F. Lennox Campello studied art at the University of Washington School of Art in Seattle, Washington from which he graduated in 1981. While there Campello helped to create the Arts NW Student Gallery in Seattle, the area’s first art gallery focused on student artwork. He also organized several exhibitions at the School of Art.
In that same year that he graduated from Washington, he won the William Whipple National Art Competition First Prize for Printmaking, the silver medal at the Ligoa Duncan Art Competition in Paris and the French "Prix de Peinture de Raymond Duncan," also in Paris. Campello lived in Spain from 1981-1985 and then returned to Europe, living in Scotland from 1989-1992.
In addition to numerous galleries, his work has been exhibited at the McManus Museum in Scotland, the Brusque Museum in Brazil, the San Bernardino County Art Museum in California, the Musee des Duncan in France, the Frick Museum in Ohio, the Meadows Museum of Art in Shreveport, Louisiana, the Hunter Museum in Tennessee, the Sacramento Fine Arts Center in California, The Art League in Alexandria, The Museum of Contemporary Art in DC, the Rock Springs Art Center in Wyoming and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Boulder, Colorado, the Popov Museum in Russia and the Museum of Small Art in Malaysia.
In 1996 Campello opened the Fraser Gallery in Washington, DC. Within five years the gallery had become one of the most important independent fine arts commercial galleries in the city and in 2000 became one of only three DC area art galleries to be invited to become a Sotheby’s Associate Dealer. In 2002 Campello opened a second Fraser Gallery in Bethesda, Maryland, at the time the largest art gallery in the Greater DC area. In 2006 Campello turned over all gallery operations to his partner and relocated to the Philadelphia area, where he now resides.
In addition to organizing and curating several hundred exhibitions for the Fraser Gallery, he is also an independent curator and has organized many important shows in the Washington D.C. capital city area, and other places such as the 2001 “Survey of Washington Realists” at the Athenaeum in Alexandria, a huge salon style show that for the first time catalogued together the artists working in the realist tradition in the DC area. He also organized a worldwide homage to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in association with the Cultural Institute of Mexico and most recently he reviewed the work of over 2,000 artists and organized a seven-gallery show for the Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran in Washington, DC.
Campello is also a regularly published art critic of regional prominence. His art reviews have appeared on DC One Magazine, Cultureflux Magazine, ArtsKrush Magazine, Art Calendar Magazine, Visions Magazine for the Arts, Dimensions Magazine, Pitch Magazine, The City Beat, Washingtonpost.com and various local newspapers.
Furthermore, since 1998, Campello has taught over 3,000 artists, museum professionals, arts faculty and new gallerists through a highly successful one-day seminar titled “Success as an Artist,” which has also been dubbed “Boot camp for Artists.”
Campello is also one of the Internet’s leading arts bloggers, and since 2003 his visual arts blog (Mid Atlantic Art News) has been one of the web’s first art blogs and currently has over 15,000 weekly readers, making it one of the highest ranked art blogs in the world.
Group Shows
2008 Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Art Santa Fe
- Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
- Affordable Art Fair New York
- R Street Gallery, Washington, DC
2007 James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY.
- New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk Univ. Boston, MA
- Agni Gallery, New York, NY.
- Digging Pitt Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA
- Museum of Small Art. Shah Alam, Malaysia.
- Honfleur Gallery. Washington, DC.
2006 Sikkema & Jenkins. New York, NY.
2005 Robert Miller Gallery. New York, NY.
- Sleeth Gallery. West Virginia Wesleyan College. Buckhannon, WV.
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC.
- Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD.
2004 Brent Sikkema, New York, NY
- Popov Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Light Street Gallery. Baltimore, Maryland.
- Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado
- Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
2003 Kunzelmann-Esser Lofts, Bliss Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2002 Galerie Lelong, New York, NY.
- Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, NY.
- Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland.
2001 Studio Seven Gallery, Washington, DC
- West of District Gallery, Leesburg, Virginia
- Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC
2000 McLean Arts Center, McLean, Virginia
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
- Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC
- Eklektikos Gallery, Washington, DC
1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1998 DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
- Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC
- Harmony Hall Gallery, Ft. Washington, MD
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
1997 Fraser Gallery, Washington, D.C.
- 49 West Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland.
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.
- Eklektikos Gallery. Washington, D.C.
1996 Fraser Gallery, Washington, D.C.
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.
- Eklektikos Gallery. Washington, D.C.
- Art League. Alexandria, Virginia.
- National Competition. Hunter Museum. Nashville, Tenn.
1995 Perry House Galleries. Alexandria, Virginia.
- Westmoreland Art National. Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
- Grand Exhibition 95. Almond Tea Gallery. Akron, Ohio.
- Armory Art Show. West Palm Beach, Florida.
