b. 1966 York, Pa.
Lives and works in Murphysboro, Illinois
EDUCATION
2023 Master of Fine Art/Painting, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
1998 Bachelor of Fine Art with Honors, Shreyer’s Honors College, Pennsylvania State University
1987 Diploma Fine Art, Pennsylvania School of the Arts, Marietta, Pa.
EXHIBITIONS
2023 In, Of, and About Nature, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, Mo.
2023 Locality Biennial, Artspace 304, Carbondale, Illinois
2023 The 30th Cedarhurst Biennial, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
2023 Peripheral Vistas: Capturing the Numinous Inside and Out - solo exhibit, Southern Ill. Univ. Museum, Carbondale, Illinois
2022 Time Away - solo exhibit, Vergette Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill.
2022 Slow Return Photography Exhibition - group show, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
2022 Windgate Award Grant Recipient Exhibition, Design Gallery, SIU, Carbondale, Ill.
2021 Works by 2nd Year 2-D Graduate Students, Art Space 304 Gallery, Carbondale, Ill.
2021 Full Circle - solo exhibit, Newtown Castle, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2021 Love at the Glove -Virtual juried exhibit, School of Art and Design, Southern Ill. Univ., Carbondale, Ill.
1998 Jodi Ruffner and Barbara Campbell: Recent Work, Salisbury State Univ., Salisbury, Md.
1998 In Through the Afterglow - 2 person show, Adam Art Gallery, Bellefonte, Pa.
1997 Tied Together - solo exhibit, Patterson Gallery, Penn State University, State College, Pa.
AWARDS and RESIDENCIES
2022 Windgate Research Award- School of Visual Arts, Southern Illinois University
2022 Chuck Swedlund Photography Award - South. Ill. Univ. Photography Faculty
2021 Burren College of Art- Alumni Summer Residency
2021 Windgate Research Award- School of Visual Arts, Southern Illinois University
2021 SIU Graduate and Prof. Student Council- Graduate Research Award (Hon. Ment.)
2020 First Unitarian Church of St. Louis- Women’s Alliance Scholarship
1997 Association of University Women Scholarship
ARTIST TALKS / PRESENTATIONS
2022 Artist Panel, Commonwealth Honors Academy, Murray State University
2023 Artist Talk, “Women’s Voices” group exhibition, SIUC Museum
PUBLICATIONS
2023 I Like Your Work, MFA Catalogue 2023
RELATED TEACHING, WORK EXPERIENCE, and WORKSHOPS
2023 Southeast Missouri State University, Adjunct Instructor
Fall 2023 AR110 Drawing 1
2020-2023 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, School of Art and Design, Graduate assistant/ instructor of record:
Fall 2022 -present AD 110 Intro to Drawing
Fall 2020-Spring 2022 AD 100A Foundation 2-D Studio
Fall 2021- present University Museum Exhibits Team
Spring 2021 AD 207B Intro to Art History II
Summer 2023 Southern Illinois University Study Abroad Course, “Ag and Art in Ireland: Sustainability and the Unique Ecology of the Burren”, co-taught with Dr. Charles Ruffner, Prof. of Forestry SIUC. Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland.
2022 Eco Art Symposium and Conference, Southern Illinois University
Workshops conducted collaboratively with Dr. Charles Ruffner; 1)“Searching for The Mother Tree: Appreciating the Wisdom of the Forest Through Creating Site Specific Art From Found Natural Materials.” 2)“The Mother Tree: Honoring the Interdependent Web of Life Through the Creation of Multimedia Collages.”
1998-1999 University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Youth at Risk Arts Program, Community Arts Teacher