Selected Exhibitions
2023
(Forthcoming) In Rotation, Christiansen Gallery, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN
2021
Good Bones, I Like Your Work online exhibition, curated by Catherine Haggarty
Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York NY
2018
In the high noon of the heavenly garden (solo exhibition), Writ and Vision Gallery, Provo Utah
2014
Behind the Curtain, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Lucid Visions, Panepinto Galleries, Jersey City, NJ
Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
2013
2 x 2, Mana Contemporary Art, Jersey City, NJ
Single Fare 3, RH Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Fiction/Non-fiction, Hersch Fine Arts, Glen Cove, NY
As I Surrender Unto Sleep (solo exhibition), Kirkland Gallery, New York, NY
New Works (solo), Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Mutual Vision, MOUart Gallery, Beijing, China
Single Fare 2, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
I’ve Got a Secret, Forbes Galleries, New York, NY
2010
New Works, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Uptown Arts Review, The Cornerstone Center, New York, NY
Remnants, Fuse Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, NY
Uptown Arts Review, The Cornerstone Center, New York, NY
New Works, 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, NYAA, New York, NY (curators: David Salle, Will Cotton, Matthew Flowers)
MFA Thesis Exhibition, NYAA, New York, NY
2007
Focus on the Figure, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY
Small Works, Boltax Gallery, Long Island, NY
Press
2020 Jeri Rogers, editor. "Eve (mother)," Artemis Journal. (2020)
2018 Maddy Blonquist. "Samuel Evensen's In the high noon of the heavenly garden:
An Artist's Return to Eden," 15 Bytes. (July 2018)
Jenna Alton. "Provo-based 'Heavenly Garden' Exhibit," The Deseret
News. (July 2018)
Sarah Harris. "Genesis Story," Daily Herald. (July 2018)
Awards and Residencies
2013 ESKFF Residency, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2011 CAFA/NYAA Residency, Central Academy of Fine Art Museum, Beijing, China
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Grant Recipient, JP Morgan Chase Foundation
2010 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Grant Recipient, JP Morgan Chase Foundation
2009 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Grant Recipient, JP Morgan Chase Foundation
2007 Prince of Wales Painting Residency, Normandy, France, Prince of Wales Foundation
Artist Lectures
2012 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2011 Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
2010 Bodies: The Exhibition, Visiting Artist Series, New York, NY
Teaching
2008–present Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2013–2014 Adjunct Faculty, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2012 Faculty, International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Umbria, Italy
Collections
Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, China
HRH The Prince of Wales, UK
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, UT
Eileen S Kaminsky Foundation, NJ