Work in progress. Weaving painted warp.
Bio
Melissa English Campbell (b. 1969, San Francisco) is a visual artist noted for her warp painted tapestries. Her process combines old world weaving techniques with traditional painting methods to invoke portraits and landscapes that balance abstracting gestures and geometric patterning.
Melissa artwork has exhibited in FiberArt International, the CAN Triennial, International Fiber Art, the New Bedford Art Museum, Museum of Texas Tech University, Yeiser Art Center, Petaluma Center for the Arts, Hand Weaving Museum New York, Troppus Gallery, Society for Contemporary Craft Pittsburgh, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, and internationally at the Royal Albert Museum in the UK, Seoul South Korea, Como Italy, and New South Wales Australia.
Melissa holds a B.S in Environmental Design from U.C Davis and an MFA in Studio Arts from Kent State University.