Pasquale Campanella is an artist and teacher. In 1987, he founded the seminal Wurmkos group, a laboratory made up of artists with and without mental health problems.

He works on public art projects and care for healthcare facilities, conducts expressive workshops and carries out training activities in the social field. He is a member of the Wurmkos Onlus Foundation. Since 2008 he has been curating with Bianco-Valente the public art project A Cielo Aperto, promoted by the Vincenzo De Luca Cultural Association, in Latronico, Basilicata.