About Samuel
Artist Statement
I am a self-taught abstract artist based in San Diego, whose large-scale works investigate the conceptual and material dimensions of paradox. By working on unprimed canvas, I leverage the inherent unpredictability of the medium to explore the tensions between structure and spontaneity, control and disorder. My compositions integrate gestural dynamism with calculated restraint, employing layered textures, chromatic contrasts, and fluid mark-making to construct complex visual dialogues that challenge conventional perception.
My practice is deeply informed by both personal and environmental influences, engaging with themes of transformation, duality, and liminality. The interplay between chaos and order, motion and stasis, presence and absence manifests through my manipulation of materiality and process-driven exploration. My forthcoming solo exhibition will present a collection of large-scale abstract works that interrogate these contradictions, offering viewers a space to experience and interpret visual paradoxes.
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Solo Exhibitions
salt_rinsed, JW Marriott Dawn Beach, Oyster Bay, St. Maarten, 2026
unprimed, Gloria Delson Contemporary Art, 2025
unprimed, International Art Museum of America, Lightroom Space, San Francisco, CA, 2024
Group Exhibitions
Voltage of Hope, The Pop-Up Project, Mica Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 2026
unprimed (Guest Artist), Sandstone Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, 2025
Boundless, Gloria Delson Contemporary Art, 2024
Welcome Back, ASTO Gallery, 2024
Mixed Up, Ashton Gallery, 2024
Abstract Exhibition, Covet Gallery, 2024
57th Annual Newport Beach Art Exhibition, Newport Beach, CA, 2024
Alphabet Soup, Blue Line Arts, 2024
The Power of Visibility: Boldness in LGBTQ+ Art, Long Beach Creative Group, Long Beach, CA, 2024
Summer Fun, Gallery of Hermosa Beach, Hermosa Beach, CA, 2024
Proud+, The Studio Door, 2024
BlackOut, Ashton Gallery, 2023
Juried Exhibition, realART, 2022
Solidarity, Art On 30th, 2022
BlackOut, Art On 30th, 2022
Summertime, Art On 30th, 2021
Celebration, Art On 30th, 2021
Tuxedo, Art On 30th, 2021
#obsessed, Art On 30th, 2021
Recognition
Honorable Mention, Dandelion, 2023
Honorable Mention, Celebration, Art On 30th, 2021
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