Collection > Moyer, Sam

b. 1983, Chicago, IL
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education

2007 MFA, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2005 BFA, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington D.C

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2013
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium (forthcoming)

2012
Société, Berlin, Germany (forthcoming)
Slack Tide, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

2011
Washed Up and Bleached Out, Galerie Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen, Denmark (two-person)

2010
Ghost Tide, Société, Berlin, Germany
Shape Shifters, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

2009
In the Offing, Société, Berlin, Germany

2008
Night Moves, Cleopatra's, Brooklyn, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012
Interruption/Interrupt, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Home, Home Again, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Space in Between, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, New York, NY
Material Occupation, curated by Corinna Ripps Schaming, University of Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY
Textility, co-curated by Mary Birmingham and Joanne Mattera, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ

2011
…, The Hole, New York, NY
New Perspectives, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
The Idea of the Thing That it Isn't, curated by Rachel Uffner, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
BNA: From Brooklyn to Nashville, ZieherSmith Pop-up Gallery, Nashville, TN
Painting Expanded, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Back Room, Untitled, New York, NY
Exhibition of work from the Permanent Collection, MAGA Museum, Gallarate, Italy
I don't know if it makes any sense – I feel quite dizzy and a little drunk due to the blow. I will return with more info shortly…, IMO, Copenhagen, Denmark
Indeterminate Activity, Nicelle Beauchene, New York, NY
Domestic Goods, curated by Ryan Wallace, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Street Trash, organized by James Campbell, Sadie Laska, and Virginia Overton, Intersection of Commercial St, Franklin Ave, and Dupont St, Brooklyn, NY
One Dozen Paintings, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2010
Total Recall, Public Art Fund, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY
Skins, curated by Alex Gartenfeld, OHWOW, Miami, FL
Salad Days, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Greater New York, MoMA P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Transfer Function, ZieherSmith Gallery, New York, NY
/(Lean), Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Big Apple, curated by Apartment Show, Clifton Benevento Gallery, New York, NY

2009
Gruppenausstellung, organized by Max Hans Daniel, Auto Center, Berlin, Germany
Between Spaces, MoMA P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Front Room Gallery, St. Louis Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Brooklyn Queens, curated by Eddie Martinez, The Hjotnal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Between the Lip and the Cup, V&A, New York, NY
If the Dogs are Barking, Artists Space, New York, NY
The Longest Train I Ever Saw, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

2008
This is Boston Not L.A., Lamontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
Bring Me Back a T-Shirt, curated by Erik Lindman, V&A Gallery, New York, NY
Glass Houses, curated by Eddie Martinez, Werkstatte Gallery, New York, NY
Milwaukee International, ZieherSmith Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Dark Fair, Picture Box Inc., Swiss Institute, New York, NY

2007
Alumni Juried Exhibition, Recent Graduates: 2002–2006, Corcoran Museum, Washington, D.C.
Fractured in Aspect, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Coercive Atmospherics, curated by David Hunt, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Sculpture Thesis, Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Inside/Outside, G.A.S.P., Boston, MA

2006
Banal Aesthetics, Gotov Gallery, CSU Long Beach, CA
Under the Fort, Rhyz Gallery, Boston, MA
Notes From the Underground: What’s Up With Yale, Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON

2005
Nocturnal Emissions, Curators office, Washington, DC
Thesis Show, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

2004
Juried Undergraduate Sculpture Show, Cubicle 10, Baltimore, MD
Lovers and Thieves, NYSP, New York, NY

Bibliography

2012
Varner, Austin. "The Next Wave," House Beautiful, May 2012, p. 38
Heinrich, Will. "Out of the Woods," New York Observer, April 17, 2012
Sam Moyer at "Rachel Uffner Gallery," The Painted Word, March 24, 2012
Lisitings, Goings on about town: Art, "Sam Moyer,” The New Yorker, March 2012
Johnson, Ken, “Sam Moyer,” The New York Times, March 8, 2012
“L.E.S. Shows Not To Miss During Armory Week,” Modern Painters Daily, March 8, 2012
Indrisek, Scott. "True Grit," Modern Painters, March 2012, p. 19
Adler, Alexander. "Void Filled: '…' at The Hole," Huffington Post, January 5, 2012

2011
Kunin, Aaron. "The Collected Lies of AK & All Sizes Fit One (for Peter)," Triple Canopy, Issue 14, 2011
Finn, Bridget. "Sam Moyer," The Journal, Issue 30, 2011, p. 68-81
Mattera, Joanne. "Affinities: Fiber and Wax," Surface Design, Winter 2011, p. 36-41

2010
Vogel, Carol. "Futuristic Public Art," New York Times, October 15, 2010, p. C26
"Sam Moyer at Max Hans Daniel," Contemporary Art Daily, September 17, 2010
Goldstein, Richard J. "Greater New York Roundtable: Franklin Evans and Sam Moyer," Bomblog, September 7, 2010
"Art-Sam Moyer-Brooklyn, NY," JAAMMJ, September 01, 2010
Barni, Selva. "Greater New York," Vogue (Italy), May 24, 2010
"Goings On About Town," Sam Moyer, The New Yorker, February 1, 2010
"Critics’ Picks: The Best of, Best in Textiles," Time Out New York, January 21, 2010
Gartenfeld, Alex, “Sam Moyer Pulls the Rug Out,” Art in America, January 9, 2010

2009
Friswold, Paul, “Bliss and Pieces,” Riverfront Times, June 25, 2009

2008
Cook, Greg, “I Wanna Rock,” The Boston Phoenix, December 12, 2008
Gartenfeld, Alex, "Critics' Picks," Artforum.com, August 12, 2008 (Bring Me Back a T-shirt)
“Memento Mori,” Men.Style.com, August 6, 2008 (Bring Me Back a T-shirt)
“This is Art,” Nylon.com, August 1, 2008 (Bring Me Back a T-Shirt)

2007
Cotter, Holland. “Fractured in Aspect,” New York Times, August 10, 2007

Sam Moyer
Breakers VI
Ink on canvas, glass paint, glass, Plexiglass, Nielsen frame
48 x 36 inches
2013
Sam Moyer
Beach Blanket Bingo
Moving blanket mounted to wood frame
79 x 70 inches
2011