Samara Golden › CV
Education
MFA, Columbia University, School of the Arts. New York, NY
BFA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Guts, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Upstairs at Steve's, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
A Trap in Soft Division, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Fransisco, CA
A Fall of Corners, Canada, New York, NY
The Flat Side of the Knife, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
Mass Murder, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bad Brains, Night Gallery Booth, Frieze Frame Art Fair, New York, NY
Rape of the Mirror, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bust: My Personal Winter, Workspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
There’s more but its invisible, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
Penumbra II, Ferenbalm Gurbru Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
Sugar, (collaboration w/ Reynold Reynold and Patrick Jolley), Roebling Hall, New York and Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
Hot Glue, Night Gallery at NADA East Broadway, New York, NY
Dreamhome: Stories of Art and Shelter, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
The Thick Stream, Canada, New York, NY
Sunburst, Night Gallery x Various Small Fires, Seoul, Korea
Majeure Force Part One & Two, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Extreme Present, Organized by Deitch and Gagosian, Moore Building, Miami, FL
Psyche and Politics, Staadliche Kunsthalle Baden Baden, Germany
Pine Barrens, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
The 2017 Whitney Biennial, The Meat Grinders Iron Clothes, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
A Break with Dolphins, The Beach Club, Miami, FL. Commissioned by Artsy Projects
Overpop, Yuz Museum, Shanghai
Puff Pieces, Curated by Feelings, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Between Discovery and Invention: 20 Years of Collecting, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
Grey Skies and Sunny Dispositions, Organized by the Lster at castillo/corrales, Paris, France
Golden State, curator Drew Heitzler, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tuscan, AZ
Made in L.A., The Hammer Museum, curators Connie Butler and Michael Ned Holte, Los Angeles, CA
There is nothing personal of yours to exhibit, Galerie Crèvecoeur, Paris
Mondays, et el., curator Keith K. Varadi, Chin’s Push, Los Angeles, CA
Wrong’s What I Do Best, curators Hesse McGraw and Aaron Spangler, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
CHERUB, 2nd Cannon, curators Andrew Berradini and Brian Kennon, Los Angeles, CA
The Last Brucennial, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
Room To Live: Recent Acquisitions and Works from the Collection, Curator Bennett Simpson, MOCA (Grand Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Truck Baby, Rachel Ufner Gallery, New York, NY
Endless Bummer II / Still Bummin’, Curators Jan Tumlir and Drew Heiztler, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
Nevermore, On Steller Rays, New York, NY
Set Pieces, Curators Andrew Berardini and Lauren Mackler, Cardi Black Box, Milan, Italy
Room To Live: Recent Acquisitions and Works from the Collection, Curator Bennett Simpson, MOCA (Grand Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Truck Baby, Rachel Ufner Gallery, New York, NY
Endless Bummer II / Still Bummin’, Curators Jan Tumlir and Drew Heiztler, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
Nevermore, On Steller Rays, New York, NY
Set Pieces, Curators Andrew Berardini and Lauren Mackler, Cardi Black Box, Milan, Italy
Treating Shadows As Real Things, Curator Public Fiction, ARTISSIMA Lido, Church of the Holy Shroud, Turin, Italy
Modern Painters (w/ Davida Nemerof), Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
Lick It Into Shape, Curator Marcus Herse, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University Orange County, CA
Dirty Funk, Curator Mark A. Rodriguez, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Hot Tub Time Machine, CANADA Gallery, New York, NY
Sweet Distemper, Curator Isaac Lyles, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
The Eternal Telethon, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
My House is Your House, Curator Molly Larkey, Statler Waldorf, Los Angeles, CA
Two Fold, Curator Colleen Asper, The Suburban, Chicago, IL
Fancy Finger, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Staf Curated Video Show, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
The Dependent, (w/ Silvershed), Sheraton Hotel, New York, NY
Collective Show (w/ Night Gallery), Human Resources L.A., Los Angeles, CA
Cut/Paste: Collage as Methedology in Video Art, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Indistinct Seeing: Artists from Berlin and Los Angeles, Curator Sonja Gerdes, Infernoesque, Berlin, Germany
An Immaterial Survey of Our Peers, Sullivan Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Samara Golden, Dave Miko, Kaari Upson, Curator
Mieke Marple, 1144 11th St, Los Angeles, CA
H.T.A.D.I.T.F. Curator Per Billgren, 25CPW, New York, NY
Beyond Process, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
Cutting Edge Framing, 11 NE 39th St, Miami, FL
Evading Customs, Brown Gallery, London, UK (PDF Catalogue)
Whitney’s Biennial, (Curated by Whitney), Cream Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Borderline Pleasure, Galerie Michael Jensen, Berlin, Germany
In Practice / Winter 2009, Curator Fionn Meade, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
First Impressions, Video screening at NADA ofce, New York, NY
Meme: Romanticism (Sugar), Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Awards and Distinctions
Los Angeles Artist Prize, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, CA
Morty Frank Award, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
USC Travel Residency with Andrea Zittel and James Trainer
Joan Sovern Sculpture Award, New York, NY
Viar Merit Fellowship, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
Digital Media Fellowship, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
Publications
Samara Golden: The Flat Side of the Knife, 2015. Published by MoMA PS1, New York, NY. Edited by Mia Locks with foreword by Klaus Biesenbach. Text by Mia Locks, Samara Golden, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer.
