exhibitions
animated (2023)
Ann K Aurbach Photography. Pieces include (R to L)
Supposedly Lonely, Once Upon a Disappointment, Happily Never Again, Fantasy Turned Nightmare, Awakening, Not Hers to Carry, and And They Lived Happily Ever Present
Center of Creative Arts’ Millstone Gallery
Gallery note:
Once upon a time, a young girl was told what she should want. Find a man, want a family, sacrifice, appease, acquiesce, respect, obey, smile.
So… she did. Until she couldn’t. Once she realized her anger was there to protect her all along, she lit the storybook of what her life was supposed to be on fire.
This series follows the nonlinear progression of a queer love story. While many stop at what seems to be Happily Ever After, that is not an option for many of us. We spend years learning to shed the skin that was never ours, only to discover what we were searching for was always within.
LOVE WILL NOT CURE YOU (2021)
In Collaboration with Emily Duggins Ehling’s Evening-length Choreography at the Chapel Venue, “give and take care”
Click button below for Gallery Note (TW: psych abuse)
Photo by Gray Wilde. Pieces include (L to R)
Toxicity, Twin Flame, Love is Not Ownership, Alone Time, Destroy the Evidence, She Thinks She’s Special, and Open Up.
additional CREDITS
in no particular order:
Hit Like a Girl - St. Louis Lady’s Artist Guild’s First Annual Member Showcase- Crack Fox- St. Louis, MO- 2 original pieces selected
Art of Abstraction - Soulard Art Gallery- St. Louis, MO “Abstract” - Award of Merit
Freedom Thru Art - Soulard Art Gallery "Open Up” - Award of Merit
Opposites Attract- Webster Arts, Webster Groves, MO- “Open Up” selected
Belonging- Cross River Art Exhibition - Tech Artista U-City, St. Louis, MO “You Are Not Alone” selected
The Wonderful World of Animals- Soulard Art Gallery “Fish” and “Trap” selected
All the Feels- Art St. Louis, “Ecstasy” selected
Visions of Form and Space - St. Louis Artists Guild “Flow State” selected
…and Everything Stays the Same …The Chapel Venue, St. Louis, MO in collaboration with Emily Duggins-Ehling, original series presented in gallery
Collectors Choice XXII- St. Louis Artists Guild “Dance Partner” selected
Abstract Expressions - Red Bluff Gallery- virtual exhibit- one piece selected
9th Annual Juried Small Works - Main Street Arts- New York- one original portrait selected
How was your yesterday? The Chapel Venue, in collaboration with Emily Duggins-Ehling, original series presented in gallery
Divulge: d’Art’s Second National Exhibition Featuring the Use of Art for Therapy & Mental Health Awareness - d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Two pieces selected, Award of Merit for “What Happened to You”
February Group Art Show - Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO - “Toxicity” selected
Vacancy Gallery at the City Foundry St. Louis, MO seven original pieces selected
All is Haze, All is Dust - The Chapel Venue, in collaboration with Emily Duggins-Ehling, original series presented in gallery
In Memoriam - The Chapel Venue, St. Louis, MO in collaboration with Emily Duggins Ehling, assorted works presented in gallery space
Nudus - Gallerium Virtual Exhibition- “Luscious” selected
Commissions/Paintings for charitable causes:
Resilience Dance Company’s Fundraiser
2024- 2 original paintings donated
Center of Creative Arts
Ballet Ball Fundraiser 2022 and 2023, 3 original paintings donated
COCACabana 2023- donated 3 original paintings to support
Forward Through Ferguson
Collaborative Community Painting for Executive Director’s Farewell party
OTHER:
Prints of Sam’s Artwork currently available at the Novel Neighbor Bookstore
Sam has been a vendor at Tower Grove Farmers Market the past three years and will be again in 2025
Sam has participated in the Cherokee Street Print Bazaar the past 4 years!