Scott Campbell

Scott Campbell (born May 13, 1977) is an American artist and tattoo artist whose clients include Howard Stern, Sting, Robert Downey Jr., Courtney Love, Orlando Bloom, Josh Hartnett, and Marc Jacobs.

Early life Campbell grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a conservative upbringing in a Southern Baptist family, that sparked his search for something different. He graduated in 1995 from Kingwood High School. Early on, Campbell debated the idea of a middle-class life. At the University of Texas, he studied biochemistry and planned a career as a medical illustrator. Soon he dropped out. It was then that he began tattooing. He traveled Asia and Europe, where he tattooed for cash, then moved to Williamsburg in 2001.

Campbell collaborated with Louis Vuitton, customizing leather bags for a men's line for the 2011 spring/summer collection.

In November 2015, Campbell debuted 'Whole Glory' at Milk Studios in New York City. The project saw 23 participants getting tattooed by Campbell through a hole in a wall. The participants did not communicate at all with the artist prior to being tattooed and he tattooed a piece of his choice. Whole Glory was also presented in Los Angeles, in Downtown LA, Moscow at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, and most recently at Covent Garden in London, presented by Lazarides Gallery. 'Whole Glory' London also debuted a series of tattooed pig skins sewn together with Campbell's designs encased in stainless steel frames in liquid preservative.

Personal life Campbell met actress Lake Bell on the set of her HBO show How to Make It in America in 2011. They were married on June 1, 2013, in New Orleans. In late October 2014, her representative confirmed that Bell had given birth to their daughter, Nova. In May 2017, Bell gave birth to their second child, a son named Ozzi, which is short for Ozgood. They separated in 2020.

Exhibitions Whole Glory (October 2016), Lazarides, London Bless This Mess (January 2012), Zürich Noblesse Oblige (March 19 – April 22, 2011), Los Angeles Make It Rain (April 11 – May 9, 2009), Miami