SAMANTHA FRETWELL [email protected] born 1988 in Walnut Creek, CA lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION MFA, Studio Art, New York University, 2014 BA, Studio Art, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2010 BA, Art History, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2010
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2024 Means of Production, Sheerly Touch-Ya and Shisanwu Warehouse, Queens, NY curated by Lunch Hour Today's Today is Today, Glass Box Gallery, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA curated by Kim Yasuda 2018 Pilgrim's Progress, 57 Thames, Brooklyn, NY 2017 Poster, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY 2016 12 x 12, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY BODY/Space, Rabbithole Projects, Brooklyn, NY 2015 And Then it Starts to Sound Like the Beach, 270 Broadway Rooftop Sculpture Park, Brooklyn, NY curated by Katie Lee, Katie Giritlian, and Sam Williger 2014 Depths of Forever, 80 WSE Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition) Starting Here, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, 2014 NYU MFA Thesis Show, 80 WSE Gallery, New York, NY 2013 New York University First Year MFA Show, Barney Building, New York, NY 2012 Call for Entries 2012, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA juried exhibition curated by Karla Blancas Quest, Forum Lounge, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA curated by Heather Jeno Silva Staring Contest, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (performance) I Am Curious, Left Coast Gallery, Goleta, CA curated by Bessie Kunath 2011 Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA curated by Christian Cummings and Doug Harvey Projections, The Palms, Wonder Valley, CA curated by Dick Hebdige Zap!, Wheelhouse, Santa Barbara, CA curated by Laurel Beckman
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS, GRANTS & HONORS Alum in Residence, UC Santa Barbara Department of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, 2024 Means of Production nominated for ARTnews Award for Best Gallery Group Show, 2024 Vermont Studio Center Residency, 2016 Vermont Studio Center Artist's Grant, 2016 Visiting Artist, UC Santa Barbara Department of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, 2014 Nominated for The Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting and Sculpture, 2014 Nominated for the International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, 2014 NYU MFA Artistic Practice Award, 2014 NYU Art Department Grant, 2013 Featured Artist at From Dusk 'til Drawn: 24-Hour Drawing Rally at Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, 2012
PRESS & PUBLICATION "'Today's Today is Today' Brings Multi-Generational Artists Together at UC Santa Barbara," Debra Herrick, Santa Barbara Independent, July 18, 2024 "Means of Production Exposes the Seams of Art and Commerce," Jenny Wu, The AMP- Asian American Arts Alliance, https://www.aaartsalliance.org/magazine/stories/means-of-production-exposes-the-seams-of-art-and-commerce, June 18, 2024 "Taking Stock: A Massive Group Show Takes Over A Queens Pantyhose Warehouse," artnet, https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sheerly-touch-ya-shisanwu-means-production-review-2493414, May 30, 2024 Album artwork, Running and Ryley Walker, Dull Tools, 2018 "Dr Pepper," Samantha Fretwell, Denver Quarterly, Volume 49 Number 2, 2015 "And Then it Starts to Sound Like the Beach," Katie Lee, Katie Giritlian, and Sam Williger,270 Broadway Rooftop Sculpture Park Exhibition Catalogue, August 2015 “The Artists Who Ate the World,” Jennifer Krasinski, NYU MFA Thesis Exhibition 2014 Catalogue, April 2014 "Call for Entries at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum," Charles Donelan, Santa Barbara Independent, November 20, 2012 "Art on Site, on Call," Josef Woodard, Scene Magazine, Santa Barbara News-Press, November 2, 2012 "Call for Entries 2012," radio interview with Elizabeth Stewart, KZSB 1290 AM Santa Barbara News-Press Radio, September 28, 2012 "Uppur Bunk on the Freak Power Ticket Show," radio interview with Ted Coe, KCSB 91.9 FM Santa Barbara, July 5, 2012 "Imaginary World," Leigh Legler, Santa Barbara Independent, July 5-11, 2012 "Quest: Uppur Bunk for Forum Lounge," Nathan Vonk, The Santa Barbara Art Blog, July 2, 2012 "The Uppur Hand," Ted Mills, Scene Magazine, Santa Barbara News-Press, June 29, 2012 "Uppur Bunk Presents: UCSB Faculty Show," Nathan Vonk, The Santa Barbara Art Blog, February 17, 2012 "Gaucho Alumni Launch Gallery for Community Artists," Travis Vail, Daily Nexus, January 17, 2012 “Block Pulse: Goleta’s Industrial Bohemia,” Brian Coe, Santa Barbara News-Press, January 06, 2012 "Art Review: 'Chain Letter' at Shoshana Wayne Gallery," Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, August 4, 2011 "The Road to Art Hell is Paved with Good Intentions," Edward Goldman, KCRW, August 2, 2011 "Chain Letter" Lisa Adams, Huffington Post, July 31, 2011 "Looking at Los Angeles I Curators Gone Viral," Lily Simonson, Art: 21 Blog, July 28, 2011 "Chain Letter at Shoshana Wayne Gallery" Carol Cheh, LA Weekly Blogs, July 25, 2011 "Light in the Darkness," Ted Mills, Santa Barbara News-Press, April 8, 2011
LECTURES Alum in Residence Artist Talk, UC Santa Barbara Department of Art, 2024 Arts Colloquium, UC Santa Barbara Department of Art, 2014
WORK EXPERIENCE Production Manager, Urs Fischer Studio, Brooklyn, NY, 2014- Present Adjunct Faculty, Sculpture,New York University, New York, NY, 2013- 2015 Studio Assistant, Matthew Day Jackson Studio, Brooklyn, NY, 2013 Teaching Assistant, Sculpture, New York University, New York, NY, 2013 Studio Assistant, Jane Mulfinger Studio, Santa Barbara, CA, 2012