Artist's Page

Sam Moyer

Born in Chicago, IL, 1983 

Education
2007 MFA, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2005 BFA, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC 

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

One-Person Exhibitions

2024
Sam Moyer: Ferns Teeth, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York

2023
Circle of Confusion, BLUM, Los Angeles, CA
Memory Mine, The Jule Collins Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

2022
Relief, Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium

2021
Good Friend, Kayne Griffin, Los Angeles, CA
Tone, Sean Kelly, New York, NY

2020
Sam Moyer: Doors for Doris, Public Art Fund, Doris C. Freedman Plaza, New York, NY

2019
ADAA: The Art Show, Sean Kelly, New York, NY
Flowers, Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles, CA 
Naked as the Glass, Sean Kelly, New York, NY 

2018
Sam Moyer: Many Moons, Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium 

2017
WIDE WAKE, Sean Kelly, New York, NY
Brick Window, 56 Henry Gallery, New York, NY 
MGM, JOAN Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 

2016 
Souper Moon, Evening Hours, New York, NY

2015
Slowly, Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium

2014
More Weight, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Sam Moyer, M Building, NADA Miami Beach, Miami, FL 

2013
Sam Moyer, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium 

2012
Sam Moyer, Société, Berlin, Germany 
Slack Tide, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

2011 
Washed Up and Bleached Out, with Jess Fuller, Galerie Tom Christofferson, Copenhagen, Denmark 

2010
Ghost Tide, Société, Berlin, Germany 
Shapeshifters, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY 

2009 
In the Offing, Société, Berlin, Germany

2008 
Night Moves, Cleopatra’s, Brooklyn, NY

Group Exhibitions

2024 
Friends of the Pod, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY

2023
Artists Choose Parrish, Part 1, Parrish Art Museum, Watermill, New York, NY
A Summer Arrangement: Object & Thing at LongHouse, LongHouse Gallery, East Hampton, New York, NY 
No Title, Chapter NY, New York, NY, New York, NY 

2022 
Ninth Street and Beyond: 70 Years of Women in Abstraction, Hunter Dunbar, New York, NY 
No Forms, Hill Art Foundation, New York, NY
Sculpture in the Garden, Landcraft Art Foundation, Mattituck, New York, NY
Sam Moyer & Eddie Martinez, South Etna Montauk Foundation, Montauk, New York, NY 

2021
Elemental, Virtual Exhibition, Hill Art Foundation, New York, NY
Light Stone & String, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, New York, NY
Wire Frame, Hill Art Foundation, New York, NY
Shapes, Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY
Shrubs, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2020
100 Drawings from Now, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Artists for New York, NY, Hauser + Wirth, New York, NY 
Sam Moyer & Eddie Martinez: Arthur, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
Sculpture, Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles, CA 

2019 
Creatures of Difference, Von Bartha, S-chanf, Switzerland 
Glass Age, Helena Anrather, New York, NY 
Hiato, SIM Galeria São Paulo, Brazil
Summer project at Knokke, Organized by Rodolphe Janssen, Cap Horn, Knokke-Heist, Belgium 
Unterschiedswesen, Von Bartha, Basel, Switzerland 

2018
Adam McEwen Selects: Exhibition and Sale to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Gladstone, New York, NY 
Davide Balula, Kendell Geers, Thomas Lerooy, Sam Moyer, Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium 
EDIFICE, COMPLEX, VISIONARY, STRUCTURE, Sean Kelly, New York, NY
Inherent Structure, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Painting/Object: Sarah Crowner, N. Dash, Sam Moyer, Julia Rommel, Erin Shirreff, Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY
Relics: Nikita Gale, Tony Matelli, Sam Moyer, Ceysson & Bénétière, Paris, France
The Surface of The East Coast: Différance, Ceysson & Benetiere, New York, NY 

2017
Crooked Bazaar, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico 
Drawing Island, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY
New Ruins, American University, Washington, DC 
Selected, Sean Kelly, New York, NY 

2016
Gallery Artist Group Show, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY Good Dreams, Bad Dreams - American Mythologies, Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon 
Puff Pieces, curated by Feelings, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY 

2015
A Peg to Hang It On, White Flag Projects, Saint Louis, MI
ASSISTED, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL 
Freedom Culture, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Object Painting – Painting Object, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, UK 
Space and Matter, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY 

