Samantha Thomas
Samantha Thomas
- 1980
- Born in McAllen, Texas.
- Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Education
- 2004
- BFA Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
- 2024
- Solo exhibition, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
- 2016
- Complex Systems of Communication, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- LANDSCAPIFICATION, RH Contemporary, New York, NY
- 2013
- Texture/Parameter, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
- 2007
- Preview, Gehry Partners, Los Angeles, CA
- Multipliticies, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
- New Gallery, Thom Andriola, Houston, TX
- 2005
- Samantha Thomas, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2024
- The First Taste, Anat Ebgi, New York, NY
- 2023
- Gesamtkunstwerk, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna, CA
- Blakehaus LA, Peter Blake Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2022
- If you forget my name, You shall go astray, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2021
- Good Company: The Remix, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2020
- Staycation, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- The Conversation, Anat Ebgi at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
- 2018
- Pussy, King of Pirates, Maccarone, Los Angeles, CA
- 2017
- 80/50 Quiet Storm, DENK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2015
- Salon NO.13, Marine Projects, Venice, CA
- 2013
- Landscape, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
- 2012
- MOCA Fresh, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
- Ghost Town, L&M Arts, Venice, CA
- 2011
- THE DELTA, curated by Alexys Schwartz, Alexys Schwartz Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- Speculative Materialism, D-block projects, Long Beach, CA
- 2010
- Venice Artists, Here Is Elsewhere Gallery, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
- 2009
- Uli and Lucrecia’s lustige gruppenausstellung MIT party, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, CA
- 2008
- 5 Year Anniversary Show, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
- Ebb and Flow, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
- 2006
- LA Remix, Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris, FR
- LA Now, Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris, FR
- (Keep Feeling) Fascination, curated by Julie Joyce, The Luckman Fine Arts Complex, LA, CA
- 2005
- Pink, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Residencies
- 2018
- After & Again, Oaxaca, Mexico
Selected Press
- 2016
- Sharon Mizota, “Folded, pleated, burned, torn: Artist Samantha Thomas’ tactile webs of intrigue,” Los Angeles Times, April 4, 2016.
- Lisa Adams, “Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2016: Through the Eyes of a Painter,” Huffington Post, January 29, 2016. (Link)
- 2015
- Daniel Cabrera, “Who is Samantha Thomas?,” Bustle, September 14, 2014.
- 2014
- Elizabeth Weinberg, “California Dreamin’”, Baku Magazine, Autumn 2014.
- “Inaugural exhibitions: 9 Nov 2013 — 25 Jan 2014 at RH Contemporary Art in New York, United States,” Wall Street International, November 2014.
- 2013
- Catherine Damman, “Samantha Thomas at LAXART,” Art in America, November 22, 2013.
- Raka Sen, “5 Emerging Artists From RH Contemporary Art,” Complex, November 9, 2013. (Link)
- Fan Zhong, “Restoration Hardware Gets Contemporary,” W Magazine, November 7, 2013. (Link)
- “Q&A with Artist Samantha Thomas,” New York Spaces, Autumn 2013.
- Sam Cochran, “RH Contemporary Art Gallery Opens in New York,” Architectural Digest, October 31, 2013.
- Dawn Chan, “Restoration Hardware’s Next Move? A Quarterly Journal for Art Lovers,” T Magazine, October 30, 2013.
- Alice Gregory, “A Home Furnishings Visionary Takes On High Culture,” T Magazine, October 3, 2013.
- Nikki Grattan, “Samantha Thomas,” In the Make, September 2013.
- Johnie Gall, “Venice Beach Surfer Pushes Boundaries of Traditional Canvas Art,” Foam Magazine, September 19, 2013.
- 2011
- Reggie Casagrande, “State of Mind: Samantha Thomas, LipstickTracez, August 19, 2011.