Samantha (b New York) is a London-based artist, she has a BFA in Fine Art from Oregon State University and recently finished a year with Turps Art School in 2023. Earlier this year, Samantha was selected as one of 26 artists to be part of New Contemporaries 2025 and will be showing with them at South London Gallery and MIMA early in 2026. She is currently showing in the John Moores Painting Prize exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery and was shortlisted for the Cass Art Prize at the Copeland Gallery in October, where she also won the Michael Harding Oil Painting Prize.  Samantha showed twice with curators OHSH Projects recently: in "Pedigree" at The Bottle Factory and last year in “Taste: a taste of the British art scene” with Wönzimer Gallery in Los Angeles. Last year, she was also longlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize and the Beep Painting Prize. Her work has twice been selected for Blue Shop Gallery’s Works on Paper exhibitions and she showed with the gallery in their December group show “When the Curtain Falls” as well as at this year’s London Art Fair.  She is a member of Contemporary British Portrait Painters.