2014
Blackout, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium 
De Generation of Painting, Fondazione 107, Torino, Italy 
East Side to the West Side, Brennan & Griffin, James Fuentes, Rachel Uffner, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY 
MAXIMALISM, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
NEXT, Arsenal Contemporary Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
Painting Made Different: Fabian Marcaccio, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS 
Reductive Minimalism: Women Artists in Dialogue 1960-2014, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Sam Moyer and Eddie Martinez, sophiajacob, Baltimore, MD
tc: temporary contemporary, Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL 
The Last Brucennial, 837 Washington Street, New York, NY
Thread Lines, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
t,o,u,c,h,i,n,g, Robert Blumenthal Gallery, New York, NY 

2013
abstract thinking - using a hammer and sea-staring is OK, OSL Contemporary, Oslo, Norway 
Contemporary Future, CAB Art Center, Brussels, Belgium 
Culm, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Double Hamburger Deluxe, Marlborough Gallery Chelsea, New York, NY
Equilibrium, Ritter/Zamet, London, UK
Garage Show, JTT and Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Jew York, UNTITLED and Zach Feuer, New York, NY
Jürgen Drescher & Sam Moyer, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
LAT. 41° 7’ N., LONG. 72° 19’ W, Martos Gallery, East Marion, New York, NY
Midori Mambo Black Russian, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, New York, NY
One From None, Autocenter Space For Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Painting in Place, Los Angeles Nomadic Division, Farmers and Merchants Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Phantom Sun, Bugada & Cargnel, Paris, France
Static & Scrim, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Tactility, Nils Staerk, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Magnificent Obsession, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy
Where Did She Go? Stockholm Music & Arts Festival, Stockholm, Sweden 
Work, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
XSTRACTION, The Hole, New York, NY 

2012 
Dark Garnaal, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Summer Project, Villa Knokke, Knokke Heist, Belgium 
Home Again, Again, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Inter ruption, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Material Occupation, University of Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY 
Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, New York, NY
Textility, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
The Space in Between, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA 

2011 
Back Room, Untitled, New York, NY
BNA: From Brooklyn to Nashville, ZieherSmith Pop-up Gallery, Nashville, TN 
Domestic Goods, curated by Ryan Wallace, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY 
Exhibition of work from the Permanent Collection, MAGA Museum, Gallarate, Italy
I don’t know if it makes any sense – I feel quite dizzy and a little drunk due to the blow, will return with more info shortly..., IMO, Copenhagen, Denmark
Indeterminate Activity, Nicelle Beauchene, New York, NY
Intersection of Commercial St, Franklin Ave and Dupont St, Brooklyn, NY
New Perspectives, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
One Dozen Paintings, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Painting Expanded, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Street Trash, organized by James Campbell, Sadie Laska, and Virginia Overton, The Hole, New York, NY
The Idea of the Thing That It Isn’t, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY

2010 
/(Lean), Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Big Apple, Clifton/Benevento Gallery, New York, NY 
Greater New York, NY, MoMA P.S.1, Queens, New York, NY
Salad Days, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Skins, OHWOW, Miami, FL
Total Recall, Public Art Fund, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 
Transfer Function, ZieherSmith Gallery, New York, NY 

2009 
Between Spaces, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY 
Between the Lip and the Cup, V&A Gallery, New York, NY 
Brooklyn Queens, The Hjotnal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Front Room Gallery, St. Louis Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO 
Gruppenausstellung, Auto Center, Berlin, Germany
If the Dogs are Barking, Artists Space, New York, NY
The Longest Train I Ever Saw, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY 

2008 
Bring Me Back a T-Shirt, V&A Gallery, New York, NY
Dark Fair, Picture Box Inc., Swiss Institute, New York, NY 
Glass Houses, Werkstatte Gallery, New York, NY
Milwaukee International, ZieherSmith Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 
This is Boston Not L.A., Lamontagne Gallery, Boston, MA 

2007 
Alumni Juried Exhibition, Recent Graduates: 2002–2006, Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC 
Coercive Atmospherics, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY 
Fractured in Aspect, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Inside/Outside, G.A.S.P., Boston, MA
Sculpture Thesis Exhibition, Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, CT 

2006 
Banal Aesthetics, Gotov Gallery, CSU Long Beach, CA
Notes From the Underground: What’s Up With Yale, Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada 
Under the Fort, Rhyz Gallery, Boston, MA 

2005 
Nocturnal Emissions, Curator’s Office, Washington, DC 
Thesis Show, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 

2004 
Juried Undergraduate Sculpture Show, Cubicle 10, Baltimore, MD 
Lovers and Thieves, NYSP, New York, NY

Public Projects and Commissions

2020
Doors for Doris, Installation commissioned by Public Art Fund, Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, New York, NY 

2016 
Fishers Hinge, The Light House Works, Fishers Island, New York, NY 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Catalogues

2023
Greenidge, Kaitlin, Scout Hutchinson, Renaud Proch, and Ross Simonini. Sam Moyer. New York: Rizzoli Publications, 2023.

