Biography

 
 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2015
Accumulation of Shapes (Part Two) – Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln

2014
Accumulation of Shapes (Part One) – Team (gallery, inc.), NYC

2012
Capitain-Petzel, Berlin

2011
D’Amelio Terras, New York
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels

2009
Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris

2008
Scenarios, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium

2007
D’Amelio Terras, New York
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln

2006
P.S.I/MOMA, New York (cat.)
Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris

2005
Galeria OMR, Mexico City [Two person show with Lorena Toledo]
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln
Galeria Graca Brandao, Porto
Gray Kapernekas Gallery [Project], New York

2004
Vous êtes ici, Amsterdam

2003
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
Art & Public, Genève

2002
Centre National de la Photographie [Billboard], Paris
Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Love Death Beauty, Performance at the Windsor Collection exhibition, Stazione Leopolda, Florence, Italy, Curated by Michelle Nicol (cat.)
Galeria Graca Brandao, Porto (cat.)
Schizophrenic Beauty/Dominating the Monster, Giorgio Armani Rive Gauche, Paris

2001
Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln

2000
Pathological Tales/Schizophrenic Stories, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg (cat.)
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels

1999
Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milano
The Secret Island, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, New York
CCC, Tours (cat.)
Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York
Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Art & Public, Genève

1997
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels (cat.)
Fictions, L’Atelier, Centre Nationale de la Photographie, Paris (cat.)

1996
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Nîmes (cat.)
Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, New York
Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Galeria Massimo De Carlo, Milano
DAAD Galerie, Berlin (cat.)
Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles

1995
Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, New York
Galerie Borgmann Capitain, Köln
Kunstverein Elsterpark, Leipzig

1994`
Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Kunsthalle Zurich (and Harald Müller) (cat.)
Galerie Marc Jancou, London
De Appel, Amsterdam

1992
Galerie Marc Jancou, Zurich
Galeria Massimo De Carlo, Milano

1991
Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln
Nordanstad-Skarstedt Galerie, Stockholm
Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Santa Monica

1990
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz
American Fine Arts, Co., New York
Standart Graphik, Köln
Galerie Air de Paris, Nice

1988
American Fine Arts, Co., New York (cat.)

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2010
The Recession, a Crash Magazine Project, Art Paris
By Day, By Night, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, curated by Hou Hanru

2009
A House is Not a Home, La Calmeleterie, Nazelles-Négron, France
1992009, D’Amelio Terras, New York, New York
Phot(o)bjects, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, curated by Bob Nickas; travels to Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA

2008
Kunst im Heim, Capitain Petzel Gallery, Berlin
Signs of the Times, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Object is the Mirror (Part II), Wilkinson Gallery, London

2007
10th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
The loss of history makes them constantly curious and continuously horny… Vito Acconci, John M Armleder, Olivier Mosset, Chuck Nanney, Steven Parrino, Sam Samore, D’Amelio Terras, New York
Inside the Pale, Benjamin Butler, David Humphreys, Paul Pagk, R.H. Quaytman, Sam Samore, and Frank Schroder, Thrust Projects, New York, curated by Frank Schroder

2006
Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Curated by Joshua Decter (cat.)
Dormir, Rêver…et autres nuits, CAPC Bordeaux (cat.)
Parcours St. Germain, Curated by Anne-Pierre D’Albis, Paris (cat.)

2005
Tirana Biennale: Go Inside (Episode 5), curated by Hou Hanru (cat.)
Sky shout: a pintura despois da pinura, Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (cat.)
Blumenstuck. Kunstler’s Gluck, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany

2004
Je t’en visage: La disparition du portrait, Musée de L’Elysée, Lausanne (cat.)
Rimbaud, I-20 Gallery, New York. curated by Max Henry
Strategies of Desire, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, curated by Sabine Schaschl-Cooper

2003
Double vision, Fabrique de Tabac, Madrid (cat.)
Something About Love, Casino Luxembourg
Galerie Mirko Meyer, Köln
Odorama, (As part of les Soirees Nomads, Fondation Cartier pour l´art contemporain, Paris, curated by Hervé Mikaeloff

2002
From the Observatory, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, curated by Robert Nickas
Marking Time, Sert Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge curated by Linda Norden
Art Downtown, Wall St Rising, New York curated by Richard Marshall
Das zweite Gesicht, Deutsches Museum, Munich
Hingeschaut – zeitgenössische Fotografie, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart

2001
Les Voluptes Borusan: Culture & Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Elga Wimmer
The Beauty of Intimacy, Lens and Paper, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Ohne Zögern – Without Hesitation (Views of the Sammlung Olbricht), Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
Project 1, PCC-Elga Wimmer, New York
The Overexcited Body, Traveling Exhibition to Museum of the Arengario and Vigorelli Velodrome, Milano; SESC, Sao Paulo; The Queens Museum of Modern Art, curated by Adelina von Fürstenberg
Collaborations with Parkett: 1984 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, curated by Deborah WyeTraveling exhibition, curated by Blind Spot Magazine, United States

