SAMANTHA FIELDS
LAY OF THE LAND
September 12 - October 10, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 12, 3-6pm
COMING SOON: THE LAY OF THE LAND (2026 Exhibition)
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Samantha Fields is exploring potentially catastrophic moments through a lens of wonder and appreciation for the power of nature. Fields’ paintings are rendered using hundreds of thinly applied airbrushed layers of paint - the resulting surfaces are luminous and velvety. There is an elegance and a calm to the surface that belies the chaotic nature of the subject matter.
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b. 1972 - Cleveland, Ohio
Works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
1998 MFA, Painting Cranbrook Academy of Art
1995 BFA, Painting The Cleveland Institute of Art
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Upcoming: The Lay of the Land, Billis Williams Gallery, Culver City, CA
2025 Portents, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2022 Night Comes Early, rdfa, Los Angeles, CA
2021 A Gentle Reminder, Arcade Project, NY, NY
2020 American Dreams, LSH Colab, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Samantha Fields: Ten Years, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
2016 Faded in the Sun, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2014 Halcyon, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2013 C.O.L.A. Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Be Careful What You Wish For, Western Project, LA, CA
2010 From a Safe Distance, KIM LIGHT/LIGHTBOX, New York, NY
2009 Containment, 2680 KIM LIGHT/LIGHTBOX, Los Angeles, CA
2007 This Land, KIM LIGHT/LIGHTBOX, Los Angeles, CA
2006 In the Belly of the Beast, Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Mysteries & Marvels of Our Animal World, DiRT Gallery, Los Angeles
2003 Mutation Menagerie, DiRT Gallery, Los Angeles
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 We’re Well Read, It Is Well Known, Los Angeles Mural Conservancy, Curated by Mat Gleason
2025 Landscape: Cityscape XV, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2025 Special Collections, Gallery 515, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Danny Shain
2024 California Landscapes: Then and Now, The City of Irvine Great Park Gallery, Irvine, CA, curated by Adam
Sabolick
2024 LAndscape: Cityscape XIV, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Special Collections, 505, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Faculty Exhibition, University Art Galleries, CSUN, Northridge, CA
2023 Sense of Place, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY, curated by Erika
Diamond
2023 Alla Prima, Carolee Parker, Altadena, CA
2023 Solace/Sublime, Angeles Gate Art Center, San Pedro, CA
2023 Facing Fire, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University
2023 Facing Fire, Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
2022 Where We Are, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2022 Fire Transforms, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2021 Art @ CSU, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
2021 Fun House: LA Painting, rdfa, LA, CA
2021 Garden, Ladies Room, LA, CA
2021 Fummer Sun, rdfa, LA, CA
2020 Personal Contacts 3, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Common Ground, 11:11 Creative Collective, Chatsworth, CA
2020 6’ Apart, in It Together, Another Year in LA, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Facing Fire, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
2020 LA Stories, Castelli Galleries, Brenau University, Gainseville, GA
2019 Blinky The Friendly Hen 40th Anniversary, CSUN Art Galleries, LA, CA
2019 Dreamhouse Vs. Punk House (plus Cat House), Serious Topics, LA, CA
2018 Feminism Now, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Feminism Now, Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 LA Painting: Formalism to Street Art, Bruno David Gallery, St, Louis, MO
2017 Landscape, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Nature of Reality, Launch LA, curated by Kristine Schomaker, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Girl Crush, Goodeye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 California: Weird, Wonderful & Wild, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo, CA
2017 Neverending Summer, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2016 Mr. & Mrs. Exquisite Corpse, Another Year in LA, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Dreams of Another Time, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2016 Plus One, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
GRANTS & AWARDS
Sabbatical, California State University, Northridge
Exceptional Service to Students, California State University, Northridge
Research and Creative Activity, California State University, Northridge
Research and Creative Activity, California State University, Northridge
CSUN Exceptional Service to Students, California State University, Northridge
Sabbatical, California State University, Northridge
C.O.L.A. City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Grant
Beck Grant for Innovative Teaching, with Dr. Irina Costache, Cal State Northridge
Faculty Development Grant, Center for Community Service Learning, Cal State Northridge