- St. Mary-in-the-Woods Gallery, Terra Haute, Indiana.
- Art League. Alexandria, Virginia (six times).
1994 Uppsala Cultural Board Gallery. Uppsala, Sweden.
- Barrett Art Gallery. Utica College of Syracuse Univ. Utica, N.Y.
- Goodwin House Gallery. Alexandria, Virginia.
1993 Fresno Art Museum. Fresno, California.
- Giovanni Strada Gallery. Ravenna, Italy.
- Russell Sage College. Troy, New York.
1992 Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Sacramento, California.
- National Society of Engravers & Printers. Washington, D.C.
- Juniper Gallery. Napa, California.
- Universidad Autonoma. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
- Laramie Art Guild. Laramie, Wyoming.
- Gallery La Luz. La Luz, New Mexico.
- Ship's Inn Gallery. Edzell, Scotland.
- Montana Art Society. Billings, Montana.
- Miniature Art Society of Florida. Clearwater, Florida.
- North Valley Art League. Redding, California.
- Fairfield Art Society. Fairfield, California.
- Amador County Arts Council. Sutter Creek, California.
- Ardoe House Gallery. Aberdeen, Scotland.
1991 Montana Art Society. Billings, Montana.
- North Wynd River Art Society. Dubois, Wyoming.
- Gallery La Luz. La Luz, New Mexico.
- Georgia Miniature Art Society. Atlanta, Georgia.
- Intermountain Art Society. Fall Mills River, California.
- Royal Scottish Society Art Show. Aberdeen, Scotland.
- Dixon-Bates Art Gallery. Leeds, England.
1990 North Wynd River Art Society. Dubois, Wyoming.
- Inglis Hall. Edzell, Scotland.
1984 Feria de Marbella. Marbella, Spain.
1982 Meadows Museum of Art. Shreveport, Louisiana.
1981 William Whipple Gallery. S.W. State Univ. Marshall, Minnesota.
- Rock Springs Fine Arts Center. Rock Springs, Wyoming.
- Gallery La Luz. La Luz, New Mexico.
- Arts Northwest Gallery. Seattle, Washington.
- Keene-Mason Gallery. New York, New York.
- Terrence Gallery. Palenville, New York.
- Musee des Duncan. Paris, France.
- San Bernardino County Art Museum. Redlands, California.
- Frick Art Museum. Wooster, Ohio.
1980 Science Center Gallery. Seattle, Washington.
- The Open Gallery. Eugene, Oregon.
- Soames & Dunn Gallery. Seattle, Washington.
- Arts Northwest Gallery. Seattle, Washington.
- Parnassus Gallery. Univ. of Washington. Seattle, Washington.
1979 Renton Art Society. Renton, Washington.
- Parnassus Gallery. Univ. of Washington. Seattle, Washington.
- Arts Northwest Gallery. Seattle, Washington.
- The HUB Gallery. Univ, of Washington Student Union. Seattle, WA.
1978 Parnassus Gallery. Univ. of Washington. Seattle, Washington.
Solo Shows
2008 Red Door Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
- Art Whino Gallery, National Harbor, Maryland
2005 Fraser Gallery. Washington, D.C.
2004 Fraser Gallery. Washington, D.C.
2003 Fraser Gallery. Washington, D.C.
2002 Fraser Gallery. Washington, D.C.
2001 Fraser Gallery. Washington, D.C.
2000 Eklektikos Gallery. Washington, D.C.
1999 Fraser Gallery. Washington, D.C.
1998 Fraser Gallery. Washington, D.C.
1997 Fraser Gallery. Washington, D.C.
- 49 West. Annapolis, Maryland.
1996 Fraser Gallery. Washington, D.C.
1994 Chevrier's Presidio Gallery. Sonoma, California.
1993 Chevrier's Presidio Gallery. Sonoma, California.
1992 Warehouse Gallery. Banff, Scotland.
1984 Galeria Sevillana. Seville, Spain.
1981 Arts Northwest Gallery. Seattle, Washington.
1979 The HUB Gallery. University of Washington. Seattle, Washington.
Education
Courses – St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Scotland
Courses – Stirling University, Stirling, Scotland
MS – Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
BA (Art) – University of Washington, Seattle, WA
BS (Math) – University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Curatorial Experience
2008 - Juror for “Autum Show” Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC
- Curator for “Common Waters.” Mayer Fine Art, Norfolk, VA.
- Curator for “Here We Are: Contemporary Cuban Art” at H&F Fine Arts, Mt. Airie, MD.
- Curator for “Early Look II” at Mayer Fine Art, Norfolk, VA
- Curator for “Early Look I” at Longview Gallery, Washington, DC
- Juror for “Five Senses” National Show. Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
- Juror for Johns Hopkins University Book on Art & Addiction. Baltimore, MD.
