Samuel S. Evensen

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New York, NY 10034
646.708.4153
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Education

MFA (cum laude)
2008



Painting



New York Academy of Art








BFA2006


Illustration


Brigham Young University








2004






Carl Bloch Academy of Art








Awards

2009
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Grant Recipient, JP Morgan Chase Foundation
2007Prince of Wales Painting Fellowship, Prince of Wales Foundation, Normandy, France

Top Merit Award, New York Academy of Art
2006Davidson Merit Scholarship, Brigham Young University

Recent Exhibitions

2009
NoMAA Visual Arts Exhibition, The Cornerstone Center, New York, NY

New Works (solo exhibition), Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, NY (curators: Eric Fischl, Matthew Flowers
Anne Strauss, painting recognized as work of distinction)

Back to Cezanne, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Small Works, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Small Works: Border Walls, Boltax Gallery, Long Island, NY

Biennial: Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN

Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, NY (curators: Will Cotton, Matthew
Flowers, Nicola Hicks, David Salle)

MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Man Hunt, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Take Home a Nude, Phillips de Pury, New York, NY
2007 Small Works, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Prince of Wales Painting Fellowship Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Focus on the Figure, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY

Small Works, Boltax Gallery, Long Island, NY
2006 Class Act, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

BFA Exhibition, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Annual Student Show, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2005 Our Heritage, Seventh LDS International Art Competition, Salt Lake City, UT

81st Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

Professional Experience

2008Visiting Faculty, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (2008 - present)
2004Collaborated in large-scale mural commission for LDS Temple, Copenhagen, Denmark

Private Collections

HRH The Prince of Wales, UK