SAMANTHA FIELDS

Exhibitions

2001
99 Dollar Show, Irvine Art Center, Irvine, CA Curated by Carl Berg

2001
Contemporary Color Symbolism, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2001
100% Rag, POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2001
Re-Production, Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI

2001
Glimpses of Perversion Stay With Us, Innerspace Gallery (envelope) Curated by Mark Housley

2001
One Night Stand, Farmers Daughter Motel. LA, CA organized by Michael Arata and Mark Housely

2000
Transit @ Aero & Co. presentd by Leonardo Bravo, Los Feliz, CA

2000
Haulin Ass, Perogi in L.A.2000, Post Gallery, LA, CA curated, by Susan Joyce

2000
Large Window, Small Works, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI

2000
Applauding Revolutionary Talent, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA

2000-2002
New American Talent, (traveling exhibition) Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX, curated by David Pagel

1999
S/he bugs me, S/he bugs me not, POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1999
Broadcast, Eagle Rock Community Center, Eagle Rock, CA curated by Kim Abeles

1999
Cleveland Institute of Art Invitational, Cleveland Clinic Gallery, Cleve. OH

1999
Drawn Together, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH

1998
Group Show, Swallow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1998
Up to Date, Network Gallery, Pontiac, MI

1998
Drawn Together, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland OH

1998
Thesis Show, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

1997
Art Harvest, District 62 Gallery @ ArtFarm, Marquette, NB

1996
Genuine (transient) Emotion, Bockrath Gallery, Cleveland, OH

1996
Multiples 13: Cleveland Printmakers, Karamu House Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Experience

2000-pres.
Assistant Professor of Art, Foundation Coordinator; California State University, Northridge

1998
Lecturer, full time; California State University, Northridge, CA

2000
Instructor; Brentwood Art Center, Brentwood, CA

1999
Curator, "Beauti-foul"; Los Angeles Pierce College Art Gallery with CSUN and the College Art Association

1998-1999
Studio Assistant; Beverly Fishman, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI

1998
Co-Director of Art Department; Camp Greylock for Boys, Becket, MA

1997-1998
Head Teaching Assistant; Cranbrook Academy of Art

1997-1998
Painting/Drawing Instructor; Paint Creek Art Center, Rochester, MI

1997
Drawing Instructor, Grades 7-8; Birmingham Covington Middle School, MI

Grants, Scholarships and Awards

2001
Beck Grant for Innovative Teaching, with Dr. Irina Costache, Cal State Northridge

2000
Faculty Development Grant, Center for Community Service Learning, Cal State Northridge

1999
Starbucks Literacy Grant, (group proposal) in conjunction with Cal State Northridge Dept. of Community Service Learning

1997
The College Art Association Professional Development Fellowship

1995
The Cleveland Institute of Art Student Independent Exhibition Painting Award

1991-1995
The Cleveland Institute of Art Honorary Scholarship

1994
The Cleveland Institute of Art, Selma A. Walzer Painting Scholarship
The American Greetings Scholarship

1993
The Myrtle Waintrup Givelber Traveling Scholarship for Women
The Eastman-Boltman Traveling Scholarship, Painting Department Award
The Cleveland Institute of Art Summer Workshop Scholarship

Lectures, Residencies, Workshops

2000
Radin Scholar Workshop, Center for Community Service Learning, CSUN
Outcomes Assessment Workshop, Cal-Poly Pomona, CA
Community Service Learning Workshop, CSUN
WEB CT Workshop, CSUN
Public Lecture Series, Fairplex, Pomona, CA

1999
Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Workshop: "Student Participation/ Communication in the Classroom." Cal State, Northridge
Information and Technology Resources Workshop: Photoshop 5.0

1998
Recent Work; College Art Association Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada

1997
Artist in Residence; Art Farm, Marquette, NB

Collections

John Huneke, San Francisco, CA
Elinor Turner, LACMA Art Here and Now, Los Angeles, CA
Linda Polesky, LACMA Art Here and Now, Los Angeles, CA
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Pohlman, Phoenix, AZ
The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Goldstein, MD. Bloomfield Hills, MI
Cheryl Chesbrough, Cleveland, OH
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Schiff, Cleveland, OH
Erika Stefanutti, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Barbara Bloch, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Education

1996-1998 Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA Painting

1990-1995 The Cleveland Institute of Art, BFA Painting, minor in Sculpture