Jim Campbell was born in Chicago, Illinois USA in 1965, and is a contemporary artist, best known to the world for his work with LED lights. Some of his creations have been installed in buildings that are rather important to the USA culture and entertainment, such as Madison Square Park Conservancy, where he has his “Scattered Light” sculpture.
Have you ever wondered how rich Jim Campbell is, as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Campbell’s net worth is as high as $500,000, an amount earned through his successful career as an artist, active since the ‘90s.
Jim Campbell Net Worth $500,000
Unfortunately, there is no information about Jim’s upbringing and education, up until he enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and mathematics in 1978, after which he started pursuing a career in film production, as a light and camera operator, but after a decade and several failures, Jim decided to focus more directly on arts.
In 1991 he had his first work exhibited, and the same year had his first solo exhibition, held at Fresno Art Museum in California; he exhibited his creation entitled “Hallucination”. Since then he has held a number of exhibitions at various cultural buildings and galleries in the USA and also overseas. His work has been exhibited in Denmark, Scotland, China, Spain, Argentina and Hong Kong, while in the USA, his work can be seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Jim has also published a number of books, detailing his work as an artist.
Thanks to his successful career, Jim has received a number of prestigious awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship Award in Multimedia, and Eureka Fellowship Award, plus the SECA Electronic Media Award by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among other recognitions.
Regarding his personal life, Jim tends to keep his private life hidden from the public eye, but various sources familiar with the art world indicate that he has never been married, and report also that there are not even any rumours concerning his private life.
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