invitational Exhibition; Silver Spring, MD;
March 24-April 27, 2008

Prada Gallery; Elements; Washington, D.C.; December 2007-February 2008

Warehouse Gallery; Washington, D.C.; No Representation: Abstraction in the Capital; April 30-June 9, 2007

Montpelier Arts Center; Laurel, MD; 38th Annual Laurel Art Guild Open Juried Exhibition; March-April 2007

Corcoran Museum of Art; Washington, D.C.; 2006 Faculty Biennial Exhibition; October-November 2006

District of Columbia Art Center; Washington, D.C.; 1460 Wall Mountables; July-August 2006

Greater Reston Arts Center; Reston, VA; Text at GRACE; curated by F. Lennox Campello; March 31-May 5, 2006

WPA/Corcoran; Warehouse Gallery; Washington, D.C.; SEVEN; Juror: F. Lennox Campello; July-August 2005

Montgomery College's School of Art and Design; Gudelsky Gallery; Silver Spring, MD; Faculty Exhibition; October-November 2004

Corcoran Museum of Art; Hemicycle Gallery; Washington, D.C.; Faculty Biennial Exhibition; August-September 2004

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; College Park, MD; Bridges: Students of David C. Driskell from the University of Maryland, 1977-1997; April-May 2003

Maryland College of Art and Design; Silver Spring, MD; Faculty Exhibition; October 2002, October 2001

McLean Project for the Arts/Emerson Gallery; McLean, VA; Strictly Painting II: Radical Realism; Jurors: W.C. Richardson and Annie Gawlak; September 1998

University of Maryland, University College; Maryland Community Gallery; College Park, MD; 2nd Annual Faculty and Student Exhibition; March 1998

Eklektikos Gallery; Washington, D.C.; 2nd Annual Exhibition; Juror: Ken Oda; February 1998

WPA/Projectspace; Washington, D.C.; 7th Street International II; November 1997

Visual Aid Gallery; Los Angeles, CA; Light Intentions; 1994

Claremont Colleges; Claremont, CA; ; Juror: Donald Judd; 1979

Orange County Community Center; San Bernardino, CA; 62nd National Orange All California Exhibition; Juror: Henry T. Hopkins; 1977

Moorpark College; Moorpark, CA, 6th Annual Moorpark College Exhibition; Jurors: Jud Fine and Doug Edge; 1977

Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Art Exchange Programs; Los Angeles, CA; Variations With No Theme; 1977

Washington University; Mallinckrodt Center; St. Louis, MO; Boyd-Meade-Walker; Spring 1976

Arkansas Arts Center; Little Rock, AR; 7th Annual Prints, Drawings and Crafts Exhibition; 1974

Southeast Arkansas Arts Center; Pine Bluff, AR; Annual Exhibition; 1973, 1974

Arkansas State Festival of Art; Little Rock, AR; 1970

Arkansas Arts Center; Little Rock, AR; Young Arkansas Artists; 1968

Honors and Awards
Sondheim Prize semifinalist, Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts, 2007

Distinguished Teaching Certificate, awarded by University of Maryland's Center for Teaching Excellence, 1999

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1999

Special Award in Drawing at 6th Annual Moorpark College Exhibition, Jurors: Jud Fine and Doug Edge, 1977

Selected Public Collections
City Hall Art Collection; John A. Wilson Building; Washington, DC

Art Bank of D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; Washington, D.C.

Maryland Artists Collection; College Park, MD

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation; Little Rock, AR

University of Arkansas; Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas; Little Rock, AR

Professional Experience
Musician; Los Angeles, CA
singer/songwriter with The Brainiacs, The Vocalions and others; 1978-1994

Press Agent; Los Angeles/Paris/Berlin/Munich
personal public relations for Nina Hagen; European tour, 1983

Writer; Los Angeles, CA
created/edited/distributed FUNK Magazine; free-lanced contributions to Black Beat, 1982-1983

Actor; Los Angeles, CA
lead actor (The Pilot) in The Hollies music video, "Stop in the Name of Love," 1983

Nightclub Impresario; Los Angeles, CA
created/promoted Rap-Beat-Funk-Off, At Sunset and others; 1980-1983

Gallery Owner; Los Angeles, CA
co-founder/curator/director of Zero Zero Gallery; exhibited Raymond Pettibon, Jim Shaw, Mary Woronov and others; 1980-1981

Gallery Preparator and Assistant; Washington University Art Gallery; St. Louis, MO
assisted Larry Bell in installation of The Iceberg and Its Shadow, February-March 1976

Reviews
Blee, John. "Campello's Take on DC Art;" The Georgetowner, Vol. 3, No. 10; July 27, 2005; p. 29.
Moses, Tai. "Down These Mean Streets a Man (and a Woman) Must Go;" Monterey County Weekly; June 15, 2000.
Oda, Ken. "7th Street International II"; KOAN, Vol. VI, No. 3; November 1997; p. 18.
O'Sullivan, Michael. "TEXT: Reading Between the Lines;" Washington Post review; April 7, 2006; pp. 33-34.
Schlatter, Elizabeth. "Strictly Painting II: Radical Realism"; Art Papers, Vol. 23, No. 1; January-February 1999; pp. 62-63.
Tuss, Katie. "Logocentric Playground at the Katzen;" Mid-Atlantic Art News blog; November 22, 2006.
Watson, Amy. "SEVEN at the Warehouse"; The ARTery, August 3, 2005.