Born in 1973, Ann Arbor, MI. Lives in Los Angeles, CA.
EDUCATION
2009 MFA, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
1995 BFA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX (forthcoming)
2022
Guts, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Samara Golden: Upstairs at Steve's, Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2016
A Trap in Soft Division, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2015
A Fall of Corners, CANADA, New York, NY
Always smile at the mask of hate for it covers a sad face, Frieze Projects, New York, NY
2014
The Flat Side of the Knife, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
Mass Murder, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Brinkman / Golden, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2012
Bad Brains, Night Gallery at Frieze Frame, New York, NY
2011
Rape of the Mirror, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Busts: My Personal Winter, Workspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009
There’s more but it’s invisible, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
Penumbra II, Ferenbalm Gurbru Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
2005
Sugar, (collaboration w/ Reynold Reynold and Patrick Jolley), Roebling Hall, New York and Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Material World, curated by Gina Beavers, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Strange Reality, curated by Mario Vasquez and organized by AMP Gallery Director Curtis Stage, AMP Art Gallery at Los Angeles Mission College, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Dreamhome, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2021
The Thick Stream, CANADA, New York, NY
2020
Majeure Force, Part One & Part Two, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Extreme Present, Organized by Deitch and Gagosian, Moore Building, Miami, FL
Psyche and Politics, Staadliche Kunsthalle Baden Baden, Germany
2018
Pine Barrens, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
2017
The Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
A Break with Dolphins, organized by Artsy Projetcs, The Beach Club, Miami, FL
2016
Overpop, YUZ Museum, Shanghai, China (Adaptation of The Flat Side of the Knife, originally shown at MoMA PS1)
Puff Pieces, curated by Feelings, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Please Have Enough Acid In The Dish!, organized by Vinny Dotolo, M+B, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Between Discovery and Invention: 20 Years of Collecting, Zabludowicz Collection, London, United Kingdom (Adaptation of Bad Brains, originally shown at Frieze New York 2012)
2014
Grey skies and sunny dispositions, organized by The Ister, Castillo/Corrales, Paris, France
Golden State, curator Drew Heitzler, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
Made in L.A., The Hammer Museum, curators Connie Butler and Michael Ned Holte, Los Angeles, CA
There is nothing personal of yours to exhibit, Galerie Crèvecoeur, Paris, France
Mondays, et al., curator Keith J. Varadi, Chin’s Push, Los Angeles, CA
Wrong’s What I Do Best, curators Hesse McGraw and Aaron Spangler, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
CHERUB, 2nd Cannon, curators Andrew Berardini and Brian Kennon, Los Angeles, CA
The Last Brucennial, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
2013
Room To Live: Recent Acquisitions and Works from the Collection, Curator Bennett Simpson, MOCA (Grand Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Truck Baby, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Endless Bummer II / Still Bummin’, curators Jan Tumlir and Drew Heitzler, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
Nevermore, On Steller Rays, New York, NY
Set Pieces, Curators Andrew Berardini and Lauren Mackler, Cardi Black Box, Milan, Italy
2012
Treating Shadows As Real Things, Curator Public Fiction, ARTISSIMA Lido, Church of the Holy Shroud, Turin, Italy
Modern Painters (w/ Davida Nemeroff), Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
Lick It Into Shape, Curator Marcus Herse, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University Orange County, CA
Dirty Funk, Curator Mark A. Rodriguez, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Hot Tub Time Machine, CANADA Gallery, New York, NY
Sweet Distemper, Curator Isaac Lyles, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2011
The Eternal Telethon, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
My House is Your House, Curator Molly Larkey, Statler Waldorf, Los Angeles, CA
Two Fold, Curator Colleen Asper, The Suburban, Chicago, IL
Fancy Finger, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
taff Curated Video Show, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
The Dependent, (w/ Silvershed), Sheraton Hotel, New York, NY
Collective Show (w/ Night Gallery), Human Resources L.A., Los Angeles, CA
2010
Cut/Paste: Collage as Methodology in Video Art, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Indistinct Seeing: Artists from Berlin and Los Angeles, Curator Sonja Gerdes,
Infernoesque, Berlin, Germany
An Immaterial Survey of Our Peers, Sullivan Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Samara Golden, Dave Miko, Kaari Upson, curator Mieke Marple, 1144 11th St, Los Angeles, CA
2009
H.T.A.D.I.T.F. Curator Per Billgren, 25CPW, New York, NY
Beyond Process, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
Cutting Edge Framing, 11 NE 39th St, Miami, FL
Evading Customs, Brown Gallery, London, United Kingdom (PDF Catalogue)
Whitney’s Biennial, (Curated by Whitney), Cream Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Borderline Pleasure, Galerie Michael Jensen, Berlin, Germany
In Practice / Winter 2009, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
2008
First Impressions, Video screening at NADA office, New York, NY
2005
Meme: Romanticism (Sugar), Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
SUGAR Screenings, feature length film collaboration between Reynold Reynolds, Patrick Jolley and Golden
2005-9
Festival Bologna, Mar del Plata Independent Film Festival, Argentina, Lisbon Film
Festival, Dublin Film Festival, Dubai Film Festival, Gijon Film Festival, Edinburgh Film
Festival, Split Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, New York Underground Film Festival, Sundance International Film Festival
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2015
Los Angeles Artist Prize, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Morty Frank Award, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
USC Travel Residency with Andrea Zittel and James Trainer, USC Roski School of Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA.
