Biography

In 1947 Pablo Campos was born in Valparaiso, Chile. He started painting at a very early age. In fact, at the young age of 14 he participated in his first group show in Santiago, Chile. He exhibited in Santiago annually until he moved to the United States in 1966. From 1967 to 1969 he studied art at St. Petersburg Junior College in St. Petersburg, Florida, under Bruce Marsh. Currently, he resides in Southern California.

Exhibitions:
1970 Group Show, Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
1971 Group Show, Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
1972 to 1979 Exhibited in small galleries in Southern California
1980 Two Person Exhibit with Richard Lopez, Paula Margulis Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
1981 Group Show, Howard Morseburg Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1981 to 1986 Small galleries in Southern California
1987 Group Show, Ivey Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1988 One Man Show, Ivey Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1990 Art Expo New York
1991 Group Show, J-1 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1991 One Man Show, J-1 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1992 Group Show, Museum of Modern Art, Utrech, Holland
1992 Four Man Show, South Bay Museum of Contemporary Art, Torrance, California
1992 Winner of LACE/Patrick Media Billboard Art Competition (Painting “Rhetoric” reproduced billboard size and exhibited in Los Angeles for 4 months)
1993 The 1993 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition by Henry Hopkins, Barnsdall Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1993 “Emerging Highlights”, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1994 Art Expo New York
1994 First Visit and Beyond, MOCA Outreach Education Program, Los Angeles, California
1994 Universal Studios, curated by Karen Hackett
1995 West Side Art Forum, Santa Monica/Rod Davies
1995 “Art of Our Time”, Temple Aliyah/J. Brooks
1995 One Man Show, Carol Behrman Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1995 Group Show, Tirage Gallery, La Cañada, California
1996 Group Show, Valerie Miller Gallery, Palm Springs, California
1998 Palos Verdes Art Center, curated by Max Schultz, Palos Verdes, California
1999 Group Show, Tirage Gallery, Pasadena, California
2002 One Man Show, Boswell-Crowe Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2005 One Man Show, Joseph Wahl Arts Gallery, Woodland Hills, California

 

Publications:
July 29, 1988 “Los Angeles Times”, Review of One Man Show at Ivey Gallery, p. 12
January 12, 1989 “Los Angeles Times” (Valley Edition), “Artist Finds Inspiration in Tujunga’s Rural Oasis”, pp. 12-13
April 1991 “21st Century Prints” (Magazine), Milky Wave “Monoprints”, p. 187, Tokyo, Japan
July 1993 “Art Expo Preview” (Magazine), Vol.10, No. 3, ‘Campos’ “Rhetoric” Selected for Billboard’, p. 23
1998 Animals in Art, Edward Lucie-Smith
1999 Portraits of Passion, John Williams