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SAMARA ASH
Born in Santa fé de Bogota, Colombia. Lives and works in Miami, Florida, United States. Ash is a contemporary artist teaching adults & children art appreciation & production for over 15 years. She is an alumni artist resident at the Fountainhead Studios Little River, Miami, US.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES

2023 Awena Public Art Exhibit / The Peacock House Art Foundation / Fort Pierce, FL “Awena”

2023 PUBLIC ART : Mural Inauguration / Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency in Partnership with the City of Fort Pierce / The Peacock Arts District Mural Project / Fort Pierce, FL / “Awena” (Sunrise)

2023 Artists Open Exhibition / FountainHead / Little River, Miami, FL

2022 ArtToSave Lives Contemporary / Miami ART WEEK / Miami Shores, FL. /. Group Show

2022 Farewell / FountainHead Arts / Little River, Miami, FL / Group Show

2022 Channing Tatum’s: MML LIVE & Steven Soderbergh’s Singani 63 / Buick Building / Design District, Miami, FL / “Conversion” Mixed Media on Glass

2022 Artists Open Exhibition / FountainHead Arts / Little River, Miami, FL Solo Show

2022 Artist Exhibition / LITA / Walnut Creek, CA

2021 Red: Art Basel Miami / Bal Harbour Shops / Bal Harbour, FL /Group Show

2021 Studio Open / FountainHead / Little River, Miami, FL Miami, FL / Group Show

2021 Amigos Moderno Buenos Aires Studio Visit / FountainHead / Little River, Miami, FL / Group Show

2021 Upcoming... / Somm Valley / North Miami, FL / “Valley” Mural, “In- dustrial” Mural, “Lydia” Mural, “Portrait d’Homme” Mural, & “Titled” Mural

2019 Studio Exhibit / Miami-Dade Artist Open / Edgewater, FL / Solo Show

2019 Smash & Grab Art Auction / Locust Projects / Design District, Miami, FL / “Titled Nude” Mixed Media Painting

2019 Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival of Art / Ithaca, NY / NJO, Performance

2019 Glossier / Wynwood Walls / Wynwood , FL / NJO, Performance

2018 Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Art / Virginia Key, FL / NJO, Performance

2017 FREE! Art Fair: Art Basel Miami I Brickell City Center I Brickell, FL / NJO, Performance

2016 Smash & Grab Art Auction / Locust Projects / Design District, Miami, FL / “Havoc” Acrylic Painting

2016 Grassroots Festival of Art / Wynwood, FL / NJO, Performance

2016 SpeakFridays / Lightbox Theater at Goldman Warehouse / Wynwood, FL / NJO, Performance

2016 Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Art / Virginia Key, FL / NJO, Perfomance 2015

2015 SpeakFridays: Art Basel Edition / Lightbox Theater at Goldman Warehouse / Wynwood, FL / NJO, Performance

2014 Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival of Art / Ithaca, NY / NJO, Performance

2012 Smash & Grab / Locust Projects / Design District, Miami, FL / “Adulation” Mixed media Installation

2012 Static Waterlust / New World School of the Arts Alumni / Marina Blue / Miami, FL / “Our Lady Grace of Perpetual Dismay” Mixed media on paper

2011 Smash & Grab Auction / Locust Projects / Design District, Miami, FL “Our Lady Grace of Perpetual Dismay” Mixed media on paper

2010 80” of Art / NWSA Alumni Auction / Sagamore Art Hotel / South Beach, FL / “Untitled” Mixed media Installation

2009 Art Basel: Miami / Cricket Taplin Collection / Sagamore: The Art Hotel / South Beach, FL / “Splendor Veritatis: Radiance of Truth” 12-foot sound proof structure with light & sound installation

2008 Assemblage / Daniel Azoulay Gallery / Midtown Miami, FL / “The Unti- tled One I” Silver gelatin print, “The Untitled One IV” Silver gelatin print

2008 The Stairwell Project / Sagamore: The Art Hotel / Miami Beach, FL / Curated by Cricket Taplin, Permanent Sagamore Collection / “ Cathana” Painting/Installation

2008 BFA Show / Mu-Dai / Museum of Art & Design: Freedom Tower / Miami, FL / Curated by Fred Snitzer / “ Zalus” Mixed Media, “ Deities Series I, II, III, & IV” Monotypes

2007 Arteamericas Art Fair / Miami Beach Convention Center / Miami Beach, FL / “Fortune Teller I & II” Pencil on Paper, “Skin” Digital Media

2007 Art Basel: Miami / Progressions / New World Gallery / Miami, FL / “The Untitled I & II” Photography

2007 Rising Stars / Self-portrait / New World Gallery / Miami, FL / Juried by Bonnie Clearwater Director MOCA / “Ephemera” Digital Video, “Ephemera / and IV from the Interim series” Photography

2007 Miami Art Week / Passage / New World Gallery / Miami, FL / Juried by Jeremy T. Chessler Executive Director South Florida Art Center, Rina Car- vajal Executive Director/Chief Curator Miami Art Central / “[ ]” Photography, “Fraction” Photography

EDUCATION

BFA, Electronic Intermedia
VALEDICTORIAN
New World School of the Arts / University of Florida 2005 - 2008

BFA, Painting
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
New World School of the Arts / UF 2005 - 2008

BFA, MINOR Art History
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
New World School of the Arts / UF 2005 - 2008

Study Abroad, NALL Arts Association /
FULL SCHOLARSHIP Italy - France

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

City of Fort Pierce Public Art
Sagamore Art Collection
Barry Neumman Private Collection
De la Cruz Collection

Miami Shores Village Public Art
Joan Blackman Private Collection
Susie & Walid Wahab Collection
Steven Soderbergh’s Collection

SELECTED COLLABORATIONS

Channing Tatum - MML Tour
Brickell City Center
Miami Shores Fine Arts Commission
The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse

Knight Foundation
DIETL international
Hollywood Film Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Daniel Azoulay Gallery

SELECTED AWARDS

Nall Art Assoc. European Residency
Koubek Center Arts Residency
NWSA Full Scholarship

Siggraph Space-Time Winner
The Mickey Wolfson Jr. Center Best Drawing Award

AS SEEN ON

FOX NEWS 29
TELEMUNDO 51
BOLD JOURNEY MAGAZINE
JUPITER MAGAZINE

NBC LIVE
SHOUTOUT MIAMI
SUN-SENTINEL
NPR - WQCS 88.9

YAHOO! NEWS
STUART MAGAZINE
ST. LUCIE VOICE
ART NOW MAGAZINE
CBS NEWS