The work of Dennis Campay is infused with a sense of place - or perhaps, it is more accurate to say, of places. Travel is his anchorage; a Southern ethos integrated with urban elegance speaks of a rustic port of call. Campay's pictures let us glimpse moments of life in progress. We don't see the people, but we see their lives through their surroundings, their echoes in the places they choose to call home.

A graduate of the Atlanta College of Art in 1992, Dennis and his wife Colette now divide their time between Atlanta and the historic neighborhood of San Marco in Jacksonville, FL. Campay has received numerous prizes and honors including for his work on paper at the prestigious 2001 Florence Biennale. In 2006 in conjunction with the Quinlan Visual Arts Center he was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant.  Most recently in 2010 he has been honored to be the featured artist at the High Arts Day, High Museum of Art, Atlanta and will be a Visiting Artist at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in April of 2011. Campay has been featured in Art & Antiques magazine, New American Paintings and he is the subject of John T. Spike’s book, Campay: New Paintings (2002). His original mixed media works and drawings are hanging in public and private collections across the United States, including US Airways and King & Spalding, LLP, The University of Florida and Brenau University.

Museum Acquisitions Include: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville FL, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA, and the Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah GA. [video]

BORN 
1950 Portsmouth, Virginia


EDUCATION
Atlanta College of Art / Bachelor of Fine Arts 1992


EXHIBITIONS
2012 “Orly Tragedy Through the Eyes of Artists” Millennium Gate Museum / Atlanta
2011 “Gallery Exhibit” and Lecture Brenau University / Gainesville, GA
2010  Pryor Fine Art / Atlanta, GA
2010  Shain Gallery / Charlotte, NC
2009 “Transitions” The Brunner Gallery / Shaw Center for the Arts/ Baton Rouge, LA
2009 “Images” Lecture & Book Signing Quinlan Visual Arts Center / Gainesville. GA
2008 “Salon du Musee”  Denver Art Museum / Denver
2008 “New Paintings”  Anne Loucks Gallery / Chicago
2007 “Works on Paper”  Mason Murer Fine Art / Atlanta
2007  Group Exhibition, Brunner Gallery / New Orleans
2006 “Salon d' Arts” Colorado History Museum / Denver
2006  Mason Murer "Projects" Group Show / Atlanta
2005 “Summer Salon” Anne Loucks Gallery / Chicago
2005 "New Works" Mason Murer Fine Art / Atlanta
2005  Quinlan Visual Arts Center / Gainesville, GA
2004 "Emblems"  Mason Murer Fine Art - Grand Opening / Atlanta
2003 "Emblems"  Spiller-Vincenty Gallery / Jacksonville, FL
2003   Quinlan Visual Arts Center / Gainesville, GA
2002  "Campay 2002"  Lagerquist Gallery / Atlanta
2001   Biennale Internazionale Dell' Arte Contemporanea / Florence, Italy
2001  "A Ten Year Retrospective" / Ponte Vedra Cultural Center, Ponte Vedra, FL
2000  "A Painters View"  Lagerquist Gallery / Atlanta
1999   Biennale Internazionale Dell' Arte Contemporanea / Florence, Italy
1999   Solo Exhibition -  JSL Fine Art / San Francisco
1998   Quinlan Visual Arts Center / Gainesville, GA
1997  "Peregrination"  Lagerquist Gallery / Atlanta, GA
1994   Montgomery Museum of Art / Montgomery, Alabama
1993   Crawford Long Benefit for Woman's Cancer Wing / Atlanta
1992 - 1997 Spotlight on Southeastern Artists / Atlanta
1991    Solo Exhibition -  Atlanta College of Art / Atlanta
1990 - 1992   Artcare / Atlanta
1990   Group Exhibition -  Lagerquist Gallery / Atlanta
1990   Solo Exhibition -  Atlanta College of Art / Atlanta



AWARDS AND HONORS
2011 Visiting Artist,  Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts / Philadelphia, PA
2010  Featured Artist, High Arts Day, High museum of Art / Atlanta, GA
2008  A Founding Member of the Advisory Board for the School of Art and Art History at the University of  Florida
2006  National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant recipient in conjunction with the Quinlan Visual Art Center / Gainesville, Georgia
2001  Lorenzo il Magnifico Award for works on paper / Biennale Internazionale Dell' Arte Contemporanea / Florence, Italy
1998  Open Studios Competition for Southern Painters / New American Paintings, juried             exhibitions in print.
1991  Atlanta College of Art / Ben Shute Award for Figurative Art
1989 - 1991  Atlanta College of Art / The Presidential Scholarship



DENNIS AND COLETTE CAMPAY STUDIO ART SCHOLARSHIP
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
This fund, honoring Dennis and Colette Campay, provides scholarships to art students in art and art history in the College of Fine Arts. Dennis and Colette established this scholarship fund because of their commitment to the arts and belief that continuing support of the arts is essential to the complete development of our existence


DENNIS CAMPAY FELLOWSHIP
The Atlanta College of Art


PUBLICATIONS
The Art of Making Marks / Dennis Campay – text by Jerry Cullum 2011
Highlands – Cashiers Chamber Music Festival cover and feature 2011
Images – Dennis Campay / Collection of works by the artist.
Softcover / May 2009
Atlanta Style and Design / feature Winter 2008
Inside Northside, cover & feature by Stacey Pareti Rase / November 2007
Atlanta Style and Design feature by Janice McDonald/ Summer 2005
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Access Atlanta, feature by Jerry Cullum / July 2004
Steinway and Sons,  A150th Anniversary Commemorative Issue, feature by Tara Wilfong / May 2003
CAMPAY, New Paintings by John T. Spike / Collection of works by the artist, hardcover/ July 2002
Art and Antiques / CAMPAY, New Paintings  book review / December 2002
Ponte Vedra Lifestyles, September / October 2001
Art and Antiques, feature by Elizabeth Elkins / February 2000
Symbol of Southern Lifestyles / February 1999
Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, feature February/ March 1996


PARTIAL LIST OF COLLECTIONS
Imagery Estate Winery, Imagery Art Collection / Sonoma , CA
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art / New Orleans
University Galleries, University of  Florida  / Gainesville, FL
The Harn Museum, University of  Florida / Gainesville, FL
The Morris Museum / Augusta, GA
Telfair Museum / Savannah, GA
Brenau University,  John S. Burd Center for the Performing Arts / Gainesville, GA
1996 Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games / Atlanta, GA
Florida State University / Tallahassee , FL
State of Florida Capitol Building / Tallahassee, FL
Quinlan Visual Arts Center / Gainesville, GA
Delta Airlines Corporate Collection / Atlanta
U. S. Airways, Charlotte International Airport / Charlotte, NC
King and Spalding, LLP / Atlanta
Gwinnett Bank / Snellville, GA
State of Georgia, Department of Administrative Services / Atlanta
Savannah College of Art and Design / Savannah, GA