2000
Figures Libres, Fondation Guerlain, Les Mesnuls, France
The Go-Between, Galerie Erna Hecey, Luxembourg
Emerveille Moderne, Red District, Marseille
All you need is love, Laznia: Centre of Contemporary Art, Gdansk, curated by Aneta Szylak (cat.)
The look behind, Portfolio Kunst AG, Wien
Cross Female, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore
Leaving the Island, Pusan Biennale, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pusan, Korea, curated by Hou Hanru (cat.)
Interplay, Museet For Samtidskunst, Oslo
Pause/Pose, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Byron Kim, Eva Lundsager, Sam Samore, Sylvia Heisel, New York

1999
Expander 1.0, Galerie Jousse Seguin, plate-forme d’exposition proposée par BlocnotesTransosphère, Frac Poitou-Charente, Poitiers
A Girl Like You, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris
Transmute, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, curated by Joshua Decter
Hitchcock, Kunsthalle Tirol, Hall in Tirol, Austria
The Power of Beauty, Geemeentemuseum Helmond, Netherlands (cat.)

1998
Collection d’Hiver I, Fondation d’Art Contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain, Les Mesnuls, France
Photographies, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
4th International Foto-Triennale: Photographie as Concept, curated by Renate Wiehager, Esslingen, Germany
The Quiet in the Land, ICA Boston, curated by France Morin
Gare de l’Est, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’Art Contemporain, Luxembourg, curated by Hou Hanru & Enrico Lunghi (cat.)
Fast Forward: Body Check, Kunstverein Hamburg
The Bird More Curious Than I, Exit Festival Cretail, Paris, curated by Antoine Guerrero
Ontom, Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig curated by Jan Winkelmann (cat.)
At the Threshold of the Visible, (Traveling Exhibition by Independent Curators Inc.), Santa Monica Museum of Art, curated by Ralph Rugoff (cat.)

1997
You Can’t Get There From Here, Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, New York
Veronica’s Revenge, Oeuvres photographiques de la Lambert Collection, Centre d’ArtContemporain, Genève
Fenêtre sur Cour / Rear Window, Galerie Almine Reich, Paris (cat.)
One Minute Scenarios, Le Printemps de Cahors, Cahors, curated by Jérôme Sans, (cat.)
Identité, Nouveau Musée/Institut, Frac Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne (cat.)
619 KBB 75, exposition itinérante dans une mini austin, Paris
Visages, Fondation Guerlain, Les Mesnuls, France
Symposion über Fotographie XVII: Agents and Agencies, Marieninstitut, Kirchengasse 1, Graz, Austria
Heaven, P.S.1, New York, curated by Josh Decter
The Quiet in the Land, ICA Portland, Maine, curated by France Morin
Enjoy!, Schloss Agathenburg, Hamburg, curated by Joachim Buttler & Nasim Weiler

1996
Grande Galerie, Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Rouen
C’est Arrivé Près de Chez Nous, Frac Hte Normandie, Galerie Marcel Duchamp,Yvetot
Tableaux de la Vie Moderne. Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, curated by Bob Nickas
The Quiet in the Land, curated by France Morin, The Sabbathday Lake, Shaker Village, Maine (June-September)
Modèles corrigés, Collège Marcel Duchamp, Châteauroux, France
Shopping, Galerie Jeffrey Deitch, Curated by Jérôme Sans (cat.)
Les Contes de Fées se Terminent Bien, organisée par les Impénitents, Frac Haute Normandie, Château du Val Freneuse, Sotteville-sous-le-Val (cat.)
ID, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (cat.)
Alien Bodies, Icebox/Venetia Kapernakas, Athènes
Many True Stories, Bergkerk, Deventer
Fast Nichts (almost invisible), Ehemaliges Umspannwerk, Singen, Germany, curated by Jan Winkelmann
Sugar Hiccup, Elizabeth Ballet, Sam Samore, Richard Wright, Tramway, Glasgow curated by Charles Esche
Fools Reign, ICA London, curated by Max Wigram

1995
The Peace Process, (The Magic Bed), Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, England, curated by Paul Holloway (cat.)
Tube, a TeleTube Video Fun Presentation, Hôpital Ephémère, Paris
Pièces Meublées, Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris, curated by Bob Nickas
Shopping, CAPC Musée, Bordeaux, curated by Jérôme Sans
Stoppage, CCC Tours, curated by Liam Gillick
On Board, Venice Biennale, curated by Jérôme Sans
Campo, Venice Biennale, curated by Francesco Bonami (cat.)
26ème Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles
Infrasound, Kunstlerhaus, Hamburg, curated by Jérôme Sans (cat.)
Morceaux choisis, Le Magasin Centre d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble (cat.)
Pictures of the Real World (In Real Time), Galeria Massimo De Carlo, Milano, curated by Bob Nickas
Pictures of the Real World (In Real Time), Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, curated by Bob Nickas
Filmcuts, Galerie Neuger Riemschneider, Berlin

