Sam Vernon (born 1987) is an installation and performance artist. She works in various media to create her artwork, including sculpture, paintings and photographs. She is interested in "honor ngthe past while revising historical memory" through works that explore her own personal identity. Several of her art pieces also convey a certain narrative, and this is done through Vernon's various Xerox drawings.

Early life

Sam Vernon was born in Brooklyn, NY and attended

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in 2009 and her MFA in Painting/Printmaking at

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in 2015.

Career

Vernon was included in the 2013 group exhibition ''Pattern Recognition'' at

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. In 2016 she presented the large installation ''How Ghosts Sleep (Seattle)'' at the

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in 2016. She contributed to

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's 2016 ''Coney Art Walls'' project. In September 2016, Vernon presented the installation ''Rage Wave'' in a partner program between

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in Georgetown and the

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. The work was featured in both Interstitial and Seattle Presents gallery. The multimedia piece involved xerox copies of photographs, drawings and writings exploring themes of systematic racism and exploitation in African American history. Vernon's often large-scale work draws on themes of oppression, nightmares, and memories. Vernon makes drawings, installations, paintings and sculptural components. Her installation and performances evoke African-American history through her exploration of personal narrative and identity. Vernon is an assistant professor at

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, where she teaches

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References

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