2016
Alemani, Cecilia and Massimiliano Gioni. Good Dreams, Bad Dreams – American Mythologies: Selections from the Tony and Elham Salamé Collection. New York: Skira, 2016. 
Chen, Howie. Sam Moyer: Stoneworks. Brussels: Triangle Books, 2016.

2012
Fry, Naomi and Sam Moyer. Dyes. New York: Rachel Uffner Gallery and PictureBox, 2012.

Selected Articles and Reviews

2024
Kazanjian, Dodie. "Double Act." Vogue (Summer 2024): 102–107.

2023
"14 ‘CULTURED’ Young Artist Alums Weigh In on What Their Careers Have Taught Them So Far." Culturedmag.com, November 24, 2023.
Bush, Annie. "Blum Gallery | Tom Anholt, Simphiwe Ndzube, and Sam Moyer." Flaunt.com, November 9, 2023.

2022
Small, Zachary. “Does public art have an afterlife?” New York Times, July 11, 2022.”
Tauer, Kristen. “Eddie Martinez and Sam Moyer Bring Their Work Together Out East.” WWD.com, July 8, 2022.
Urist, Jacoba. “Artists Eddie Martinez and Sam Moyer Reveal Their Two-Person Exhibition in Montauk.” CulturedMag.com, July 2, 2022.

2021
“Ten Works Over $50k on Frieze Viewing Room.” Frieze, May 20, 2022.
Lawrence, Nora. “Nora Lawrence’s Top Five Works from Frieze Viewing Room.” Frieze, May 18, 2022
Behringer, David. “Painting With Stone: Sam Moyer at Sean Kelly Gallery.” Design Milk. April 27, 2021.
Binlot, Ann. “Artist Sam Moyer creates a personal narrative in abstraction.” Document. April 22, 2021. 
Colón, Beatriz. “BEFORE SUMMER ENDS, SEE THESE FIVE TEMPORARY ART INSTALLATIONS IN NEW YORK.” Cultured. July 20, 2021. 
Editors. “Visiting NYC in the Spring & Summer of 2021 – Public Art Edition.” The Jewish Voice. May 2021. 
“Sam Moyer at Sean Kelly Gallery.” emergent magazine
Scott, Andrea K. “Goings About Town – Sam Moyer.” The New Yorker, April 2021.
Selvin, Claire. “As Indoor Spaces Face Restrictions, Public Art Plays a Vital Role in Pandemic-Era New York.” ARTnews, February 12, 2021. 
Williamson, Caroline. “2021 Year in Review: Unframed.” Design Milk, December 21, 2021.

2020
Angeleti, Gabriella and Margaret Carrigan. “Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend.” The Art Newspaper, September 25, 2020.
Cochran, Sam. “Artist Sam Moyer Unveils a Monumental Stone Work in Central Park.” Architectural Digest, August 5, 2020. 
Mishkin, Mike. “A New Public Art Exhibit Outside Central Park.” I Love the Upper West Side, September 17, 2020. 
Small, Rachel. “SAM MOYER.” TheGuide.Art, October 2020. 
Wachs, Audrey. “With many museums closed, New York City invites residents to admire art outside.” The Architect’s Newspaper, August 3, 2020. 
Weaver, Shaye. “These massive mosaic sculptures are now standing just outside Central Park.” Time Out New York, September 16, 2020.
Wu, Justin. “10 New Public Art Installations in NYC October 2020.” Untapped New York, October 1, 2020.

