Michel Campeau
Michel Campeau is a photographer, collector of vernacular iconography and writer. As reflections on existence and the meaning of creation, Michel Campeau’s work has spanned the last five decades of contemporary photography. Committed to inscribing his works with an interiority that goes against the grain of the medium and breaks with the formal conventions of the documentary, he explores the subjective, narrative and ontological dimensions of photography. Over the past twenty years, his research, work and publications have focused on the material culture of photography. His work is multidimensional, drawing on sociology, anthropology, (socio)biography, the intimate and the collective, and is akin to photo-biographical writing.
A frequent recipient of research and creation grants, Michel Campeau received the Jean-Paul Riopelle Career Grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec in 2009, and the Duke and Duchess of York Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2010. His work can be found in numerous collections in Canada and abroad.
Michel Campeau was born in 1948. He lives and works in Montreal, where he is represented by Galerie Simon Blais. He is also represented by Galerie Éric Dupont in Paris. [Source: VOX, 2025]
