Sam Moyer (born 1983, Chicago, Illinois) is an American artist living and working in

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, New York. Her work has been positioned alongside that of artists Mika Tajima, R. H. Quaytman, Cheyney Thompson, and

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Life and work

Moyer received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the

Corcoran College of Art and Design The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design (known as the Corcoran School or CSAD) is the professional art school of the George Washington University, in Washington, DC.Peggy McGloneUniversity names first director of Corcoran School of the Arts and ...

and in 2007 she received her Master of Fine Arts from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

. Her first solo gallery exhibition in 2008, at Cleopatra's gallery in Brooklyn, and it included work that incorporated moving blankets stretched like paintings onto stretcher bars—considering them part of an installation rather than individual paintings or works. Following a residency in Switzerland, the artist's interests shifted to focus on the "poetics of the found object" and she began making book sculptures. This then transitioned into working with fabric, which Moyer distorts by dyeing and bleaching it, as well as stone sourced from local marble yards and warehouses. She considers the stone an expansion of her vocabulary, elements of which are present in her earlier textile works. Moyer's

expressionist Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

pieces are said to defy the natural use of the materials she employs and to hold depth in their

minimalist In visual arts, music and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in post– World War II in Western art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with minimalism include Do ...

flatness that requires reflection in person rather than on the screen. The weight of the stone is said to become deceptively light on the artist's canvases, disrupting the "literal surface

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illusory space of uncertain, possibly infinite depth."

Exhibitions

Moyer's work has been included in exhibitions including: ''tc: temporary contemporary'', Bass Museum, Miami Beach, Florida (2014), ''Thread Lines'',

The Drawing Center The Drawing Center is a Manhattan, New York, museum and a nonprofit exhibition space that focuses on the exhibition of drawings, both historical and contemporary. History The Drawing Center was founded by former assistant curator of drawings at ...

, New York (2014), ''Material Occupation'', University of Albany Art Museum, Albany, New York (2012), ''Greater New York'',

MoMA PS1 MoMA PS1 is a contemporary art institution located in Court Square in the Long Island City neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York City. In addition to its exhibitions, the institution organizes the Sunday Sessions performance series, the ...

, Queens, New York (2010), ''Total Recall'',

Public Art Fund Public Art Fund is an independent, non-profit arts organization founded in 1977 by Doris C. Freedman. The organization presents contemporary art in New York City's public spaces through a series of highly visible artists' projects, new commissions, ...

, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York (2010), ''Between Spaces'',

, Queens, New York (2009), ''If the Dogs are Barking'', Artists Space, New York (2009), and ''Dark Fair'', Picture Box Inc.,

Swiss Institute Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art New York (SI) is an independent non-profit contemporary art organization founded in 1986. SI is located at 38 St Marks Pl, the corner of Second Avenue and St Marks Place in the East Village neighborhood of Manhatt ...

, New York (2008).

Art market

Moyer has been represented by

Sean Kelly Gallery Sean Kelly Gallery, founded in 1991 in New York City by British-born Sean Kelly, represents established and mid-career artists, particularly with work based in installation and performance. Owner Sean Kelly began in the British museum world by cur ...

since 2016.Nate Freeman (30 September 2016)
Sam Moyer Joins Sean Kelly Gallery in New York, Leaving Rachel Uffner Gallery
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''.

Publications

''Sam Moyer: Dyes'',

PictureBox PictureBox was an art, music, photography, and comics publishing company based in Brooklyn, New York directed by Dan Nadel. PictureBox published its own books and packages books and concepts for museums and galleries. The company began in 2002 ...

, Naomi Fry and Sam Moyer, 2013,

References

__FORCETOC__ {{DEFAULTSORT:Moyer, Sam Living people American women artists Corcoran School of the Arts and Design alumni Yale University alumni 1983 births Artists from Chicago Artists from Brooklyn