Next Stage Arts’ NXT Gallery will open a new exhibition, Home Land: Paintings by Finn Campman, with a public reception on Sunday, February 15, from 3–5 pm at Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill, Putney. The exhibition will remain on view through May 10.
In Home Land, Finn Campman explores painting as an act of orientation—both personal and geographic. His work reflects a deep attentiveness to place, memory, and presence, using the painted surface as a way to mark time and affirm connection. “My process is about the act of reaching out to make sure I know where I am,” Campman writes. “To check my coordinates, to mark a signpost for my memories—as if to say, ‘This is where I am now.’” The resulting paintings feel grounded and contemplative, tethered to the land and to the lived experience of being part of it.
Campman’s relationship to place is central to the exhibition. Through his paintings, he engages with land not simply as subject matter, but as something relational—something that shapes mood, awareness, and identity. The works function as quiet rituals of attention, affirming both looking and belonging, and inviting viewers to reflect on their own sense of “home land.”
A Putney School alum, Campman has had a long and varied creative career. He studied printmaking, poetry, and literature at Sarah Lawrence College, and in 1991 joined the internationally renowned Sandglass Theater. He later founded Company of Strangers, whose production Moth and Moon received a UNIMA Citation of Excellence in 1999. Over the years, Campman has toured extensively worldwide with his theater work, contributed video art to the Brattleboro Music Center’s production of Divine Chemistry, and presented work at multiple Puppetry in the Green Mountain festivals.
More recently, his creative practice has expanded into collaboration across disciplines. He has worked as a composer and puppeteer with Bodel Dance Arts on forecasts & findings, and continues to explore sound through electronic music with his band, The Brothers Chorizo. Alongside his artistic pursuits, Campman has taught English and Art at Hilltop Montessori School for 25 years.
Home Land marks a moment of focus on painting within this broad creative life, offering viewers an intimate look at how land, memory, and awareness intersect on canvas. The opening reception on February 15 is free and open to the public, and all are welcome to attend.
The NXT Gallery is open during Next Stage Arts events and by appointment with the artist or by contacting Next Stage Arts at info@nextstagearts.org or (802) 387-0102. To learn more or to RSVP for the opening reception, visit nextstagearts.org.