1997 The College Art Association Professional Development Fellowship
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, CA
California State University, Monterey, CA
Cantor Center, Stanford, CA
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Art, Fine Arts
Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Durie Tangri, LLC, San Francisco, CA
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS
2026 Sabbatical, California State University, Northridge
2025 Exceptional Service to Students Award, California State University, Northridge
2020 Exceptional Service to Students Award, California State University, Northridge
2019 CSUN MCCAMC Research and Creative Activity Award, California State University, Northridge
(Release time: Fall 19)
2017 CSUN MCCAMC Research and Creative Activity Award, California State University, Northridge
(Release time: Spring 17)
2016 Exceptional Service to Students Award, California State University, Northridge
2015 Sabbatical, California State University, Northridge (Release Time: Fall 2016)
2012 Nomination: Best Show in a Commercial Gallery Nationally, Be Careful What You Wish For, AICA-
USA
2012 C.O.L.A. City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Grant
2001 Beck Grant for Innovative Teaching, with Dr. Irina Costache, Cal State Northridge
2000 Faculty Development Grant, Center for Community Service Learning, Cal State Northridge
1999 Starbucks Literacy Grant, (group proposal) in conjunction with Cal State Northridge Dept. of
Community Service Learning
1997 The College Art Association Professional Development Fellowship
1995 The Cleveland Institute of Art Student Independent Exhibition Painting Award
1991-1995 The Cleveland Institute of Art Honorary Scholarship
1994 The Cleveland Institute of Art Selma A. Walzer Painting Scholarship
The American Greetings Scholarship
1993 The Myrtle Waintrup Givelber Traveling Scholarship
The Eastman-Boltman Traveling Scholarship
The Cleveland Institute of Art Summer Workshop Scholarship
ARTIST RESIDENCES
2026 Artist in Residence, Alskar House, East Nassau, NY
2026 Artist in Residence, Jen Tough Gallery and Residency Program, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Artist in Residence, Art Farm, Marquette, NB
2004 Artist in Residence, Stiching Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1997 Artist in Residence; Art Farm, Marquette, NB
LECTURES
2026 Guest Artist, Disaster Design, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA (2018-2026)
2025 Artist Lecture, Weismann Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA
Guest Artist, Disaster Design, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA (peer review)
2024 Orndorff AIR Program, Dean’s Circle, California State University, Northridge, CA
Artist Talk, Arcade Project, New York, NY
2020 SIPARP, Deans Circle, California State University, Northridge, CA
Samantha Fields, Current Work, CSUN Arts Council, Northridge, CA
Samantha Fields, Current Work, CSU Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Samantha Fields, Current Work, LA City College, LA, CA
2019 Visiting Artist, Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Visiting Artist, MFA Seminar, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
Core Art Studio, Include Me! AICAD Conference on Equity & Diversity, Otis College of Art, LA, CA
(peer reviewed)
2018 Regionalism in the Global Era, College Art Association Annual Conference, LA, CA (peer reviewed)
2017 Artist Walkthrough and Discussion, Samantha Fields, 10 Years, MOAH, Lancaster, CA
2016 Artist Lecture and Walkthrough, Dreams of Another Time, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2015 Lecture & Workshop, Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI
Guest Artist & Workshop, Chino Institution for Men,
The Prison Arts Collective, Chino, CA
Guest Artist & Workshop, Chino Institution for Women, The Prison Arts Collective, Chino, CA
Guest Artist, California State Prison, Los Angeles County, Lancaster, CA
Lecture, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
2014 Lecture, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Lecture & Workshop, Teen Art Academy, Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA
2013 New Work: Samantha Fields, University of Las Vegas, Nevada
Hybrid Practices Panel, CAA, New York, New York (peer reviewed)
2007 Teaching Art in A Troubled World, Eco Practice as Pedagogy, Panel Chair, College Art Association
Annual Conference, Dallas, TX (peer reviewed)
2005 Basic Foundation Guidelines, FATE Conference, Columbus, OH (peer reviewed)
The Natives Are Restless: The Pioneering Work of Foundation Coordinators, Co-Chair and
Lecturer, FATE Conference, Columbus, OH
2004 New School Academia: A Guide for MFA’s Who want to Teach, Cranbrook Academy of Art,
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Student Learning Outcomes, FATE Regional Conference, CSUN (peer reviewed)
Visiting Critic, Department of Design, CSULB
Recent Work, Museum of Contemporary Art Summer Educators Program
2003 Overlapping Frames, FATE Bi-Annual Conference, Sarasota, FL (peer reviewed)
2003 Shouts, Whispers, and Cheers, Feminist Symposium Panelist, Mt. St. Marys College, LA, CA
2000 Recent Work, Fairplex Public Lecture Series, Pomona, CA
1998 Professional Development Fellowship Lecture, CAA Conference, Toronto, Canada (peer reviewed)