Biography
Sam Hansen is a visual artist and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. Through a variety of mediums ranging from collage to oil painting, she attempts to interpret the world through a psychoanalytical lens. She is interested in the things that lurk beneath the skin, some of the emotions that we often feel we need to conceal and hide in order to conform to societal standards. Through her work she strives to expose and conceptualize these raw emotions through color and expressive mark making. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from F.I.T. and a Master’s Degree in Art Education from Queens college.
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Weaving Justice, Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery-Artistic Director 2021
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Salon Show, The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn NY 4/2024
Future Portrait, The Art and Design Gallery at FIT, New York, NY 4/2019
Quart Century, Legendary Republic, Brooklyn, NY 1/2018
Thoroughly Tested, John E. Reeves, Great Hall NY, NY 5/2017
#WIP Exhibition, Urban Studio, JS+A Studio Seaport District, NY, NY 9/2016 • Urban Studio Unbound Spring Exhibition, Urban Studio, U.S.+U Gallery, Yonkers NY 4/2016