Sam Falls was born 1984 in San Diego, CA, USA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.USA
Education
2007
BA, Studio Art, Reed College, Portland, OR, USA
2010
MFA, ICP-Bard, New York, NY, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2023
We Are Dust and Shadow, MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, US Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, CH
303 Gallery, New York, US
Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US
2022
Mori Museum, Tokyo, JP (Commission) Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Vienna, AT
2021
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, CH
Project Room: Sam Falls, 303 Gallery, New York, NY, US
2020
Galerie Franco Noero, Turin, IT
Folsom Streetscape, San Francisco, CA, US (Public Art Installation) 303 Gallery, New York, NY, US
2019
Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, MO, US
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, CH
Kunstverein Frankfurt AM, Frankfurt, DE
Domain des Etangs, Massignac, FR
Capri, Düsseldorf, DE
Antinori, Chianti Classico Winery, San Casciano Val di Pesa, Florence, IT
2018
Reconnecting With The World: About The Poetic In Elements And Materials, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, DE
303 Gallery, New York, NY, US
Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, CH
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, US
Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporaneo di Trento e Rovereto, Trento, IT
2017
Eva Presenhuber, New York, NY, US Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, IT
2016
Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
US Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Kastro, Antiparos, GR
Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK and Sarvisalo, FI
2015
The Kitchen, New York, NY, US Giuliani Foundation, Rome, IT Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX, US Franco Noero, Turin, IT
2013
Sam Falls Burlington City Arts, Vermont, USA
Topanga Karma Amagansett, NY, USA
Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Balice Hertling, París
LAXART, Los Angeles, USA
Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
2012
Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
Printed Matter Incn, New York, NY.USA
American Contemporary, New York, NY. USA
China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA. USA
M+B, Los Angeles, CA. USA
Luce Gallery, Torino, Italy
2011
Sam Falls, West Street Gallery, New York, NY. USA
Everything Keeps Being Nothing, Higher Pictures, New York, NY.USA
Group Exhibitions
2024
Marfa Invitational, Marfa, TX, US
I FEEL THE EARTH WHISPER, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, DE
Lines —Aligning your consciousness with the flow, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, JP
SCIENCE/FICTION - A non-history of Plants, MEP I Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, FR
Les Fleurs d’Yves Sain Laurent, Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, FR
2023
MELENCOLIA, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, CH
2022
EARTHING, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, CH
2021
Galerie Eva Presenhuber at 75 Faubourg, Paris, FR (with Shara Hughes and Jean-Marie Appriou) A Month Away, Galerie Eve Presenhuber, Zurich, CH
2020
Resonance, Fondation Opale, Lens, CH
Color Field, The University of Houston, TX, US
All in One, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, CH
Where the Horizon Begins, Galerie Kraemer / Chambre a Part, Paris, FR
Alien Landscape, 303 Gallery, NY, US
2019
La Lumière des Mondes, Domain des Etangs, Massignac, FR
I will be Dead, König London, London, UK
En Plein Air, The High Line, New York, NY, US
Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AR, US
35 Years, 303 Gallery, New York, NY, US
Back to the Future, Mai Mano House, Budapest, HU
Unlimited | Art Basel, Basel, CH
2018
Sculpture Garden Biennale, Parc des Eaux-Vives Genève, Genève, CH (curated by L. Bovier, Dir. Mamco)
You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, US
Back to the Future, Foam, Photography Museum Amsterdam, NL (traveling to C/O Berlin, DE)
Jay DeFeo: The Ripple Effect, Le Consortium, Dijon, FR (traveling to the Aspen Art Museum, US)
21st SydneyBienniale, Carriageworks, Sydney, AU
2017
The Sun Placed In The Abyss, CMOA, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH,
US Concrete Island, VENUS, Los Angeles, CA, US
ICA Boston, Boston, MA, US
2016
Wasteland, Mona Bismark American Center, Paris, FR
Another Minimalism, Art after California Light and Space, Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, UK
2015
Another Minimalism: Art after California Light and Space, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Apparition: Frottages and Rubbings from 1895 to Now, Hammer Museum, co-organised by the Menil Collection, Houston, Los Angeles, CA, US
