Exhibition Record:
Solo Shows
09/2016 Finding my Feelings, Sculpting Experiences, Minneapolis MN
Group Shows
08/2025 (tentative) Annual Group Exhibition, Westland, MI
01/2025 Michigan Annual LII, Mount Clemens, MI
11/2024 Presencia: A One Year Anniversary, Detroit, MI
08/2024 Unveiled, Jackson, MI
05/2023 (tentative) Group Exhibition, Detroit, MI
10/2023 Biennial Staff Exhibition, Detroit, MI
04/2022 Hatchback 16, Hamtramck, MI
10/2021 La Gatita Amable, Detroit, MI
05/2021 Broken (America) An Art Pop-up, Detroit, MI
05/2021 Macomb County Art Teacher Show 2021, Mount Clemens, MI
04/2021 Hatchback 15, Hamtramck, MI
01/2021 Michigan Annual XLVIII, Mount Clemens, MI
11/2020 Worldwide Juried Online Art Show, online
02/2019 Ojos Rojos, Detroit, MI
12/2019 Macomb Faculty and Staff, Warren, MI
12/2019 Cariño, Detroit, MI
03/2018 Traditional/Contemporary, Inver Hills, MN
10/2017 Sculpture X, Detroit, MI
05/2017 8-Bit, Hamtramck, MI
05/2017 Thesis Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
03/2017 Women, Detroit, MI
02/2017 Trump: Backward-Forward, Minneapolis, MN
01/2017 Disruption: 2017 Volunteer Biennial, Minneapolis, MN
10/2016 littleSCULPTURE, Pittsburgh, PA
09/2016 AP-OP-TO-SIS, Minneapolis, MN
09/2016 COnfluence, Regis Center for the Art, Minneapolis, MN
03/2016 MCAD MFA at SOOVAC, Minneapolis, MN
01/2016 Minnesota Mean: The Students Take Measure, Minneapolis, MN
08/2015 Meeting Waters, Minneapolis, MN
06/2015 Emerging Artists, Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemons, MI
05/2015 MEGA, Grand Rapids, MI
04/2015 Undergraduates, James Pearson Duffy Gallery, Detroit, MI
03/07/2015 Women, Detroit, MI
03/2015 Virtual Insanity, Detroit, MI
01/2015 Graduating Seniors Exhibition, Detroit, MI
01/2015 Michigan Annual XLII, Mount Clemens, MI
Education
2017 Master of Fine Art Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN
2015 Bachelor of Fine Art Honors Wayne State University, Detroit MI
2012 Associate of Art, Macomb Community College, Warren MI
2012 Associate of General Studies, Macomb Community College, Warren MI
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2024 Honorable Mention, Michigan Annual LII
2015 Irving D Reed Honors College Award
2015 Jurors Award, MEGA
2015 Margaret R. Humberger Scholarship
Professional Experience
2020 - Freelance Artists, Display Group, Detroit, MI
2020 - Freelance Artists, Chef Mike Album Cover, MI
2020 - Adjunct Instructor, Saint Clair County Community College, Port Huron, MI
2019-2020 - Adjunct Instructor, Macomb Community College, Warren, MI
2019 - Art Coordinator, Macomb Community College, Warren, MI
2017 - Intern, Kunstverein Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
2016 - Installation Intern; Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2016 - Exhibition Installer; Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2015-17 - 3D Shop assistant; Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2015 - MFA Studio Monitor assistant; Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Lectures, Presentations, Workshops
2025 - PCA/ACA, New Orleans
2024 - SECAC, Atlanta
2024 - PCA/ACA, Chicago
2023 - SECAC, Richmond
2023 - PCA/ACA, San Antonio
2022 - PCA ACA, Virtual
2021 - PCA ACA, Virtual
2018 - Visiting Artists, University of Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie, WI
2017 - Sculpture X Symposium, Demystifying Grad School, Detroit, MI
Curation
08/2025 (tentative) Annual Group Exhibition, Westland, MI
04/2018 - Traditional/Contemporary, Inver Hills, MN
Bibliography
Star Tribune, May 24th 2017, "Artcetera: A Trip to Hades with Minneapolis Artist Samantha Russell", Interview by: Alicia Eier
Barbed, Issue #4 (Spring 2016): p.74-75