Cooper Campbell

Adjunct Instructor

Cooper Campbell is from Multnomah County, OR and lives in Queens, NY. He received a BFA from The Cooper Union (2018) and an MFA from The University of Pennsylvania (2024). Recent solo and two person exhibitions include TACIT, New York (2026), Turquoise, New York (with Sean Pearl) (2024), 522W37th, New York (with Charles Stobbs III) (2022), and Octagon, New York (2021). Forthcoming solo presentations include Turquoise, New York (2026), AiB New York, (2027), and Final Hot Desert, London (2027). He has curated exhibitions by David L. Johnson (522W37th, New York, 2023), Erin Morris (522W37th, New York, 2024), On Kawara (Turquoise and Artbooks, New York, 2025) and Ben Kinmont (Artbooks, New York, 2025). He currently teaches at The Cooper Union. 

Leviathan. Digital Video. 2022

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.