Justin Samson

Justin Samson è nato nel 1979 a Milford (Connecticut) e vive e lavora a New York. Nel 2003 consegue la laurea in Fine Arts presso la School of Visual Arts di New York.

Le sue opere di risentono l’influenza della cultura pop, dell’arte underground degli anni Ottanta e del movimento punk: la cultura del fai-da-te, la filosofia anti-sistema. Il lavoro dell’artista rappresenta una visione ironica e spregiudicata del reale, egli frantumando tabù reinventa la pittura grazie ad accostamenti nuovi e contrastanti.

Considerando l’atto creativo come inclusivo, l’opera d’arte diventa aperta, così nei suoi lavori include i detriti casuali della nostra cultura popolare e delle altre forme di comunicazione diffusa come quella del cinema, della letteratura, del fumetto, delle copertine e degli album musicali. 

Sono diverse le mostre dedicate a Justin Samson, recentemente si è tenuta presso la Neumann Wolfson Art la mostra House of Walls (2019) e la personale Anthology Being (2015) alla Kravets | Wehby Gallery di New York. Tra le collettive sono da ricordare la doppia personale Aftermodernism A perspective on Contemporary Art James Busby Justin Samson (2019) presso la Mucciaccia Contemporary di Roma e Potpourri (2018) presso la Neumann Wolfson Art di New York. Justin Samson ha partecipato a diverse fiere d’arte quali Armory Art Fair di New York e Nordic Art Fair in Svezia, le sue opere sono nelle collezioni pubbliche del Walker Art Center di Minneapolis ed il Museum of Modern Art di New York. 

Justin Samson

Selezione mostre personali

2019
Houses of Walls, Neumann Wolfson Art, New York, USA
2015
Anthology Being, Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York, USA
2014
Tennis Paintings, The Dive, Philadelphia, USA
2013
Cardboard Lamb, Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York, USA
2011
Multikulti, Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York, USA
2009
Inside the Cosmic Motion Picture Projector, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
2007
Science Fiction, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Justin Samson, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA

