Stephen Campbell is one of the new wave of exciting new artists currently working in Manchester. He was born in 1985 and grew up in of Salford with his family of scientists and medics. He is self-taught and had his first public commission at 17. In 2007 he was awarded a BA (Hons) in Interactive Arts by Manchester Metropolitan University.



He spent time studying and painting in Barcelona and around Poland, working with various artist groups, before returning to Britain, working with other artists and painting on the street.



He makes his own paints from high quality pigments, oils resins and waxes and keeps the materials as environmentally friendly as possible, he never paints from photographs.



He prefers to paint and draw life as he sees it, usually painting en plein aire and then returning to the studio to build up layers of various different glazes using a combination of materials.

subject matter changes regularly, a number of paintings feature well known locations in Manchester, but he often uses distorted perspectives to give the paintings a fresh, new feel. He is always experimenting with new techniques. A series of recent works of Manchester have been painted on diamond shaped canvases.



He has exhibited extensively since 2006.

