b. 1990, Ypsilanti, Michigan

Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

EDUCATION

2016      Masters of Fine Arts, Painting, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI                

2012     Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI      

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2024 Courtesy of the Estate, Pokito’s Bar, Brooklyn, NY. curated by Watercolor Society

2023             Out of Business, Lagoon, Brooklyn, NY.

2022             A View with a Room, All Street Gallery, New York, NY.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 Where Air Turns to Fog, Below Grand, New York, NY. curated by Ray Whang

Departures, 81 Leonard, New York , NY. curated by Sadie Brown

Golden Thread II, Bravin Lee Programs, New York, NY.

Aja’ib, Tempest Gallery, Ridgewood, Queens, NY. curated by Defne Tutus

La Banda, Tapetto Volante, Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY.

Brooklyn, Now! Art Gotham, East Village, NY. curated by Hayley Ferber

2024 Aggregate, Studio 9D, Chelsea, NY.

Trading Cards II, Field of Play, Brooklyn, Ny. curated by watercolor Society

Katz’s Bodega, All Street Gallery, New York, NY. curated by Spencer Katz

More! Embracing Excess, Ann Marie Sculpture Garden, Solomon, MD.

Anything and Everything the Color Red, ABC No Rio, New York, NY. curated by Yasmeen

Inner Sanctuaries: Exploring Domestic Space, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

2023           Trading Cards, Field of Play, Brooklyn, NY.

            Currents, Morris Adjmi Architects, New York, NY.

           Lullabies for a Daydream, Online group show-Uprise/Paradise Palace.

                    Big Reveal, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

2022          The Vessel, Satellite Art Fair, Miami, FL.

                   The Male Nude, Turning the Gaze, Equity Gallery, New York, NY.

                   I’ll Be there, Ann Marie Sculpture Garden, Solomon, MD.

                   Patriot Act, O’Flaherty’s, New York, NY. 

                   House of Yes, Commissioned Mural, New York, NY.

2021         Anywhere but Here, Slowburn, New York, NY.

As if Eternity Cared, Incubator Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

2020          A Romantic Comedy, 25 Kent Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY.

Eat Them, Eat Them, Deer Studios, New York, NY. curated by Jordan Segal

2019         Spring Break Art Fair, Union Nations Plaza, New York, NY. curated by Jordan Segal

                   Terrible Gardens, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, NY.

                   Vacwu, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY.

2018           Mode RN, East Village Art View, New York, NY.

2017          Domestic Encounters, Image Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

                   You Are One of A Kind, K&P Gallery, New York, NY.

2016         Paper Fete: Works on Paper, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

                   Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition, Eli and Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI.

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2015   Stanley and Selma Hollander Graduate Fellowship in Studio Art, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

2015   Summer Research Development Fellowship, Michigan State, East Lansing, MI

2014   Summer Research Development Fellowship, Michigan State, East Lansing, MI

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2025 Upcoming: group show in collaboration with 81 Leonard

I Hope your Flowers Bloom, group exhibition, 334 Broome in collaboration with BOB’S, New York, NY

2024 Split Second, duo exhibition with Isaiah Gulino and Yuhan Hu, offsite show in Brooklyn, NY.

The Generations, solo exhibition by Jan Dickey, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. co-curated by Weihui Lu

My Eye is a Mouth, duo exhibition with Kalina Winters and Carl D’Alvia, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

Spitting into the Wind, solo exhibition by Will Douglas, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. co curated with Will Kaplan

Interwoven, group exhibition, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. co-curated by Weihui Lu

2023           Nothing But Trouble, group exhibition, AllStreet, New York, NY. co curated with Kat Ryals

Thresholds, solo exhibition with Janos Cseh, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

In Vertebrate / Out of Joint, duo exhibition with Cristia Covucci and Lauren Clark, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Sit Soft, group exhibition with Hannah Brody, German Enrique, and Keish Prioleau-Martin, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

Labor/Delivery, group exhibition, The Pack Art School in collaboration with BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. curated by Sarah Grass

There is Another Sky, solo exhibition by Isis-Davis Marks, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

Cumming of Age, solo exhibition by Stephanie Hayden, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

Remergencey, solo exhibition by Will Kaplan, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

A Peek Behind the Curtain, group exhibition, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. co-curated by Weihui Lu.

2022 Eating Itself, solo exhibition by Kate Alboreo, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

From the Site of Future Ruins, solo exhibition by Curtis William Frank, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

Placeholder, solo exhibition by James Bertucci, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

Invisible Seeds, solo exhibition by Grace Bromley, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

Pet Cemetery, group exhibition, BOB’S Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. co-curated by Jordan Segal

2019           Terrible Gardens, group exhibition, Brooklyn NY. co-curated by Ryan Davis

2018           Hokey Pokey, group exhibition, Image Gallery, Brooklyn NY.

2016            Commissioned Mural for MSU FCU, East Lansing, MI.

RESIDENCIES

2025 Jentel Foundation, Banner, Wyoming

Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy, Printmaking Residency

2024 Goldey House, Huletts Landing, NY

2022             ChaNorth, Pine Plains, NY, Summer Residency

2018              TESTT Space, Durham, UK, Independent Artist Residency 

2016             Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy, Printmaking Residency

2012              Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy, Printmaking Residency

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

2025 Art Spiel, Jan Dickey, “The Treasure Below Grand”, June 16

Ming Pao (Hong Kong), Lin Qiqing, “The New Generation of Fiber Art”, June 6

This Week In New York, Mark Rifkin,“Golden Threads at the South Street Seaport” May 14

Art Spiel, Yasmeen Abdallah, “The Golden Thread, Part 2”, May 7

2024 Two Coats of Paint, Anna Gregor, “Aggregate: The City as Nature”, Nov. 20

Art Spiel, Will Kaplan, “Aggregate at Studio 9D”, Nov. 18

2023 Shoutout LA, “Meet Sammy Bennett / Artist and Curator”, Sept. 5


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