Works on paper, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, CH
WORKS BY, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, CH
2014
A Survey of Young LA Art, DEPART Foundation and the American Academy of Rome, Italy
Tuileries 2013, Jardin des Tuileries, FIAC, France
2013
ANAMERICANA, DEPART Foundation, Rome, Italy
Noa Noa, Metro Pictures, New York,USA
Hannah Hoffman Gallery, LA,USA
Good Luck and Safe Journey, T293, Rome, Italy
Sean Kelly Gallery, NY, USA
Marlborough Gallery
A Different Kind of Order, The International Center Phtography Triennial, New York, USA
LAXART, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2012
Nicole Klagsburn, New York, NY. USA
International Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA. USA
Brand New Gallery, Milano, Italy
Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA. USA
11 Rivington, New York, NY. USA
Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Modern Collections, London, UK
Twig Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Pedro Cera Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2011
Death Valley, Cleopatra’s, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Somewhere to Go, OHWOW, Los Angeles, CA. USA
Painted Pictures, Curated by Arthur Ou, Blackston Gallery, New York, NY,USA
Wax Apple, Bodega, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2010
Sam Falls / Daniel Turner, Pauline’s, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Capricious Select, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
New Photography, curated by Lesley Martin, Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY. USA
50 Artists Photograph the Future, curated by Dean Daderko, Higher Pictures, New York, NY. USA
LOOKbetween, Deep Rock, V, USA
Wishes : A Black and White Salon, Lower East Side Gallery, New York, NY, USA
SRAUNUS, Vilinus, Lithuania
New Genre Pictures, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC,USA
Magazine Group Show, 107 Shaw Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2009
Blind Spot, X-Initiative, New York, NY, USA
STREAM Los Angeles, Space 15 Twenty, Los Angeles, CA, USA
STREAM, Penthouse Gallery, Baltimore, MD, USA
Night Vision, Vancouver, Canada
Capricious Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Capricious Presents : Tender Love and Care, Box Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
Gallery 95, New York, NY, USA
2008
Essentiality, Lana Santorelli Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Bibliography
2013
Zhong, Fan. ‘The New Guard’, W Magazine (April)
Elmquist, Rebecca. ‘The Artists Who Believes in Poetry’ Muse Magazine, no.33
2012
Phillips, Christopher. ‘Sam Falls - Under the Big Bright Sun’ Art in America, November, 2012
Moshakis, Alex. “Sam Falls’s ‘Problems with Decomposition’” The New York Times, December 4,
2012
Tavecchia, Elena. ‘Sam Fallsat American Contemporary’, Mousse Magazine, Spring 2012
Mizota, Sharon. ‘Sam Falls at China Art Objects’, Los Angeles Times, February 28, 2012
‘Top 30 under 30: Art & Design’. Forbes, January 16, 2012
2011
Martin, Lesley. ‘Sam Falls’, Aperture, Winter 2011
Kunitz, Daniel. ‘Sam Falls’, Modern Painters, Winter 2011
Wiley, Chris. “Ryan Trecartin, William de Kooning, New York Solo Photo Shows,” ARTFORUM, December 2011.
Wiley, Chris. Depth of Focus, FRIEZE, Issue 43, November – December 2011
Aletti, Vince. The New Yorker : 21 March 2011
Smith, Roberta. ‘Sam Falls : ‘Everything Keeps Being Nothing.’ New
York Times : 18 March
Robertson, Rebecca. ‘Building Pictures.’ ARTnews March 2011 : 76-83.
2010
Saltz, Jerry. ‘What Comes After X’. New York Times Magazine 2 August, 2010 : 71
‘Editor’s Choice: New Artists and Curators’. Harper’s Bazaar : November 2010
Publications
2013
Studio Space Print Time, Printer Matter
2012
Life Size, Karma
Problems with Decomposition, Mörel Books
Studio Portrait, Printed Matter
Light Over Time, Gottlund Verlag
2011
Val Verde, Karma
Paint Paper Palms, Dashwood Books
There Are No More Stupid Poets / There Are No More Poets Stupid, Bodega Books
Visible Library, Lay Flat
2010
Light Work, Gottlund Verlag
Dans la Chambre Verte, JSBJ
Spring Allusions, self publishedSense of Ending, self published
2009
Color Dying Light, Hassla Books
Winter Chapel, self published
Fall Saddles, self published
Summer Script, self published
Return to the Alps, self published
A Finality, self published
2008
No Elegy, self published
Dining Table, self published
Sandpaper|Blackmagic, self published
Grants and Awards
2010
Tierney Fellowship
Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Statoil Collection, Norway
Bidwell Projects, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
International Center of Photography, New York, USA