Samantha Wall was born in 1977 in Seoul, South Korea. She currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon and is represented by Russo Lee Gallery
Education
2011 MFA Visual Studies, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2001 BFA Studio Art, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Forthcoming Exhibition, Fiber Art Fair, (solo artfair presentation), Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
2018 Phantom Limbs, Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, OR 2018 Inheritance, KSMoCA, Portland, OR
2016 See Me See You, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Let Your Eyes Adjust to the Dark II, Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 Let Your Eyes Adjust to the Dark, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2014 Indivisible II, Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2014 Only Part of the Story, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2013 Indivisible, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR 2013 Interdependence, Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR 2013 Laid to Rest, Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Portland, OR
2012 Partially Severed, MFA Gallery Central, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2011 Shame on Me, Goldsmith Building, Portland, OR Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 The Work Continues, Northview Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts at 25, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR 2017 A Necessary Festival, Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 Implied Fictions, Pivot Art + Culture, Seattle, WA 2016 Contemporary Northwest Art Awards Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2016 Recipients of the Portland Art Museum 2016 Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Drawing Deeper, Gretchen Schuette Art Gallery, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR 2015 Fast Forward, Worksound International, Portland, OR and Städelschule Frankfurt, Germany 2015 Manifest Justice - Pop-up Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2014 A Likeness: Works in Contemporary Portraiture, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA Reparations: Contemporary Artists from New Orleans, Curated by Diego Cortez for Luciano Benetton's IMAGO MUNDI Collection, New Orleans Museum of Art,New Orleans, LA 2014 Self(ie) Portraits, Upfor Gallery, Portland, OR 2014 I Can Never Say What I Mean, Hap Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 New Views, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2013 The City and the City, LxWxH Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Considering How Exaggerated Music Is, Affordable Art Fair, Seattle, WA 2012 Joan Mitchell Foundation 2011 MFA Grant Recipients, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY
2011 First Look III, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Selected Grants, Awards, and Residencies
Artist in Residence Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA May 8 - June 3, 2016
Artist in Residence Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA May 29 - June 20, 2013
2016 Arlene Schnitzer Prize, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2016 Golden Spot Residency Award, Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts, Pendleton, OR 2016 Project Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
2015 Career Opportunity Grant and Ford Family Foundation Grant, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR 2015 Hallie Ford Foundation Fellow, The Ford Family Foundation, Roseburg, OR 2015 Semifinalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2016, National Portrait Gallery,Smithsonian Institution, Washington , DC 2015 Contemporary Northwest Art Award, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2015 Purchase Award, Portable Works Collection, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
2014 Individual Artist Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR
2013 Brink Award Nominee, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington 2013 Career Opportunity Grant and Ford Family Foundation Grant, Oregon Arts Commission,Salem, OR 2013 Project Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR 2013 Purchase Award, Visual Chronicle of Portland Collection, Regional Arts and Culture Council,Portland, OR
2012 Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR 2012 Contemporary Northwest Art Awards Nominee, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2011 MFA Grant Award, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY