Marcus Campbell (born August 24, 1951 in Taihape, New Zealand) is a
writer, painter and sculptor.Campbell grew up in Napier. His parents
were Barbara and Harry Campbell.[1] He studied English literature and
drama in New Zealand, scenography in California[2] and finished with a
master's degree.[3]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,[4] where he gained his Master of Fine
Arts in Theatre Studies (Directing).[5] He published a number of short
stories[6] 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,[7] 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.
writer, painter and sculptor.Campbell grew up in Napier. His parents
were Barbara and Harry Campbell.[1] He studied English literature and
drama in New Zealand, scenography in California[2] and finished with a
master's degree.[3]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,[4] where he gained his Master of Fine
Arts in Theatre Studies (Directing).[5] He published a number of short
stories[6] 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,[7] 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.
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