exhibitions
2022
2021
2020
2018
2017
2016
2015
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Contemporary British Portrait Painters The Dept Store, Brixton, London
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12 x 12 Show Elephant Room Gallery, Chicago, USA
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Portraits in Isolation Virtual Exhibition, Old Fire station, Oxford
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Perceptions - works by the CBPP The Space, Cass Art, London
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BP Portrait Award National Portrait Gallery, London
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Lynn Painter-Stainers' Award Mall Galleries, London
The Full Picture : Oxford in Portraits Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize Piano Nobile, Kings Place, London
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Mall Galleries, London
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BP Portrait Award National Portrait Gallery, London
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The 248th Summer Exhibition Royal Academy of Art, London
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RBSA Portrait Prize RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
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Society of Women Artists Mall Galleries, London
about
Sam is a figurative artist based in London. She paints in oil on plywood panels and on paper.
Since returning to the UK after a BFA (Hons) in Fine Art from Oregon State University in 1997, Sam also works as a scenic artist, producing art and painting scenery for film, television and theatre.
Sam also takes portrait commissions, mostly of children and teenagers. Her portraits have appeared in many prize and open exhibitions, such as the BP Portrait Award 2016, 2018, the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition and Royal Society of Portrait Painters . In 2017, she was commissioned to paint Dame Valerie Beral for Oxford University as part of their Diversity in Portraiture project and in 2018 she appeared in Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year TV show. She is a member of Contemporary British Portrait Painters.
If you're interested in commissioning a portrait, please get in touch.