Michael Alexander Campbell (b. 1999, United Kingdom) is an artist who was raised in Switzerland. He studied at Lancaster University in England, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art with honors. He completed a one-year apprenticeship in New York under acclaimed artist Julian Schnabel.

In his current practice, Campbell creates large-scale oil paintings that dwell in the moment just before representation. Drawing from photographic images, he distorts the original until only its underlying structure remains, distilling essential shapes, rhythms, and compositional tensions. What remains is a kind of inherited structure—an echo of an image free from the burden of its subject matter—where narrative endures beyond its immediate form, much like myths that persist over time even as their characters change.

The works are marked by masterful use of vibrant, at times almost psychedelic color, creating an immersive and evocative visual experience that coexists with areas of meticulous, classical brushwork. The result is a body of work that is simultaneously raw and refined.