He was a well-known contributor to San Francisco's arts in the 1970s and 1980s; and was a co-founder of Galería de la Raza, a non-profit community focused gallery that featured Latino and Chicano artists and their allies.
[4] In 1970, Galería de la Raza was founded by artists Campusano, Ralph Maradiaga, Rupert García, Peter Rodríguez, René Yañez, Francisco X. Camplis, Gustavo Ramos Rivera, Carlos Loarca, Manuel Villamor, Robert Gonzales, Luis Cervantes, and Rolando Castellón.
[8] Emmy Lou Packard, a New Deal era muralist, directed Homage To Siqueiros (1974), a 90 square feet (8.4 m2) mural project at Bank of America building in the Mission District, located at Mission Street at 23rd Street.
[9][10] Campusano served as the head mural designer on the project working under Packard, and Luis Cortázar and Michael Rios assisted.
[18] The mural was painted over in July 1998 (after the artist’s death), which spurred community protests, and a lawsuit.