Marcus Campbell (artist)

Marcus Campbell (born August 24, 1951 in Taihape, New Zealand) is a writer, painter and sculptor.
Family and education.
Campbell grew up in Napier. His parents were Barbara and Harry Campbell. He studied English literature and drama in New Zealand, scenography in California and finished with a master's degree.
Professional life.
Plays he wrote were staged in Auckland, Seattle, Juneau and New York. In 1977 he was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship for theatre studies in Canada, where he gained his Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Studies (Directing). He published a number of short stories and in 1981 received the Frank Sargeson Award for short story writing.
After 12 years he retired from theatre and turned to Eastern Orthodoxy. He spent a decade in a number of monasteries and visited Mount Athos, Greece about which he has written a memoir, ‘Crossways’. He was employed in gardening and sewing the vestments worn in the Orthodox liturgy. Later, he spent five years in Scotland then moved to France where he still lives, and worked as a gardener and property manager. Now retired, he spends his time on painting and sculpture, particularly Outsider art, with an emphasis on the Found Objects.