- Curator for “Color Invitations.” R Street Gallery, Washington, DC.
2007 - Co-curator for "New Media." artDC International Fine Arts Fair, Washington, DC.
- Juror for All-Member Show, Art League, Alexandria, VA.
2006 - 1996 - Curator or co-curator for over 200 exhibitions at Fraser Gallery, Wash. DC.
- Curator for Award Exhibition at the Rawls Museum, Courtland VA.
- Curator for "Text," Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA.
- Juror for the 5th Annual Bethesda International Art Competition. Bethesda, MD.
- Juror for the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC.
- Juror for the US Army Photography Contest, Alexandria, VA
2005 - Curator for "Seven," Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, Washington, DC.
- Juror for League of Reston Artists Annual Juried Show, Reston, VA.
- Juror for Homage to Frida Kahlo Worldwide Online Exhibition.
- Art League. Juror for Members' Show. Alexandria, Virginia.
2004 - Montgomery County Arts Council. Juror for Ida F. Haimovicz Visual Arts Award.
- Target Gallery. Torpedo Factory Anniversary Show. Alexandria, Virginia.
2003 - De Aqui y De Alla (From Here and From There): A Survey of Contemporary Cuban Artists, Bethesda, Maryland.
2002 - Glenview Mansion. Rockville Art League Juried Show. Rockville, Maryland.
- Indian Springs Club Gallery. Washington Landscape Society Juried Show. Rockville, Maryland.
2001 - DC Commission on Arts and Humanities. Advisory Panel Member
- Athenaeum. Contemporary Realism: A Survey of Washington Area Artists, Alexandria, VA.
- Fairfax Art League. Annual Members' Juried Show. Fairfax, VA.
- Art League. Patron's Show, Alexandria, Virginia.
2000 - DC Commission on Arts and Humanities. Advisory Panel Member
- Wilson Arts Center. Summer Juried Show, Washington, DC.
- Homage to Norman Rockwell, Washington, DC.
- Tidewater Fine Artists Association. Membership Juried Show. Hampton, Virginia
1999 - Homage to Salvador Dali, Washington, DC.
- DC Commission on Arts and Humanities. Advisory Panel Member
- League of Reston Artists. Annual Member Show. Reston, Virginia.
1998 - Greater Reston Arts Center." Color Forbidden: The Figure in Black & White." Reston, Virginia.
- DC Commission on Arts and Humanities. Advisory Panel Member
1997 - Gallery West. Annual Juried Show. Alexandria, Virginia.
- "Homage to Frida Kahlo." Washington, DC.
- Eklektikos Gallery. International All Media Juried Show. Washington, DC.
- Factory Photoworks. Monthly Juried Show. Alexandria, Virginia.
1996 - Juror for "Georgetown International Arts Competition." Washington, DC.
1991 - Edzell Club Gallery. "Annual Edzell Invitational Art Show". Edzell, Scotland.
1984 - Rota Community Gallery. Andalucia Invitational Art Show. Rota, Spain.
1981 – 1979 - Arts NW Gallery. Students from the UW School of Art. Seattle, Washington.
Television and Radio Appearances
2008 – WAMU Radio. “Kojo Nmandi Show.” Commentary and criticism on DC area arts.
2007 – WAMU Radio. “Kojo Nmandi Show.” Commentary and criticism on DC area arts.
2006 - NBC 4 Four O'Clock News. "Meet the Blogger."
- Pentagon Television. Commentary and Interview about US Army Photography Contest.
- WAMU Radio. "Kojo Nmandi Show." Commentary and criticism on Washington area galleries and artists.
- MHz Television. "Artsmedia News." Commentary and Interviews on Alexandria Arts Festival.
2005 - WAMU Radio. "Kojo Nmandi Show." Commentary and criticism on Washington area galleries and artists.
- MHz Television. "Artsmedia News." Commentary and Interviews on 48th Corcoran Biennial.
- MHz Television. "Artsmedia News." Commentary and Interviews Isamu Noguchi Exhibition at Hirshhorn Museum.
- MHz Television. "Artsmedia News." Commentary on Russian Icons Museum Show.
- MHz Television. "Artsmedia News." Commentary on Sotheby's Auctions Sales.
2004 - Voice of America. "Window on Cuba." Commentary on death of a well-known Cuban artist.
- Voice of America. "Window on Cuba." Commentary on Cuban artists.
- WAMU Radio. "Kojo Nmandi Show." Commentary and criticism on Washington area galleries.
- Voice of America Radio. "Window on Cuba" Commentary and criticism on Washington area galleries.
2003 - WAMU Radio. "Kojo Nmandi Show." Commentary and criticism on Washington area galleries.
1997 - Turner Broadcasting System. "Women of the Ink." Commentary and criticism on Pictish culture.
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