EDUCATION
1997 MFA-Printmaking, University of Washington, Seattle WA
1994 BFA-Printmaking, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Mad, Hopeless, and Possible Davidson Contemporary, Seattle WA

2004
FAME SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
L.A. Stories Collaboration with Thomas Müller, MorYork Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Century 21: Dealer's Choice
Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle WA
GIMME
Curated by Suzanne Beal, Cornish Main Gallery, Seattle WA
Recent Works
Davidson Contemporary, Seattle WA
Works of Art on Paper Juried by Charlotta Kotik, Long Beach Island Foundation Gallery, Loveladies NJ
Yer Killin’ Me Curated by Deborah Paine, ArtsWest Gallery, Seattle WA
L.A. Stories Collaboration with Thomas Müller, Vertigo Art Space, Denver CO

2007
Help Me, I’m Hurt Curated by Suzanne Beal, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA
L.A. Stories Collaboration with Thomas Müller, SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA

2006
Pause. Collaboration with Mary Simpson, TaCo Woolworth Windows, Tacoma WA
IN FOCUS: Celebrity NW Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane WA
Drawings Basil Hallward Gallery, Portland OR
Persona Davidson Contemporary, Seattle WA

2005
SOIL 1995-2005: A Retrospective SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA
Drawn In Kirkland Arts Center Gallery, Kirkland WA 2004
Window Dressing Woolworth Windows, Tacoma WA
Body Politics Juried by Gene Gentry McMahon, Gallery 110, Seattle WA

2003
Gallery of Collections and Creations Bumbershoot 2003, Seattle WA
I love sams. SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA

2002
Preface Kirkland Arts Center Gallery, Kirkland WA
First War of the New Millennium SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA
soil does houston Houston Art Gallery, Seattle WA

2001
unbecoming SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA
The Privacy Show SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA

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REPRESENTATION
Davidson Contemporary, Seattle WA

LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PANELS
2008
Panelist, 2008 Artist Trust GAP Awards, Artist Trust, Seattle WA

2006
Visiting Artist, Washington State University Dept. of Fine Arts, Pullman WA
Projections: Slide Show of Ten Emerging Artists, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA

2005
Artist Trust EDGE Graduates lecture series, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
"Seattle art dealers pitch a winning show" S. Farr, Seattle Times, Oct. 17
"'Dealer's Choice' shifts the rules for art exhibits" R. Hackett, Seattle P.I., Sept. 22
"Review: Samantha Scherer at Davidson Contemporary" M. Kangas, Art Ltd., January

2007
"Painter explores pop culture's ambiguous, melancholy obsession with celebrity" N. Lippens, Seattle P.I., Nov. 16
"Five Seattle artists bridge the gap between flesh and fantasy in 'Help Me, I'm Hurt'" R. Hackett, Seattle P.I., Nov. 8
"’Help Me, I'm Hurt’ Is Painful" A. Grant, Seattle Weekly, Oct. 31
"Stable but Serious Condition" J. Graves, The Stranger, Oct. 17

2006
"A strong lineup of diverse works" R. Hackett, Seattle P.I., March 3
"Persona-fied" M. Curtis, Art Access, March

2005
SOIL: Artist Run Gallery 1995-2005 F. Meade, SOIL Publications, October

2004
"Landscapes, and the terrain of the body" M. Kangas, Seattle Times, Oct. 8
"Stare Down" N. Lippens, The Stranger Vol. 14, No. 4, Oct. 7

2002
"First War of the New Millennium" A. Fahey, Art Papers, Sep./Oct.

2001
"Rethinking what’s beautiful and beastly" S. Farr, Seattle Times, June 22
"I see you" A. Fahey, Seattle Weekly, Feb. 15 "Is any place really private anymore?" P. Sitt, Seattle Times, Feb. 9

AWARDS
2006 Artist Trust GAP Award, Seattle WA
1999 Artist Trust GAP Award, Seattle WA

COLLECTIONS
Krohn Collection, Seattle WA
Microsoft Collection, Seattle WA

AFFILIATIONS
2000 – 2006 SOIL Artist Collective Seattle WA

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