SAM SCHMITT
b. 1990 in Toronto, CA
​Lives and works in London, UK

              CONTACT​            
              samwmschmitt@gmail.com
​              instagram.com/samwmschmitt

EDUCATION​
MFA Fine Art  |  2017 - 2019
Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK

Bachelors Fine Art  |  2010 - 2014
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada


SELECT EXHIBITIONS
Environmental Crisis, Gerald Moore Gallery (upcoming)  |  London, UK. Feb. 2019
Black Swan Arts Open, Black Swan Arts  |  Frome, UK. Oct. 2019
​  MFA Degree Show 2019, Goldsmiths University  |  London, UK.  July 2019
Whatsoverthefence cherries, Mass Hysteria presents  |  London, UK.  June 2019
(SOLO) Warm Summers, The Change Room  |  London, UK.  June 2019
Expanded Ecologies, Jupiter Woods |  London, UK.  May 2019
Symbiotica, De Pimlico Project  |  London, UK.  Mar. 2019
UKYA City Takeover: Nottingham 2019  |  Nottingham, UK.  Feb. 2019
Climax Climate, Poems Productions  |  London, UK. Nov. 2018
Goldx, Deptford X Fringe Festival  |  London, UK.  Sept. 2018
Interim, Lewisham Southwark College  |  London, UK.  July 2018
Water Jets Were Used at the Four Corners of the Building, Former Walworth Library  |  London, UK.  May 2018
Naked Work, Honour Oak  |  London, UK. March 2018
Playground, MULHERIN TORONTO, (solo)  |  Toronto, CA.  Aug. 2017
In/Future, Ontario Place  |  Toronto, CA.  Sept. 2016
Le Jour de Marmotte: A Winter Salon, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art  |  Toronto, CA.  Jan. 2015
Delta: The Difference, Project Gallery  |  Toronto, CA.  July 2015
21 Lies All of Them True, Belgo  |  Montreal, CA.  March 2014
Childhood’s End, Art Matters Festival, Galerie Carte Blanche  |  Montreal, CA.  March 2014
Legumes Du Jour. Gallerie Onze  |  Montreal, CA.  April 2013


GRANTS & AWARDS
Lynda Pelly Prize  |  Frome, UK, Oct. 2019
The Ivan Juritz Prize, (shortlist)  |  London, UK.  June 2019
Santander Universities Prototyping Fund  |  London, UK.  March 2019
UK Young Artists Cornish Weekender, (funded) residency at Porthmeor Studios  |  St. Ives, UK.  April 2018
Goldsmiths Alumni and Friends Fund  |  Feb. 2018


PRESS
Review, Pilot Press  |  Jan. 2019
Toronto Life Magazine  |  July 2015


PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Shaftsbury Films Collection.  Toronto, CA
Cohen Family Collection, Daniels Corporation.  Toronto, CA


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Art & Assembly. Art manufacture and installation http://artandassemblystudio.com  |  April, 2018, ongoing
Studio F-. concept design, facilitation and manufacture  http://studiofminus.com  |  Oct. 2015, ongoing
Kim Dorland Studio, Studio Assistant http://www.kdorland.com  |  April - August 2014