ARTIST STATEMENT
Sam believes that she lives in a world that is allowing and pushing culture towards extinction. Her signature artistic theme stems directly from this reality and manifests itself in Provoke Culture. It’s a mantra that the artist incorporates into almost all of her work through layered texture and evocation. This request comes to life in bold colors, passion pushing each brushstroke and the content on every canvas. Sam believes, that provoking culture is her life’s work and she plans to do it in any way and through any medium she can.
“My art is about exposing personality, highlighting man-made culture and presenting my interpretation of major societal issues that are often silenced.”
Sam’s art is the only way she truly feels comfortable addressing these kinds of issues. Art is the process in which her brain prefers to communicate a specific point of view. It’s a fluid conversation between her, the canvas she’s chosen and the audience that will experience it. The discussion doesn’t always go the way Sam plans, but she is always delighted by the result. Information and imagination overload propels Sam to bounce between multiple projects, setting free whatever her mind fancies at the time. From her signature color choices to the amount of detail from piece to piece. Sam lets her brain take her away to a place that only lives within her imagination. She succumbs to the process of unknowing and always celebrates in the sometimes beautiful, sometimes complex result.
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SELECTED PRESS
Chicago Magazine / NBC 5 AM NEWS / ABC 2 NEWS / Chicago Reader / Extra Newspaper / Windy City Times / Gozamos / Chicago Artist Resource / SCION X-Change / Chicago Artist Month / KISS FM/ Pink Is the New Blog / ARTID LA / Arte Y Vida
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS(View CV for complete list)
2012 Chuck D Tribute Event, DuSable Museum, Chicago IL
2011 Art - A - Whirl, Carriage House, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Common Ground, Elephant Room Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 I Am, Elephant Room Gallery, Chicago, IL
New Works, Grand Opening of NLU Latino Center, Chicago
SK8 Jam, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, Chicago
Black Market, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Chicago
200 Lincolns, Chicago Art Department, Chicago
2008
Multicultural, Private Exhibit at DRAFTFCB Advertising Agency, Chicago
Ordinary People, Artistic Jeanius, Chicago
Investments in Art, Lincoln Park Terrace, Chicago
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SELECTED PROJECTS(View CV for complete list)
2011 Sewell Estate Creative Direction & Design, Private Location, IL
Dia De Ojo Pilsen Mural, Chicago, IL
Hearts-A-Bluhm, Chicago, IL
2010 Viper Alley Music Venue, Lincolnshire, IL
2008 Campbell House, Private Location, IL
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