Selezione mostre collettive

2019
AFTERMODERNISM, A Perspective on Contemporary Art, James Busby Justin Samson, a cura di Cesare Biasini Selvaggi, Mucciaccia Contemporary, Roma, Italia
2018
Potpourri, Neumann Wolfson Art, New York, USA NADA, Agatha/Vi Se pa Kunst, New York, USA
2017
Inaugural Group Show, Neumann Wolfson Art, New York, USA
Domestic Tranquility, 0 0 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2016
Block Party, Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York, USA
AftermodernisM in the Hamptons, a cura Neumann Wolfson Art, Nicole Ripka Gallery, Watermill, USA
Got it for cheap (GIFC), a cura di Charlie Roberts, Chris Rexroad, David Risley, Copenhagen, Danimarca
Happy Ending, New York, USA
Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stoccolma, Svezia
Monk Space, Los Angeles, USA
Galerie du jour Agnès b., Parigi, Francia
2014
AftermodernisM: Works on Paper, Nassau County Museum of Art, Long Island, USA
Under the Influence, Phillips, New York, USA
Ritual Magic, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
People Staring, Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York, USA
F K U, Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York, USA
Shrink It, Pink It!, a cura di Diana Buckley e Irena Jurek, Cathouse Funeral, Brooklyn, USA
2013
NPR BAR, organizzata da Knowmoregames, Club Euphoria, Miami, USA
Untitled art fair, Kravets|Wehby Gallery, Miami, USA
KAHN ICH NOCH EIN BIER BITTE, a cura di Lindsey Dickson, Bottle Bar East, Philadelphia, USA
Auction 2013, Circle of Friends, Contemporary Art at Friends, Phillips, New York, USA
Postcards from the edge, A benefit for Visual AIDS, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, USA
In Loving Memory: A Mike Kelley Retrospective, Magic Pictures, Philadelphia, USA
2012
Flatland, Magic Pictures, Philadelphia, USA
Summer Show, Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York, USA
Kinderschnott in der nacht, nowmoregames, Brooklyn, USA
Disorder, Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York, USA
Ck1, a cura di Justin Samson, Philadelphia, USA
2011
Flesh eating mold will devour you!, Magic Pictures, Philadelphia, USA
In Between the Sheets, a cura di Irena Jurek, Workspace Harlem, New York, USA
Face Maker, a cura di Kathy Grayson, Royal/T gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Thrown Together, Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York, USA
2010
Philadelphia, Out of Phase, a cura di Justin Samson, Bodega gallery, Philadelphia, USA
The Incomplete Paris, Galerie Jean Luc + Takako Richard, Parigi, Francia
37 Situations, Louis V.E.S.P., Brooklyn, USA Art show, The Papermill Community of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA
Philadelphia’s works from the Nettle Fizz, a cura di Lindsay Kovnat, Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, USA
Justin Samson and Haejin Yoon, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
Justin Samson & George Terry, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, USA
2009
Too Big To Fail, a cura di Daniel Heidkamp, 395 Flatbush Ave ext. Downtown Brooklyn, NY, USA
Summer Group Show Part 2From Yarn to Yucca A Continuation of the Dialogue Between Abstraction and Figuration, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
Relics from [the] Other Realms, a cura di Athena Barat, Barat foundation, Newark, USA
The Queue, PIFAS Place, Philadelphia Institute for Advanced Studies, Philadelphia, USA
2008
Dark fair, Independently represented, Swiss Institute, New York, USA
Rooftop Sculpture Show, Redemption Center, Brooklyn, USA
A.T. Complex, curated by Frederick Janka, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
A New High In Getting Low (NYC), a cura di John Connelly, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
2007
Panic Room Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Atene, Grecia
A New High In Getting Low, ArtNews Projects, a cura di John Connelly, Berlino, Germania
The Incomplete, a cura di Herbert Neumann & Manon Slome, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
Armory art fair, Hiromi Yoshii, New York, USA
Armory art fair, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
2006
Summer’s Flower, Summer Sweet, Chashama North, Pine Plains, USA
Armory art fair, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
Kamp K48, curated by Scott Hug, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
Tempest, curated by John Connelly, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, USA
Welcome Home, a cura di Justin Samson and Miles Houston, Galleri Loyal, Stoccolma, Svezia
Bold Crystals from Nu Keva, Stairwell gallery, Providence, USA
Trifecta, curated by Becky Smith, Esme Watanabe and Eric Samuels, Bellwether Gallery, New York, USA
Nordic Art Fair FEST, Galleri Loyal, Stoccolama, Svezia
Frisky Flaming Hot, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Danimarca
Psychic Reality, curated by Esme Watanabe, Bellwether Gallery, New York, USA
Group Exhibition, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
2005
The Zine Unbound: Kults, Werewolves, and Sarcastic Hippies, curated by Scott Hug, Yerba Buena, Los
Angeles, USA
Is There Anybody Out There, a cura di Scott Hug, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Giappone
With us against reality, or against us, curated by Ida Ekblad & Anders Nordby, Galleri S.E., Norway
Labyrinth: the backward path, a cura di Tyler Emerson, The Newton Building, Miami, USA
The Four Color Pen Show, Van Harrison Gallery, Chicago, USA
2004
Assume vivid astro focus IX, de la cruz collection, Miami, USA
Nada art fair, John Connelly Presents, Miami, USA
LISTE art fair, Basel, Switzerland Armory art fair, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
Divided by Lightning, Deitch Projects, Brooklyn, USA
Mommy I’m not an animal, Capsule Gallery, New York, USA
Elk Rattle, Kate MacGarry, London, UK
High Desert Test Sites 4, Joshua Tree, USA
If you think you see with just your eyes you are mad, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, USA
The Infinite Fill Group Show, Foxy Production, New York, USA
Incantations, Metro Pictures, New York, USA
California Earthquakes, Daniel Reich, New York, USA
Majority Whip, White Box, New York, USA
Cave Canem, John Connelly Presents, New York, USA
2003
Nada art fair, John Connelly Presents, Miami, USA
La Superette, Deitch Projects, Participant Inc., New York, USA
Kult 48 Klubhouse, Deitch Projects, Brooklyn, USA
Lore of The Trickster, The Kitchen, New York, USA
Today’s Man, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Giappone
Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, Galerie du jour agnes b., Parigi, Francia
The Squared Circle, Gallery 13, Danbury, USA
Dirt Wizards, Brooklyn Fire Proof Inc., Brooklyn, USA
Now Playing, D’amelio Terras, New York, USA
2002
Living Room, DUMBO arts festival, Brooklyn, USA
Lighting up, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, USA
CWOS, New Haven, USA

Opere in collezioni pubbliche

Hubert Neumann, New York, USA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Neumann Family Collection, New York, USA
de la Cruz Collection, in collaboration with Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Miami, USA
Museum of Modern Art, in collaboration with Brian Belott, New York, USA
Dakis Joannou works on paper collection, in collaboration with Keegan McHargue, Athens, Greece
Justin Samson, A Description of the Scenery of the Lakes in the North, 2018, oil pastels, collage on paper, 42.5x35 cm

Justin Samson, A Description of the Scenery of the Lakes in the North, 2018, acrilico, pastelli a olio, collage su carta, 42.5×35 cm

Justin Samson, Gegenschein #22, 2012, oil, acrylic on multiple canvas, fiberplast, 135.5x112.5 cm

Justin Samson, Gegenschein #22, 2012, olio, acrilico su composizione di tele, fiberplast, 135.5×112.5 cm

Justin Samson, Time and Space #13, 2011, canvas, wood, acrylic paint, rollatex, fake fur, fabric trim, 60x183.5x46 cm

Justin Samson, Time and Space #13, 2011, tela, legno, acrilico, rollatex, pelliccia sintetica, inserti di stoffa, 60×183.5×46 cm

Justin Samson, An Essay on the Pictoresque, Interior of Tintern Abby, 2018, oil pastels, collage on paper, 42.5x35 cm

Justin Samson, An Essay on the Pictoresque, Interior of Tintern Abby, 2018, pastelli a olio, collage su carta, 42.5×35 cm

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