ARTIST STATEMENT
I am an artist, educator and administrator with over 20 years experience in higher education in the US and Europe. Ecological, political, and personal disasters are the framework for my creative practice, with an exhibition history that ranges from local artist run projects to shows in commercial galleries, non-profits, art centers and museums. I am deeply committed to my educational community, and model the transparency, honesty, criticality, and professionalism that I hope to cultivate with my team. I am a sought after lecturer and guest critic, where I focus on bridging the gap between ideation and creation, process and content.
BIOGRAPHY
Samantha Fields was born in Cleveland Ohio in 1972. After receiving her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, she moved to Los Angeles, where she is currently a Professor of Art and the Interim Associate Dean of the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, & Communication at California State University, Northridge.
I am an artist, educator and administrator with over 20 years experience in higher education in the US and Europe. Ecological, political, and personal disasters are the framework for my creative practice, with an exhibition history that ranges from local artist run projects to shows in commercial galleries, non-profits, art centers and museums. I am deeply committed to my educational community, and model the transparency, honesty, criticality, and professionalism that I hope to cultivate with my team. I am a sought after lecturer and guest critic, where I focus on bridging the gap between ideation and creation, process and content.
BIOGRAPHY
Samantha Fields was born in Cleveland Ohio in 1972. After receiving her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, she moved to Los Angeles, where she is currently a Professor of Art and the Interim Associate Dean of the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, & Communication at California State University, Northridge.
RESUME
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Night Comes Early, rdfa, Los Angeles, CA
2021 A Gentle Reminder, Arcade Project, New York, NY
2020 American Dreams, LSH Colab, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Samantha Fields: Ten Years, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
2014 Faded in the Sun, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2013 Halcyon, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2012 C.O.L.A. Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, LA, CA
2010 Be Careful What You Wish For, Western Project, Los Angeles, CA
2009 From a Safe Distance, KIM LIGHT/LIGHTBOX, New York, NY
2007 Containment, KIM LIGHT/LIGHTBOX, Los Angeles, CA
2006 This Land, KIM LIGHT/LIGHTBOX, Los Angeles, CA
2004 In the Belly of the Beast, The Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Alla Prima, Carolee Parker, Altadena, 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
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
SELECTED REVIEWS
2020 Wood, Eve, American Dreams, Riot Material, June 15
2020 Heitzman, Lorraine, American Dreams or Ameican Nightmares, Art and Cake, June 25
2020 Nys-Dambrot, Shana, Art Pick: Samantha Fields, American Dreams, LA Weekly, June, 13
2016 O’Brien, John, Rebecca Campbell & Samantha Fields, Artillery, May 3
2016 Cheng, DeWitt, Critic’s Choice: Taking in Some Skyscapes, East Bay Monthly, September
2014 Editor, The Art of Fireworks, Another Magazine, London, UK, November 5
2008 Lee, Sacha, Tree Service, Beautiful Decay, July
2007 Lewis, Joesph, Samantha Fields at Kim Light/Lightbox, Art in America, October
2007 Myers, Holly, Hip, Without Forgoing Tradition, Los Angeles Times, March 9
2007 Katherine Sartorius, Samantha Fields at Lightbox/Kim Light Gallery, Artweek, May
2007 Kinney, Tulsa, No Direction Home, Artillery, Vol 1 no. 6, Summer
2007 Yurry, Carrie, Echoes, Artillery, Vol 1 no. 6, Summer
2006 Buckley, Annie, Nightlights at Sabina Lee Gallery, ArtWeek, March
2003 Ollman, Leah, Tastes of a Visual Smorasbord, Los Angeles Time, August 22
