SAM FALLS

Born 1984, San Diego, CA. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

EDUCATION

2010 MFA, ICP-Bard, New York, NY 2007 BA, Studio Art, Reed College, Portland, OR

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Galleria Franco Noero, Torino, Italy (forthcoming)

2016 Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Kastro, Antiparos, GR Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2015 Giuliani Foundation, Rome, Italy Galleria Franco Noero, Torino, Italy Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX The Kitchen, New York, NY

2014 Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK and Sarvisalo, Finland Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich, Switzerland Karma, New York, NY Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona, CA Public Art Fund, MetroTech, Brooklyn, NY

2013 Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich, Switzerland Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris, France LA>

2012 American Contemporary, New York, NY China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA Printed Matter, New York, NY Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain

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M+B, Los Angeles, CA Karma, New York, NY Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy

2011 Sam Falls, West Street Gallery, New York, NY 'Everything Keeps Being Nothing', Higher Pictures, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 Wasteland, Mona Bismark American Center, Paris, FR Another Minimalism, Art after California Light and Space, Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, UK

2015 ‘Another Minimalism – Art After California Light and Space’, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK ‘Art Unlimited’, Solo presentation of ‘Untitled (Book for Jamie)’, Art|Basel ‘Apparitions: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now’, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Allegra Pesenti, chief curator of the Menil Drawing Institute WORKS BY. Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich, Switzerland

2014 ‘The Material Image, Marianne Boesky Gallery’, New York, NY, curated by Debra Singer Franco Noero, Turin, Italy ‘Morning and Evening Asylum’, Tanya Leighton, Berlin/ Off Vendome, Düsseldorf, Germany Ethan Cook / Sam Falls / Emanuel Röhss / Tris Vonna-Michel, T293-in-residence, Sadie Coles, London, UK Flash Art, New York, NY ‘Per_forming a collection #1’, Madre Museum, Naples, Italy

2013 Metro Pictures, New York, NY Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA T293, Naples, Italy Galerie Balice Hertling, New York SQUAT BEIRUT, in collaboration with Balice Hertling and Nilufar Gallery at Metropolitan Art Society (MAS) Beirut, Lebanon Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY A Different Kind of Order: The ICP Triennial, International Center of Photography, New York, NY Anamericana, Depart Foundation, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy

2012 Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA International Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA 11 Rivington, New York, NY Modern Collections, London, UK Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands Pedro Cera Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal Sam Falls/N. Dash, Twig Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

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2011 Karma, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, Missouri Sam Falls/Nick Van Woert, Death Valley, Cleopatra's, Brooklyn, NY Painted Pictures, Curated by Arthur Ou, Blackston Gallery, New York, NY Somewhere to Go, OHWOW, Los Angeles, CA Wax Apple, Bodega, Philadelphia, PA M+B Gallery, Curated by Sam Falls and Matt Moravec, Los Angeles, CA High Desert Test Sites, Curated by Andrea Zittel, Joshua Tree, CA

2010 Sam Falls/Daniel Turner, Pauline's, Brooklyn, NY 50 Artists curated by Dean Daderko, Higher Pictures, New York, NY Capricious Select, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden SRAUNUS, Villinus, Lithuania New Genre Pictures, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC Magazine Group Show, 107 Shaw Gallery, Toronto, Ontario New Photography, Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY LOOKbetween, Deep Rock, VA Lower East Side Gallery, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2015 -- (2015). Zebludowic Collection To Present Four Solo Sculpture Exhibitionists This Summer. In: Your Wellness. May. Ballard, T. (2015). In The Now: Sam Falls at Ballroom Marfa. Retrieved June 7, 2015. from: http://www.blouinartinfo.com Cotter, H. (2015). Review: ‘September Spring’, a Multimedia Memorial. In: NERO Magazine, 2015. From: http://www.neromagazine.it/n/?page_id=22970 Franco, G. (2015). Sam Falls: In: Mousse (Nr.48). May. p. 333. Ghorashi, H. (2015). ‘You’ve got to get rid of your crutch’: Sam Falls on ‘September Spring’ at The Kitchen. Retrieved September 29, 2015. from: http://www.artnews.com Giuliani, F. (2015). Sam Falls. In: Mousse (Nr.47). March. p. 292. Helpem, J. (2015). ultimate american artist Sam Falls on the wonder of nature. In: i-D. March. Hickey, A. (2015) Light over time: About Exhibitions. Retrieved May 1, 2015. from: http://www.publicartfund.org Kanzler, J. (2015). Sam Falls. In: Kaleidoscope (Issue24). pp. 166-177. King, J. (2015). Single-Origin Art. In. Mousse (Nr.48). May. pp. 284-293. McGarry, K. (2015). Sam Falls. In: Interieur. March. p. 108. McGarry, K. (2015). Sam Falls. Retrieved March 13, 2015. from: http://www.interviewmagazine.com R.C. (2015). Artist work outside Texan galler's door. In: The Art Newspaper (Vol.24 Nr.266). March.

