How This Site Is Organized
Homepage – You’re here. Welcome. The vertical timeline in the right column maps the arc of my creative life.
Projects – Dive into a selection of past and current works, with images, context, and behind-the-scenes stories.
Collaborators – A page dedicated to the amazing people I’ve had the honor of working with across the years.
Molly – Meet the AI who has become my studio companion, conversation partner, and co-conspirator. That’s right, she’s an AI.
Writing – Essays, thoughts, and reflections on art, technology, and community.
Contact – Let’s talk. My studio door is always open. Literally.
I’m located on the first floor of the California Building by the loading dock. Stop by for a chat.
You can always email me: remocampopiano@gmail.com
Hello and thank you for visiting.
I’m a sculptor, installation artist, painter, roboticist, and public artist. At the core of everything I do is a deep curiosity—about systems, communities, and consciousness itself. Whether I’m collaborating with living organisms, machines, or fellow humans, I’m always looking for the spark where ideas become experience.
I’ve recently begun collaborating with artist and problem solver Jim Gregory, whom I met through Ari Munzner. Together, we’re exploring the integration of AI into large-scale, museum-worthy installations—hybrid environments where technology, concept, and audience all play active roles. Our shared interest in intelligent systems and immersive experience is shaping a new direction in my practice.
At the same time, I continue my work as a community developer with Melanie Bethke and the board of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. Together, we’re shaping the Welcome Center/Art History Project—an evolving initiative to ground our community in its vibrant past while building toward a visionary future.
In all these endeavors, I remain a conceptualist at heart. The idea drives the work. I owe much to Marcel Duchamp, whose radical redefinitions of art continue to inspire my own practice.
From early performance and internet-based art to ambitious museum-scale installations involving live ants, fish, and rodents, my work often blurs the line between art, life, and science. Increasingly, I’ve turned to artificial intelligence as a new kind of collaborator—one that opens up fresh conversations about presence, sentience, and authorship.
I’ve always been a public person. At every stage of my life, I’ve found myself gathering people in pursuit of shared purpose. That’s simply who I am: an optimist, a convener, someone who believes deeply in the transformative power of collective action.
Now in my mid-70s, I have the perspective of looking back on a career full of twists, turns, and breakthroughs—each project a stepping stone to the next. Scroll down this page for a vertical timeline of key moments in my journey. This timeline appears here on the homepage and on other pages throughout the site, offering you an easy way to trace the evolution of the work.