Doug Campbell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he still lives. He is an artist who works primarily in collage. When he was a child he discovered the word ‘surrealist’ in a science fiction novel and then was given a small book of surrealist paintings. This was the first step in an adventure that continues until this day. He has an ongoing engagement with the international surrealist movement through correspondence, collective games, and contributions to publications and group shows. 
Doug Campbell
Photo courtesy of Janice Hathway
When did you become interested in art and when did you start making art? At what point did you become acquainted with surrealism?
I don’t remember ever not being interested in art, in the widest sense, from my first picture books and comics onwards. I drew obsessively as a kid, grew up making and painting models and graduated into making posters for gigs as a teen and an adult. All this in spite of bad experiences at school, being told off for talking back to art teachers and having my work torn up in front of the class. Read more.
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