2018
Angeleti, Gabriella. “Angel Otero shares his top picks from Frieze New York,” The Art Newspaper, May 3, 2018.
Berg, Allison. “5 Hamptons Art Galleries to Visit Right Now,” Hamptons Magazine, June 6, 2018.
Cascone, Sarah. “Editors’ Picks: 19 Things to See in New York This Week,” ArtNet News, April 23, 2018.
Chamberlain, Colby, “Sam Moyer | Sean Kelly Gallery,” Artforum, Online, January 3, 2018.
Gilson, Nancy, “Wexner Center Exhibit: ‘Inherent Structure’ stretches the conventional view of a painting,” The Columbus Dispatch, June 17, 2018. 
Quarles, Karen. “Acquired Taste,” Bal Harbour, Fall 2018.
Smith, Roberta. “12 Galleries to Visit Now in Chelsea,” New York Times, April 26, 2018.
Sussman, Anna Louie. “What Sold at Art Basel in Hong Kong,” Artsy, March 31, 2018. 
Twersky, Carolyn. “Five Artists Pay Tribute to the Late Ellsworth Kelly,” The Cut, February 20, 2018.

2017
“12 Must-See Winter Gallery Exhibitions in New York City,” Galerie Magazine, November 10, 2017.
“30 Artists and Galleries We Loved During New York Art Week 2017,” Sight Unseen, March 2017.
“AO On-Site New York: The Armory Show March 1 – 5,” Art Observed, March 2, 2017.
Benai, Yamina. “Art Basel Miami Beach, the choices of Cédric Morisset.” L’Officiel, September 12, 2017.
Cochran, Sam. “The Perfect Fall Weekend in NYC,” Architectural Digest, November 2, 2017.
Duguid, Rosalind. “5 Questions with Sam Moyer,” Elephant Magazine, November 13, 2017.
Editors, “The Twenty Five: Shape Shifter,” Cultured, Fall 2017.
Editors, “Some Things T Editors Like Right Now,” T Magazine, October 27, 2017.
Editors. “‘Wide Wake’ by Sam Moyer at Sean Kelly, New York,” Blouin Art Info, November 9, 2017.
Editors, “Rock Solid,” Cultured, Newsletter, November 10, 2017. 
Gottschalk, Molly. “What Sold at Art Brussels,” Artsy, April 24, 2017. 
Hart, Joseph. “Sam Moyer – Episode 20,” Deep Color Podcast, May 29, 2017. 
Kotz, Genevieve, “NYC Gallery Scene – Highlights Through October 29, 2017,” Hamptons Art Hub, October 24, 2017. 
Petzold, Dirk. “Artist Sam Moyer Exhibition at Sean Kelly Gallery in New York,” We and the Color, November 2017. 
Saltz, Jerry. “The Art World Needs a Jolt. The Electricity is Coming From Some Surprising Places”, Vulture, June 29, 2017. 
Smallwood, Christine. “Why Are So Many Artists Making Work That Lies on the Floor,” The New York Times Style Magazine, August 16, 2017.

2016
Durón, Maximilíano. “Preview Art Basel Miami Beach 2016, Part 1,” Art News, November 29, 2016.
Freeman, Nate. “Sam Moyer Joins Sean Kelly Gallery in New York, Leaving Rachel Uffner,” Art News, September 30, 2016.
“From Rachel Uffner Gallery to Sean Kelly Gallery,” Art Media Agency, October 7, 2016. 
Hagon, Edwina. “Warm Heart, Cool Touch,” RUUSH Magazine, May 6, 2016. 
Herriman, Kat. “How Five New York Artist Couples Share Space,” The New York Times Style Magazine, February 11, 2016. 
Herriman, Kat. “Sam Moyer: 30 Under 35,” Cultured, November 2016. 

2015
Cristello, Stephanie. “Assisted//Kavi Gupta Gallery,” The Seen, November 14, 2015. 
de Gunzburg, Laura. “The Season in Art,” Cultured, April/May 2015. 
Kmesurov, Monica. “Slowly by Sam Moyer at Galerie Rodolphe Jansen,” Sight Unseen, June 22, 2015.
Mills, Katelynn. “Freedom Culture at the Journal Gallery,” Art Critical, July 14, 2015.
Ruiz, Matthew Ismael. “Calling Out of Context,” Suited, October 2015.