1994
Die zweite Wirklichkeit, Wilhelmspalast, Stuttgart, curated by Michael Schill
Pictures of the Real World (In Real Time) Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, curated by Bob Nickas
F & S UNIVERSAL – Come Together Edition, Les Entrepôts Laydet, Paris
Nu et Habillé 2, Cabaret ‘au Pigall’s’, Paris. [Dr. Freud Cabaret]
PlayOff, Art & Public, Genève
Rock my World, Independant Artists’ Space, London, curated by Pauline Daly & Brendan Quick (cat.)
Gaze: The Impossible Transparence, Carré des Arts, Parc Floral de Vincennes, Paris, curated by Hou Hanru (cat.)
The Use of Pleasure, Terrain, San Francisco, curated by Robert Nickas
Heart of Darkness, Kroeller- Mueller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands, curated by Marianne Brouwer (cat.)
On the Road: Between Besançon et Belfort, Centre d’Art Mobile, Besançon, curated by Jérôme Sans
Tele Tube curated by Michelle Nicol & Beat Huber for Women for Shopping, Zurich

1993
American Fine Arts Co., New York
The Young Americans, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Köln
Live in Your Head, Institut für Museologie, Hochschule für angewandte Kunst, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Wien, curated by Robert Nickas (cat.)
Travelogue-Reisetagebuch, Institut für Museologie Hochschule für angewandte Kunst, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Wien, curated by Jackie Mc Allister (cat.)
Spielhölle, Sylvana Lorenz Gallery, Paris, curated by Robert Fleck
Entrevues, curated by France de Kinder et Michel Assenmacher, Ars Musica, Brussels
Serial, curated by Michelle Nicol, Zurich (cat.)
Time and Tide, Tyne International 1993, Newcastle, curated by Corinne Diserens (cat.)
The Stranger, S. Samore, K. Scharlin, J. & L. Wilson, Galerie David Zwirner, New York
Restaurant, La Bocca, Paris, curated by Marc Jancou (cat.)
Centre Paris/ Zentrum Paris, Kunsthalle Ritter, Klagenfurt, Austria, curated by Robert Fleck (cat.)
Viennese Story, Wiener Secession, Wien, curated by Jérôme Sans (cat.)
Before the Sound of the Beep, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, curated by Jérôme Sans
Open Ditch, curated by Frank Schroder, Hôpital Ephémère, Paris

1992
Paysages dans une Ruine Potentielle, curated by Hou Hanru & Evelyne Jouanno, Paris
1968, Le Consortium, Dijon, curated by Bob Nickas
Tableaux Volés, Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, Curated by Frank Perrin
Anomie, Patent House, London, Curated by Andrew Cross
Still, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
The Big Nothing (Ou le Presque Rien), The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, Curated by Kerri Scharlin (cat.)
Through the View Finder, Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam (cat.)
Exhibit A, Serpentine Gallery, London, Curated by Henry Bond (cat.)
Writing on the Wall, 303 Gallery, New York
Twenty Fragile Pieces, Galerie Analix, Genève, Curated by Gianni Romano (cat.)
Spielhoelle, University of Franfurt Metro Station, Frankfurt, Curated by Robert Fleck
In Through the Out Door, Nordanstad Skarstedt Gallery, New York

1991
Kirsten Mosher, Sam Samore, Beat Streuli, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
La Revanche de l’Image, Art & Public, Genève (cat.)
The Museum of Natural History, Barbara Farbar Gallery, Amsterdam, curated by Bob Nickas (cat.)

1990
Stephen Prina, Sam Samore, Christopher Wool, Galerie Schurr, Stuttgart
Cady Noland, Sam Samore, Karen Sylvester, Galerie Max Hetzler, Köln, curated by Thea Westreich (cat.)
Sam Samore, Lawrence Weiner, Galerie Air de Paris, Nice

 

PERFORMANCES

 

2005
Invisible Paradise, Projekleitung Wissens
Kunste, Berlin (02/24)

2003
Invisible Paradise, Les Soirées Nomades, Fondation Cartier, Paris (12/11)

2002
Love Death Beauty, Windsor Collection exhibition, Stazione Leopolda, Florence, Italy (01/10)

1998
Sumptuous Fire of the Stars, [Fairy Tales], DAADgalerie, Berlin (05/10)
Fairy Tales, Les Soirées Nomades, Fondation Cartier (07/02)

1997
Fairy Tales, L’Usine, Nouvelles Scènes, Dijon (10/24)