Cork-based artist Tom Campbell on the financial insecurity of the creative life
Born in Scotland, Tom Campbell has been living in Ireland for many years.
Tom Campbell will be a familiar sight to many people in Cork, pedalling around the city centre on a unicycle, often while playing a ukulele and blowing on a harmonica. As a street performer and busker, he can often be seen clowning and juggling, or drawing pictures on the street.
Campbell’s activities as a visual artist have kept him particularly busy of late. He has just finished a solo exhibition of his paintings and sculptures at the Another Place Gallery at the Quay Co-op Bookshop, and he opens another at the Apple Market, at 13A Barrack St — behind the O’Sho Bar — on Friday.