2003 Ollman, Leah, Hybrid Plants and Mutant Animals, Los Angeles Times, May 2
FEATURES
2019 Art For Your Ear Podcast, Co-Host with Danielle Krysa
2018 Nys-Dambrot, Shana, Meet an Artist Monday, Painter Samantha Fields, LA Weekly
2018 Voyage LA, Art & Life with Samantha Fields, November 19
2017 ZZYZZVA Magazine, Feature: Samantha Fields, Fall
2017 Art For Your Ear Podcast: Interview with Samantha Fields
2014 The Jealous Curator, Samantha Fields, April 2
SELECTED BOOKS & CATALOGS
2020 Facing Fire: Art, Wildfire and the End of Nature in the New West The Inlandia Institute
2018 A Big Important Book About Art, (Now With Women): Profiles of Unstoppable Female Artists, &Projects to Help You Become One, by Danielle Krysa
Running Press
2017 Samantha Fields: 10 Years, Essay by Eve Wood, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
2017 Los Angeles Painting, A History of the New, Essay by Shana Nys Dambrot, Bruno David Gallery
2013 COLA: Individual Artists Grants Catalog, Essay by Annie Buckley, City of Los Angeles, 2013
2022 Night Comes Early, rdfa, Los Angeles, CA
2021 A Gentle Reminder, Arcade Project, New York, NY
2020 American Dreams, LSH Colab, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Samantha Fields: Ten Years, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
2014 Faded in the Sun, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2013 Halcyon, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2012 C.O.L.A. Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, LA, CA
2010 Be Careful What You Wish For, Western Project, Los Angeles, CA
2009 From a Safe Distance, KIM LIGHT/LIGHTBOX, New York, NY
2007 Containment, KIM LIGHT/LIGHTBOX, Los Angeles, CA
2006 This Land, KIM LIGHT/LIGHTBOX, Los Angeles, CA
2004 In the Belly of the Beast, The Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Alla Prima, Carolee Parker, Altadena, 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
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
SELECTED REVIEWS
2020 Wood, Eve, American Dreams, Riot Material, June 15
2020 Heitzman, Lorraine, American Dreams or Ameican Nightmares, Art and Cake, June 25
2020 Nys-Dambrot, Shana, Art Pick: Samantha Fields, American Dreams, LA Weekly, June, 13
2016 O’Brien, John, Rebecca Campbell & Samantha Fields, Artillery, May 3
2016 Cheng, DeWitt, Critic’s Choice: Taking in Some Skyscapes, East Bay Monthly, September
2014 Editor, The Art of Fireworks, Another Magazine, London, UK, November 5
2008 Lee, Sacha, Tree Service, Beautiful Decay, July
2007 Lewis, Joesph, Samantha Fields at Kim Light/Lightbox, Art in America, October
2007 Myers, Holly, Hip, Without Forgoing Tradition, Los Angeles Times, March 9
2007 Katherine Sartorius, Samantha Fields at Lightbox/Kim Light Gallery, Artweek, May
2007 Kinney, Tulsa, No Direction Home, Artillery, Vol 1 no. 6, Summer
2007 Yurry, Carrie, Echoes, Artillery, Vol 1 no. 6, Summer
2006 Buckley, Annie, Nightlights at Sabina Lee Gallery, ArtWeek, March
2003 Ollman, Leah, Tastes of a Visual Smorasbord, Los Angeles Time, August 22
2003 Ollman, Leah, Hybrid Plants and Mutant Animals, Los Angeles Times, May 2
FEATURES
2019 Art For Your Ear Podcast, Co-Host with Danielle Krysa
2018 Nys-Dambrot, Shana, Meet an Artist Monday, Painter Samantha Fields, LA Weekly
2018 Voyage LA, Art & Life with Samantha Fields, November 19
2017 ZZYZZVA Magazine, Feature: Samantha Fields, Fall
2017 Art For Your Ear Podcast: Interview with Samantha Fields
2014 The Jealous Curator, Samantha Fields, April 2
SELECTED BOOKS & CATALOGS
2020 Facing Fire: Art, Wildfire and the End of Nature in the New West The Inlandia Institute
2018 A Big Important Book About Art, (Now With Women): Profiles of Unstoppable Female Artists, &Projects to Help You Become One, by Danielle Krysa
Running Press
2017 Samantha Fields: 10 Years, Essay by Eve Wood, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
2017 Los Angeles Painting, A History of the New, Essay by Shana Nys Dambrot, Bruno David Gallery
2013 COLA: Individual Artists Grants Catalog, Essay by Annie Buckley, City of Los Angeles, 2013