Kim Campisano
Artist & Educator
Kimberley Campisano is a visual artist and educator working in photography, interdisciplinary media, and installation. Through her art and teaching she explores the roles of memory, time, and transitions using the metaphors of nature, language, and family.
Her work has been exhibited extensively in the Bay Area and beyond, as well as in collaboration with performing artists. She has shown the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Gray Loft Gallery, Metal Haus Gallery, the Museo Italo Americano and SOMArts, and others.
Kimberley received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from Arizona State University and her Master of Fine Arts from John F Kennedy University (RIP).
She lives in Oakland, CA and is a recent Artist in Residence at Kala Art Institute and an active member of the East Bay Photo Collective.
All works on this site are available for purchase. Sizes vary, as do the media photographs are and can be printed on. Inquiries welcome.
kcampisano@gmail.com | instagram.com/kcamp7 | youtubechannel
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Exhibitions and Projects:
2026 Momentum, Juried Group Exhibition (Demetri Broxton, Juror), GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2026 Sea/Change, Invitational Exhibition, Dream Farm Commons, Oakland, CA
2026 Practice Makes Process, Invitational Group Exhibition, East Bay Photo
Collective/Oakland Photo Workshop, Oakland, CA
2026 Art Without Borders, Invitational Benefit, La Peña Cultural Center,
Berkeley, CA
2025 Word Play, Juried Group Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2025 Purple, Juried Group Exhibition, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2024-25 Momentum, Group Exhibition Oakland Photo Workshop, Oakland, CA
2024 Identities, Juried Group Exhibition, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2024 Pretty in Pink, Juried Group Exhibition, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2023-24 Transitions, Group Exhibition, Vetiver, Oakland, CA (curator & artist)
2023 Salon des Refusés, Juried Group Exhibition, Metal Haus, San Francisco, CA
2022-23 Shades of Gray, Juried Group Exhibition, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2021 Food, With a Twist!, Group Exhibition, Oakland Photo Workshop,
Oakland, CA
2018-21 The Just in Case Woman, Multidisciplinary art, dance, media project.
Installed at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA
2020 Sanctuary, juried group show at Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center. Pacifica, CA
2013 Gathering the Embers: A Dia de los Muertos Tribute Show, Performance and
Installation. SOMARTS Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2011 Ephemera, National Juried Exhibition. Olive de Luce Fine Arts Gallery.
Northwest Missouri State University. Marysville, MO
2011 Their Universe: an exploration of what is behind this moment, Multi-media
Dance Performance with Video. The Garage. San Francisco, CA
2009 rememberment: installation, separation, synthesis, Master of Fine Arts Solo
Exhibition. Arts and Consciousness Gallery. John F. Kennedy University.
Berkeley, CA
2009 Shedding, Featured Artist & co-curator. Red Door Gallery. Oakland, CA
2009 Lineage, Featured Artist & co-curator. Red Door Gallery. Oakland, CA
2009 Transformation, juried group show. Brava Theater. San Francisco, CA
2008 Balancing Perspective: East Asian Influences in Contemporary Art, juried
group show. Arts and Consciousness Gallery. John F. Kennedy
University. Berkeley, CA
2008 Sifting Between the Opposites, 3-Person show. Arts and Consciousness
Gallery. John F. Kennedy University. Berkeley, CA
2007 Impermanent Utterance, 4-Person show. Arts and Consciousness Gallery.
John F. Kennedy University. Berkeley, CA
2005 Breakthrough, Group show. San Francisco Art Institute.
2001 Imagine That, Group show. San Francisco Women’s Artist Gallery.
2000 A Visual Journey, Group show. San Francisco Women’s Artist Gallery.
1997 Mostra 97, 4-Person show. Museo Italo-Americano. San Francisco, CA
Publications & Presentations:
2025 Momentum Artists Panel, Oakland
Photo Workshop, Oakland, CA
2025 Palo Alto Camera Club, Guest
Commentator/Critique Leader
2025 Gorgonesque, Ginger Murray,
SubStack
Awards, Honors, Residencies:
2025-26 Artist-in-Residence, Kala Art Institute,
Berkeley, CA