2014
Anderson, Charlotte and David Bazner. “10 GQ-Approved Artists You Should Know at Art Basel Miami: Sam Moyer,” GQ, December 2, 2014.
Bacon, Alex. “In Conversation: Sam Moyer with Alex Bacon,” Brooklyn Rail, June 5, 2014.
Bogart, Aaron. “Sam Moyer,” Frieze, August 12, 2014.
Considine, Austin. “Sam Moyer, Rachel Uffner,” Art in America, September 1, 2014.
Gopnik, Blake. “The Daily Pic: Blake Gopnik's Latest Sightings,” Blouin Artinfo, May 22, 2014.
Indrisek, Scott. “5 Must-See Gallery Shows: Birdie Lusch, Mark Hagen, and More,” Blouin Artinfo, June 2014.
Russeth, Andrew. “All the Marbles: Sam Moyer on Her Show at Rachel Uffner Gallery,” Observer, May 7, 2014.
Russeth, Andrew. “Five Artists to Watch,” Gallerist, May 7, 2014.
Saltz, Jerry. “4 Art Shows From 2014 That I Can’t Forget,” Vulture, December 30, 2014.
“Sam Moyer, Karla Black, and Douglas Wheeler,” Rachel Uffner, May 2014.
“Sam Moyer. More Weight,” Wall Street International, May 6, 2014.
Smith, Roberta. “Sam Moyer: 'More Weight,” The New York Times, May 22, 2014.

2013
“The Top Artists Under 35 in 2014,” Artsy, December 23, 2014. 2013
Carmichael, Elisa. “25 Artists to Watch in 2013,” Complex, January 2, 2013.
Murphy, Olivia. “Sam Moyer Studio Visit,” Post New, February 2013.

 2012
Adler, Alexander. “Void Filled: ‘…’ At the Hole,” Huffington Post, January 5, 2012
Fry, Naomi. “Hanging Out with Sam,” Rachel Uffner Gallery, 2012.
Heinrich, Will. “Out of the Woods,” House Beautiful, May 2012.
Indrisek, Scott. “True Grit,” Modern Painters, March 8, 2012.
“L.E.S. Shows Not to Miss During Armory Week,” Modern Painters Daily, March 8, 2012.
Johnson, Ken. “Sam Moyer,” The New York Times, Mach 8, 2012.
McQuaid, Cate. “Galleries around Boston: 'The Space Between' and beyond,” Boston Globe, July 24, 2012.
Mizota, Sharon. “'Interruption' unites Minimalism, punk at Michael Kohn,” Los Angeles Times, August 16, 2012.
“Sam Moyer at Rachel Uffner Gallery,” The Painted Word, March 24, 2012.
“Sam Moyer Listings, Goings on About Town,” The New Yorker, March 2012.
Varner, Austin. “The Next Wave,” House Beautiful, May 2012.

2011
Finn, Bridget. “Sam Moyer,” The Journal, 2011.
Kunin, Aaron. “The Collected Lies of AK & All Sizes Fit One (For Peter),” Triple Canopy, 2011.
Mattera, Joanne. “Affinities: Fiber and Wax,” Surface Design, Winter 2011.

 

2010
"Art-Sam Moyer-Brooklyn, NY," JAAMMJ, September 01, 2010.
Barni, Selva. "Greater New York," Vogue (Italy), May 24, 2010.
“Critics’ Picks: The Best of, Best in Textiles,” Time Out New York, January 21, 2010
Gartenfeld, Alex. “Sam Moyer Pulls the Rug Out,” Art in America, January 9, 2010.
“Goings On About Town: Sam Moyer,” New Yorker, February 1, 2010.
Goldstein, Richard J. "Greater New York Roundtable: Franklin Evans and Sam Moyer," Bomblog, September 7, 2010
“Sam Moyer at Max Hans Daniel,” Contemporary Art Daily, September 17, 2010.
Vogel, Carol. “Futuristic Public Art,” New York Times, October 15, 2010.

 

2009
Frisworld, Paul. “Bliss and Pieces,” Riverfront Times, June 25, 2009.

2008
Cook, Greg. “I Wanna Rock,” The Boston Phoenix, December 12, 2008.
Gartenfeld, Alex. “Critics’ Picks,” Artforum, August 12, 2008.
“Memento Mori,” Men.Style.com, August 6, 2008.
“This is Art,” Nylon Magazine, August 1, 2008.

2007
Cotter, Holland. “Fractured in Aspect,” New York Times, August 2007.

Museum and Public Collections

Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
Davis Museum of Art @ Wellesley College, New York, NY
Espacio 1414 | The Berezdivin Collection, San Juan, Puerto Rico
FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Leeds Art Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, France
Moody Gallery at Rice University, Houston, TX
Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Pizzuti Collection, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
The UBS Collection, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

 

 

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