BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
Tom Campbell was born in London, England, in 1951, and from the age of two, spent his childhood years in Canada and his high school years in Minnesota, USA.
At seventeen, he travelled to England to pursue his studies in art, first at the Camden Art Centre (1969–1970), and later completing a BA in Fine Arts, specializing in Painting and Sculpture, at the Camberwell School of Art and Design in London (1970–1974).
Following art school, his work was selected for a number of exhibitions, including Spirit of London at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall. He also designed and painted sets and props for theatre and television.
In 1982, he returned to Canada and began painting full time. In 1985, he had his first major solo exhibition at Gallery Stratford, won the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Prize, and joined the Bau-Xi Gallery, where he exhibited regularly for over twenty-five years in Toronto and Vancouver.
In 1989, he began teaching part-time at the Toronto School of Art, where he continued until his retirement in 2025. He remains a member of the school’s Board of Governors. From the early 2000s, he also taught painting workshops on a biannual basis at the Ikarian Cultural Centre in Ikaria, Greece.
He has been exhibited in a number of public galleries as well as the offices of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. On television, Campbell has been featured in Artist in the Urban Environment and Star Portraits.
His current dealers include Galerie St. Laurent + Hill in Ottawa, who have represented his work since 2011, with his most recent exhibition held in July 2026, and The Agora Gallery in Stratford, Ontario, who have exhibited his work since 2016.
His work can be found in corporate and private collections in Europe, the Middle East, the USA, and Canada.
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