Chris Campbell

Chris Campbell Artist Bio

Chris Campbell has been a Studio Potter in Raleigh, North Carolina since 1991. She was born in Canada and formally educated in Business Administration, with a concentration in Marketing.

During her early art years she focused mainly on oil painting. In 1991 she attended a Colored Porcelain workshop taught by Jane Pieser, a distinguished North Carolina Colored Clay Artist. She was captivated by the process and has spent her studio time since then experimenting with patterns and defining her own style.

She works exclusively with a brilliant white translucent clay body imported from Australia. Since it is such a clear white body, she is able to produce the vibrant color palette of her exotic murrini patterns and neriage designs. Over the years, Chris has studied design theory, surface treatments and firing techniques with such well known clay artists as Kathy Triplett, Rimas VisGirda, Linda Arbuckle, Steve Howell, Ben Owen III, Lana Wilson, Pete Pinell, Vince Pitelka, Ro Mead and Cynthia Bringle. Her artwork is sold in fine galleries across the United States, Hawaii, Canada and the Caribbean. Her work is included in the collections of the SAS Institute and The North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina andClayworks Australia.

Chris Campbell Artist Statement

Over the years I have written many artist's statements where I have tried to capture the "Why" of my work and convey it to my audience in the clearest way possible. This is the distillation of all the "Whys". I do what I do because there is nothing else that fascinates and challenges me as much as Colored Porcelain.

Porcelain is a captivating and alluring mystery. There always seems to be another question, another idea, and another test. I've been working with Colored Porcelain for 20 years and still have not come close to trying everything I want to do. The journey has been incredibly frustrating and beautifully rewarding in equal parts. I look forward to many more years of the same.