2014 -- (2014). Four outstanding solo shows at Zebludowic Collection London. In: Drooste Effect. July. -- (2014). Zebludowic Collection Presents New York By Young International Sculptors. Retrieved March 7, 2014. from: http://www.artlyst.com -- (2014). Zebludowic Collection To Present Four Solo Sculpture Exhibitionists This Summer. Retrieved May 27, 2014. from: http://www.artlyst.com

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Ascari, A. (2013). Sam Falls. Retrieved February, 2013, from http://www.missoni.com Botz, A. (2014). Sam Falls. In: Interview. 2014. pp. 48/49. Charitou, K. (2014) South likes: Adriano Costa, Sam Falls, Samara Scott, Michael E. Smith at Zabludowicz Collection, London. In:South as a State of Mind, July. Cobby, H. (2014). Contemporary sclupture, Zebludowic Collection. In: Trebuchet Magazine. July. Cotter, H. (2014). Review: September Spring, a Multimedia Memorial. Retrieved September 17, 2014. from: http://nytimes.com Doswald, Christoph [Hrsg.], Gasträume, Zürich: Arbeitsgruppe Kunst im öffentlichen Raum der Stadt Zürich, 2014, pp. 24/25, ill. Egan, M. (2014). Light Moves. Retrieved December 4, 2014. from: http://www.wsj.com Egan, M. (2015). Los Angeles: City of Art. Retrieved December 4, 2014. from: http://www.wsj.com Emelife, A. (2014). Zebludowic Collection Solos. In: Because. June. Emms, S. (2014). Zebludowic Collection: four big summer shows. June, 2014. Falls, Sam. Death Sequence, New York: KARMA, 2014. Girault, Lisa (Hrsg.) 2014, ‘Stars + Stripes: American Art of the 21st Centruy from the Goldberg Collection’, 03.10. – 16.11.2013, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, p. 26, ill. Güner, F. (2014). Immune to the hype. In: Elephant (Nr.20). Autumn 2014. pp. 75-87. King, Jacob, “Single-Orgin Art”, In: Mousse, (N48) , pp. 284-293. Luckraft, P. / Falls, S. (2014). Sam Falls: Zubludowicz Collection. Zubludowicz Collection: London. Stillpass, Z. (2014). Sam Falls. In: l'Officiel d'Art. Retrived Feb, 2014. pp. 163 -167. Whipps, S. (2014). The Zebludowic Collection. Retrieved July, 2014. from: http://www.zabludowiczcollection.com

2013 Pirovano, S. (2013). Como construire un astro nascente. In: Panorama (September), pp 94-95. Keefe, Alexander. “Sam Falls LAXART” Artforum, December 2013. Rosenmeyer, Aoife. “Sam Falls” Frieze, November/December 2013. Shea, Honora. “Sam Falls Looks At An Object’s Life Through Wind Chimes”, Whitewall, December 13, 2013. “Sam Falls”, Flash Art, December, 2013. Zhong, Fan. “The New Guard”. W Magazine, April 2013. Elmquist, Rebecca. “The Artist Who Believes in Poetry” Muse Magazine, #33, 2013.

2012 Phillips, Christopher. 'Sam Falls – Under the Big Bright Sun', Art in America, November, 2012 Moshakis, Alex. 'Sam Falls's “Problems with Decomposition”', The New York Times, December 4, 2012. Tavecchia, Elena. 'Sam Falls at American Contemporary', Mousse Magazine, Spring 2012 Mizota, Sharon. 'Sam Falls at China Art Objects', Los Angeles Times, February 28, 2012 'Top 30 Under 30: Art & Design'. Forbes, January 16, 2012.

2011 Wiley, Chris. “Ryan Trecartin, Willem De Kooning, New York Solo Photo Shows,” ARTFORUM, December 2011. Smith, Roberta. 'Sam Falls: 'Everything Keeps Being Nothing.' New York Times : 18 March Aletti, Vince. The New Yorker: 21 March 2011 Kunitz, Daniel. ‘Sam Falls’, Modern Painters, Winter 2011. Wiley, Chris. Depth of Focus, FRIEZE, Issue 43, November – December 2011 Martin, Lesley. ‘Sam Falls’, Aperture, Winter 2011 Robertson, Rebecca. 'Building Pictures.' ARTnews March 2011 : 76-83.

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2010 Saltz, Jerry. 'What Comes After X'. New York Times Magazine 2 August, 2010 : 71 'Editor's Choice: New Artists and Curators'. Harper's Bazaar : November 2010

PUBLICATIONS

2015 Four Seasons, Flash Art Death Sequence, Karma

2014 Dog Walks, Gottlund Verlag Sound and Vision, Mousse

2013 Studio Space Print Time, Printed Matter

2012 Life Size, Karma Studio Portrait, Printed Matter Problems With Decomposition, Mörel Books Light Over Time, Gottlund Verlag

2011 Val Verde, Karma Paint Paper Palms, Dashwood Books There Are No More Stupid Poets/There Are No More Poets Stupid, Bodega Books Visible Library, Lay Flat

2010 Light Work, Gottlund Verlag Dans la Chambre Verte, JSBJ Spring Allusions, self published Sense of Ending, self published

2009 Color Dying Light, Hassla Books Winter Chapel, self published Fall Saddles, self published Summer Script, self published Return to the Alps, self published A Finality, self published

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