2008
Joan Sovern Sculpture Award, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
Viar Merit Fellowship, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
2007
Digital Media Fellowship, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
Samara Golden: The Flat Side of the Knife, 2015. Published by MoMA PS1, New York, NY. Edited by Mia Locks with foreword by Klaus Biesenbach. Text by Mia Locks, Samara Golden, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, CA
Zabludowicz Collection, London, United Kingdom
YUZ Collection, Shanghai, China
ARTIST LECTURES
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
The Box, “Anatomy of Subversion”, panel discussion Hosted by Donatien Grau, with Paul McCarthy, Sylvere Lotringer, Samara Golden, Barbara T. Smith, Karri Upson, Jeffery Spier, Vanessa Place and Judith Bernstein, Los Angeles, CA
Chapman University, Orange, CA
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
California Institute of Arts, Valencia, CA
California State University, Long Beach, CA
Claremont College, Claremont, CA
Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
Hauser and Wirth, exhibition walkthrough of Mike Kelly: Kandors 1999-2011, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art (Grand Avenue), Los Angeles, CA
Otis College of Art and Design, Venice, CA
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
University of California, Davis, CA
University of California, Irvine, CA
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
University of California, Riverside, CA
University of California, San Diego, CA
University of Southern California, Roski School of Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
Lucy Rees, “Creative Mind: Samara Golden,” Galerie, March 10
2022
Jacqui Palumbo, “This artist is exhibiting a nightmarish display of intestines around the world,” CNN Style, December 8
Julia Halperin, “5 Must-See Booths at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022, From a Fully Functioning Casino to a Gutsy Presentation by a Rising Star,” December 1 Brian P. Kelly, “Art Basel Miami Beach Plays it Safe in the Sun,” The Wall Street Journal, November 30
Andrew Berardini, "Samara Golden," Artforum, May
Michael Slenske, "Moving Pictures," Los Angeles Magazine, March
Jody Zellen, "Pick of the Week: Samara Golden at Night Gallery," What's on Los Angeles, February 24
Jonathan Griffin, "Top Shows to See During Frieze Week Los Angeles," Frieze, February 17
Jennifer Piejko, " Los Angeles: seven must-see shows on view now," Art Basel Stories, February 15
Maximilíano Durón, "Why L.A.'s Night Gallery Double Down on Its Hometown," ARTnews, February 15
Michael Slenske, "Samara Golden Delivers a Hard-Hitting Installation at Night Gallery’s Sprawling New Space," Galerie Magazine, February 7
Christoper Knight, "Review: L.A. gallery-going during Omicron isn’t optimal but offers excellent art along the way," Los Angeles Times, February 3
Jori Finkel, "Samara Golden Is Spilling Her 'Guts', The New York Times, January 21
2021
Elizabeth Buhe, "Samara Golden: Upstairs at Steve’s,” Brooklyn Rail, February 21
Olivia Jia, Hyperallergic, "Samara Golden's Memento Give Shape to Grief, February
2020
Thomas Hine, "This new Philly art exhibit is a grand illusion, showing a world turned upside down.,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 20
Nina Azzarello, "Samara Golden Sets Optically-warping, Post-disaster Seaside Scene in a
Philadelphia Museum," Designboom, September 9
Helen Homes, "The 11 Must-See Art Exhibitions of Fall 2020," Observer, September 1
2017
“2017 Whitney Biennial”, The New Yorker, April 24
Ariella Budick, “Whitney Biennial, New York - a bracing sense of purpose”, Financial Times, March 21
Roberta Smith, “Why The Whitney’s Humanist, Pro-Diversity Biennial Is a Revelation”, The New York Times, March 16
Tess Thackara, “The Whitney Biennial is a Pitch-Perfect Survey of Art Today”, Artsy, March 14
Ben Davis, “The Whitney Nails a Balancing-Act Biennial”, ArtNet News, March 14
Benjamin Sutton, “An Omnivorous Tour of the 2017 Whitney Biennial”, Hyperallergic, March 13
Diane Solway, “An Early Look at the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Arriving in Time to Tackle
America’s Turmoil”, W Magazine, March 13
Jerry Saltz, “The New Whitney Biennial is the most political in decades”, Vulture, March 13
Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal, interview, Art Los Angeles Reader, January
2016
Robin Pogrebin, “Here Comes the Whitney Biennial, Reflecting the Tumult of the Times”, The New York Times, Nov 17
Katherine McMahon, “L.A. Habitat Series: Samara Golden”, ArtNews, June
Elaine Tan, “Samara Golden: The Portal of the Sixth Dimensions”, Art World Magazine, June
Editors of AUTRE, “Samara Golden ‘A Trap in Soft Division’ at The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco”, AUTRE (online), March 28
Robin Pogrebin, “Philadelphia Museum of Art Finally Gets a Hopper...”, The New York Times - Inside Art, Preview, Feb 25
Alara Kap, “Feature: Upsidown - Samara Golden”, Based Istanbul Magazine, April
Sami Emory, “Artist Builds 18 Upside Down Rooms into a Gallery's Ceiling”, Vice Magazine /
Creators Project, Mar 22
Catherine Damman, “Samara Golden”, Artforum Critic's Pick, May
Jo-ey Tang, “Samara Golden Yerba Buena Center for the Arts”, Flash Art, May 17
Michael Slenske, “A room with a view: Samara Golden's installations in San Francisco”, Wallpaper, March 16
Emily Spivack, “An Artist Fascinated By The Art of Magic”, T Magazine, May 24
2015
Seph Rodney, “The Eerie Abandoned Dreams of Samara Golden”, Hyperallergic, Oct 23
Editors of Art in America, “Samara Golden, The Look Out”, Art in America, Oct 15
“Samara Golden”, The New Yorker, Sept 29
Ken Johnson, “Samara Golden’s New Point of View in ‘A Fall of Corners’”, The New York Times, Oct 8
Cat Kron, “Openings: Samara Golden”, Artforum, September
Kristin Lucas, BOMB Magazine (print), “Artists on Artists: Kristin Lucas on Samara Golden”, Spring
Dorothée Dupuis, “Portrait: Samara Golden”, Spike Magazine, February
2014
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, “Best Exhibitions of 2014,” Artforum, December
Karl Haendel, Blouin Art Info, “Artistsʼ Choice: The Best Shows of 2014”, Part II, December
Ken Johnson, “A Profusion of Enlightenment,” The New York Times, Dec 25
Jonathan Griffin, “Highlights 2014,” frieze online, Dec 19
Alexandra Pechman, “Reflections of Samara Golden,” W online, Oct 27
Thomas Lawson, “Made in L.A. 2014,” Artforum, Oct
Andrew Berardini, East of Borneo, “Artists at Work: Samara Golden,” Oct 7
Hunter Drohojowska-Philip, KCRW online and radio, “Made in L.A.,” July 2
Keith J. Varadi, Prism of Reality, “Samara Golden,” July
Michael Herron, L.A. Confidential, “The Hammer Debuts ‘Made in L.A.’,” June
Christina Catherine Martinez, ArtSlant Los Angeles, “Me and You and Everyone We Kind of Know: Made in L.A. 2014,” June
Yasmine Mohseni, Artnet News online, “Hammer Museum’s ‘Made in L.A.’ Biennial Lacks Focus,” June 18
Heather Harmon, W Magazine, “Samara Golden,” June
Jonathan Griffin, Frieze, “In focus: Samara Golden,” Issue 162, April
Jennifer S. Li, Art in America, “Samara Golden,” April
Eli Diner, Artforum, “Samara Golden,” April
Patrick Steffen, Flash Art, “Samara Golden,” March
2013
Vera Neykov, Interview Magazine, “In The Golden Room,” Oct 7
The Hollywood Reporter (online), “THR Art Issue: Top 10 L.A. Artists Coveted by Hollywood,” Nov 4
Kyle Fitzpatrick, LA I’m yours (online), “Curators Andrew Berardini & Lauren Mackler Take Set Pieces to Milan,” Feb 12
2012
Andrew Berardini, Mousse Magazine, “Through the Looking Glass: Samara Golden,” Issue#35
Paul Soto, Art in America, “Samara Golden and Davida Nemeroff Face the Press,” Sept
Alex Allenchy, Modern Painters, “Filming in 6 Dimensions, Samara Golden and Davida Nemeroff Reflect,” Sept
Ben Davis, ARTINFO, “Frieze New York Ices the Competition with its first edition on Randall’s Island”, May 4
Anne Martens, Flash Art, “Reviews: Samara Golden,” Vol. XLV No. 282, Jan/Feb
2011
Tyler Coburn, ArtReview, “Looking Back: Looking Forward 3,” Dec
Kate Wolf, Artslant “How Deep is the Ocean”, review of Rape of the Mirror, Nov 15
Carol Cheh, LA Weekly, “Samara Golden’s Rape of the Mirrror Transforms Night Gallery into the ‘Sixth Dimension’ with a Jacuzzi” Nov 22
Carol Cheh, LA Weekly, “Night at the Chateau,” Oct 15
2009
Chloe Grey, Rhizome.org, Interview with Samara Golden, June
Lori Cole, Artforum, “In Practice, Critics’ Picks”, March
Andrew Goldstein, New York Magazine, “Artist Samara Golden Redecorates the Batcave”, Jan 15
2005
Robert Koehler, Variety Magazine, “Sugar” review, Feb 8
Ken Johnson, New York Times, “Sugar: Art in Review,” Dec 28
Scott Macaulay, Filmmaker Magazine, “Sugar” review, Dec 23