Public Collections
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, CA
Zabludowicz Collection, London, United Kingdom
YUZ Collection, Shanghai, China
Selected Bibliography
Palumbo, Jacqui. “This Artist Is Exhibiting a Nightmarish Display of Intestines around the World.” CNN, December 8
Halperin, Julia. “5 Must-See Booths at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022, from a Fully Functioning Casino to a Gutsy Presentation by a Rising Star.” Artnet News, December 1
Morris, Linda. “How Sydney Modern Is Helping Solve Art's Gender Problem.” The Sydney Morning Herald, November 29
Berardini, Andrew. “Andrew Berardini on Samara Golden.” The Online Edition of Artforum International Magazine, May 1
Finkel, Jori. “Samara Golden Is Spilling Her 'Guts'.” The New York Times, The New York Times, January 21
Elizabeth Buhe, Brooklyn Rail, "Samara Golden: Upstairs at Steve’s", February 2021
Olivia Jia, Hyperallergic, "Samara Golden's Memento Give Shape to Grief, February 2021
Roberta Smith, The New York Times, "Why the Whitney’s Humanist, Pro-Diversity Biennial Is a Revelation”, March 17
“2017 Whitney Biennial”, The New Yorker, April 24
Ariella Budick, Financial Times, “Whitney Biennial, New York - A bracing sense of purpose”, March 21
Tess Thackara, Artsy, “The Whitney Biennial is a Pitch-Perfect Survey of Art Today”, March 14
Ben Davis, ArtNet News, “The Whitney Nails a Balancing-Act Biennial”, March 14
Benjamin Sutton, Hyperallergic, “An Omnivorous Tour of the 2017 Whitney Biennial”, March 13
Diane Solway, W Magazine “An Early Look at the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Arriving in Time to Tackle America’s Turmoil”, March 13
Jerry Saltz, Vulture, “The New Whitney Biennial is the most political in decades”, March 13
Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal, Art Los Angeles Reader, Samara Golden interview, January
Robin Pogrebin, The New York Times, “Here Comes the Whitney Biennial, Reflecting the Tumult of the Times”, Nov 17
Katherine McMahon, ArtNews, “L.A. Habitat Series: Samara Golden”, June
Elaine Tan, Art World Magazine, “Samara Golden: The Portal of the Sixth Dimensions”, June
Editors at AUTRE (online), “Samara Golden ‘A Trap in Soft Division’ at The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco”, March 28
Robin Pogrebin, The New York Times “Philadelphia Museum of Art Finally Gets a Hopper…”, Inside Art, Preview, Feb 25
Alara Kap, Based Istanbul Magazine, “Feature: Upside down - Samara Golden”, April
Sami Emory, Vice Magazine / Creators Project, “Artist Builds 18 Upside Down Rooms into a Gallery's Ceiling”, Mar 22
Catherine Damman, ArtForum “Samara Golden”, Critic's Pick, May Jo-ey Tang, Flash Art, “Samara Golden Yerba Buena Center for the Arts”, May 17
Michael Slenske, Wallpaper, “A room with a view: Samara Golden's installations in San Francisco”, March 16
Emily Spivack, T Magazine/New York Times “An Artist Fascinated By The Art of Magic”, May 24
Seph Rodney, Hyperallergic, “The Eerie Abandoned Dreams of Samara Golden”, Oct 23
"Samara Golden", Art in America, October 15
Johnson, Ken, "Samara Golden’s New Point of View in ‘A Fall of Corners’", The New York Times, October 8
"Samara Golden", The New Yorker, September 29
Cat Kron, “Openings: Samara Golden”, Artforum
Kristin Lucas, "Samara Golden", Bomb Magazine, Spring
Vera Neykov, Interview Magazine, “In The Golden Room”
The Hollywood Reporter (online), “THR Art Issue: Top 10 L.A. Artists Coveted by Hollywood”, November 4
Kyle Fitzpatrick, LA I’m yours (online), “Curators Andrew Berardini & Lauren Mackler Take Set Pieces to Milan”, February 12
Andrew Berardini, Mousse Magazine, “Through the Looking Glass: Samara Golden” Issue #35,
Paul Soto, Art in America, “Samara Golden and Davida Nemerof Face the Press”, September
Alex Allenchy, Modern Painters, “Filming in 6 Dimensions, Samara Golden and Davida Nemerof Reflect”, September
Ben Davis, ARTINFO, “Frieze New York Ices the Competition with its first edition on Randall’s Island”, May 4
Anne Martens, Flash Art, “Reviews: Samara Golden,” Vol. XLV No. 282, January/February
Tyler Coburn, ArtReview, “Looking Back: Looking Forward 3,” December
Kate Wolf, Artslant “How Deep is the Ocean”, review of Rape of the Mirror, Nov 15
Carol Cheh, LA Weekly, “Samara Golden’s Rape of the Mirrror Transforms Night Gallery into the ‘Sixth Dimension’ with a Jacuzzi” November 22
Carol Cheh, LA Weekly, “Night at the Chateau,” Chloe Grey, October 15
Rhizome.org, Interview with Samara Golden
Lori Cole, Artforum, “In Practice, Critics Picks”,
Andrew Goldstein, New York Magazine, “Artist Samara Golden Redecorates the Batcave”, January 15,
Robert Koehler, Variety Magazine, “Sugar” review, February 8
Ken Johnson, New York Times, “Sugar: Art in Review,” December 28
Scott Maculay, Filmmaker Magazine, “Sugar” review, December 23