"In my work I seek to analyze and simplify what I observe. I strive for powerful compositions in my paintings, which begin from observation of simply objects. The figure studies demand this process of simplification and abstraction in real time. I have recently included landscape in my painting, there my interest in finding its essence is no different than the process in still life."

Frances Campani is a painter and an architect. Campani studied painting at the Art Students’ League in NYC and at the Scuola Statale d’Arte in Siena, Italy, as well as apprenticing to the late painter Mary Rose Palau of Northport, L.I. She received her B.A. in Art History and History from SUNY Stony Brook and her Master of Architecture from Columbia University G.S.A.P.P.

Campani is currently Associate Professor of Architecture at NYIT, where she teaches Design Studios at all levels. She has also taught various drawing classes at NYIT and Columbia University.

Campani has been a registered architect in NYS since 1985, Most recently she is a partner in Campani and Schwarting Architects, with Jon Michael Shwarting, in Port Jefferson, NY. That collaboration has been distinguished through awards for affordable housing solutions and mixed-use projects. The firm currently works with a number of civic and non-profit groups to improve public space and buildings in their communities. They have also worked on the rescue and reconstruction of the Aluminaire House (Kocher and Frey, 1931) and have recently published a book on the history and significance of the house.

Campani’s paintings and pastels have been exhibited internationally. Human figures, landscape and still life are the vehicles used by Campani to structure compositions in painting and drawing. She sees her work in painting and architecture as equally important and mutually sustaining.