samantha greenfeld


 
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Samantha Greenfeld (b. 1987, Los Angeles, CA)  works primarily with abandoned man-made objects, which the artist amasses from her surroundings, to create sculptures and two dimensional works that explore how invisible lives and transpired events turn into visible remains in the present.

“My works move between states of fragmentation and wholeness. Independent parts combine into a singular form; amalgamations of subjective memories flow together into a unified consciousness. By layering narrative intersections to expose their similarities, my pieces become mirrors through which the viewer begins to recognize aspects of himself or herself in the work. This identification with the experiences of another human life opens up a dialogue between self and other, in turn cultivating an awareness of a grander, interconnected community.”


EDUCATION 

BFA, Painting, Otis College of Art and Design (2013) 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2023

Time in a Bottle Kill Shelter Presents, Los Angeles,, CA 

2022

Curio Flux Art Space, Long Beach, CA 

2020

Odds & Ends James Wright Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Vanitas Pluto Projects, plutoprojects.space 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2025

Phallus :: Fascinum :: Fascism The Box, Los Angeles, CA 

Glastonbury Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Surface Level (2 person exhibition) Killshelter Presents, Los Angeles, CA 

Love Letter Rusha & Co, Los Angeles, CA 

2024

The Tee Shop Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

All Together Now Studio A1, Los Angeles, CA 

2023

LA Driveway

Ingrams, Los Angeles, CA 

2022




Beyond The Decorative

Great Park Gallery at the Palm Court Arts Complex , Irvine, CA 

The Agony and the Ecstasy Maddox Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

2021

Beyond Thunderdome O’ Project Space, Los Angeles, CA 

2019

Sweet Primal Things James Wright Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

_topia James Wright Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

2018

Fresh Takes. Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA 

Objects of Pleasure PØST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

2017

Objective Non Objective Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA 

Trust Fall Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA 

Psychic Roominations over Couch Conversations Studio A1, Los Angeles, CA 

2016

Shared Universe Eastside International (ESXLA), Los Angeles, CA 

2015

Peak Experiences Shangrila, Joshua Tree 

Plot & Squat Venice, CA 

2014

Mounds, Folds, and other Mouthfuls Brewery Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA 

2013

Threshold Studio A1, Los Angeles, CA 

Haus Party The Cube, Los Angeles, CA 




Generation Y Not Thomas P. Kelly Student Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 

We are making peoples days as much as we are ruining them Galef Fine Arts Building, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA 

2012

Work Area Ahead Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA 

44 Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA 

Disastro For Your Art, Los Angeles, CA 

2011

FEVER District 2/ Beat 1, Police Community Center, Inglewood, CA 

RESIDENCIES 

Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, 2022 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS 

2024

The Chain Studio A1, Los Angeles, CA 

Chromatic Voyages Studio A1, Los Angeles, CA 

All Together Now Studio A1, Los Angeles, CA 

2019

Midlife Crisis O’ Project Space, Los Angeles, CA 

O’ Project Space : OPAF 2019 Battery Leary-Merriam/Angels Gate Park 

2018

In Search of Lost Time O’ Project Space, Los Angeles, CA 

Origins O' Project Space, Los Angeles, CA 

2017

Psychic Roominations over Couch Conversations Studio A1, Los Angeles, CA 




2014

Mounds, Folds, and other Mouthfuls Brewery Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA 

2013

Threshold Studio A1, Los Angeles, CA 

We are making peoples days as much as we are ruining them Galef Fine Arts Building, Los Angeles, CA 

2012

Work Area Ahead Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

2020

Angelenos, “ Meet LA Artist, Sam Greenfeld” Monster Children, December 2020 

2019

LA’s Most Inspiring Stories, “ Check out Samantha Greenfeld’s Artwork” VoyageLA, July 2019 

Andrew Philip Cortes, “What makes LA Special?” The Coastal Post, June 2019 

2017

Tulika Bahadur, "Between Fragmentation and Wholeness, A Talk with Samantha Greenfeld," On Art and Aesthetics, November 2017 

2016

Charlie Xie, "Getting Starry-Eyed with LA Artists at Eastside International ," Art Zealous, August 2016 

COMMISSIONS 

2014

DSTLD Premium Denim, Denim (2014), Denim jeans an mixed media DSTLD, 8899 Beverly Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 



Selected Works