Joshua Campbell

Joshua Campbell is an artist based in Foxton. Joshua studied a Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts at Whiti o Rehua, Massey University in Palmerston North, during which time he was mentored by artist Robert (Bob) Jahnke (Ngāti Porou). They worked on several projects and commissions together, most notably their collaborative piece ‘Tāwhirowhiro’, a sculptural installation exhibited at the ‘Headland Sculpture on the Gulf’ event in 2015. 

He is best known for his unique sculptural relief paintings and innate design sensibility for kōwhaiwhai. Often made from acrylic and MDF, these materials are laser-cut to form fluid lines of contemporary kōwhaiwhai, a distinctive style that Joshua has continually refined over time.    

In his most recent work, ‘Ko Papatūānuku e takoto nei’, Joshua centres the star Puanga as a living observer, repositioning the viewer to consider the perspective of Puanga from high above, gazing down upon the beauty of Papatūānuku.