In 1971 he exhibited in different Spanish towns – Pamplona, Santander and Valencia – and that same year he met the abstract painter Fernando Zóbel,[7] one of the promoters of the so-called Cuenca Group and founder of the Spanish Museum of Abstract Art.
He continued to exhibit in Madrid and Seville and befriended the painter José Guerrero, who is said to be a fundamental influence in Campano.
[5][9][8] In the 1980s he participated in the great collective exhibitions of the time of young Spanish artists – Miquel Barceló, José Manuel Broto, and José María Sicilia[5] – in Spain, France and the United States, as well as in individual exhibitions throughout Spain – from Navarre to Granada – France – Nimes and Paris – and in Brussels (Belgium).
[9] The reinterpretation in several series of French paintings by Cezanne and Poussin,[10] among others, as well as cubism, stands out from his production.
[2] In 1996, he was awarded the National Prize for Visual Arts in Spain[1] for "his decisive contribution to the debate on the new Spanish painting" and the "rigor and courage with which he has developed a work in which he combines construction and expressiveness in an exemplary manner".