Joyce Campbell

Joyce Campbell grew up in a working-class home in Olympia, WA, where resourcefulness wasn’t just a skill but a necessity. That mindset shaped her approach to art and design, influencing her use of common, often industrial materials and her ability to create with whatever is on hand. Her work connects back to those roots and resonates with others who find familiarity in a blue-collar upbringing.

After earning an A.A.A. in Industrial Design from the Art Institute of Seattle in 2004, she moved to Japan, spending two years teaching English before returning to Olympia to complete a B.A. in Sculpture and Art History at Evergreen State College in 2008. She later earned her MFA in Applied Craft + Design from Pacific Northwest College of Art/Willamette University in 2023.

Now based in Portland, OR, she shares a home with her husband, fellow creative Jeremy Hansen of Lo-Rent Sound, and their two French bulldog mixes, Pony and Dino. In the studio, she blends her backgrounds in art and design to create quirky stationary, sculptural home goods and furniture that bring playfulness into functional objects. When she’s not making, she’s organizing workshops, teaching, or planning events—always finding ways to bring people together and build creative community.