[1] She studied film under Alan Cholodenko, Rex Butler and Keith Broadfoot at Power Department of Art History at University of Sydney in 1987.
Campbell also recognises the influence of French semioticians such as Christian Metz, Jean-Louis Baudry, André Bazin, Jean Baudrillard and Raymond Bellour.
[citation needed] Campbell used text as the starting point for her large-scale installation Conradania, based on Joseph Conrad’s acclaimed 1899 novel The Heart of Darkness set on the Congo River in Africa.
[4] 1001 nights cast (2005-2008) is written by hundreds of collaborators, using video to live web-stream performances through the project's dedicated website.
In 1984, she ran the influential A Room art collective in George Street, Brisbane[2] As of March 2022[update], four of her works are held in the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.