Sam Stevens

Atlantropa (extract). Sam Stevens (2009)

Biography/CV
Sam Stevens (b. 1978) is a London based English artist. The visual language established in his work presents the audience with critical yet often poetic forms in film, video and still imagery. Individual works focus on and examine recurrent themes such as the politics and visual codes of landscape, borders, migration, and public space. Stevens has recently been selected for the London Artists Film and Video Award by Film London to complete a film work based on a fictional bridge spanning the Straits of Gibraltar.

Education
MA Fine Art Media, Slade School of Fine Art, London
BA Honours Fine Art Sculpture, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield
ERASMUS, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao

Selected Exhibitions and Screenings
2008
e-flux Video Rental, The Building, Berlin, Germany
Fresh Moves @ Thinking Room, 3rd Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, China
Goodgangsters, Taipei Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan

2007
CASZ – Contemporary Art Screen Zuidas, Amsterdam
Big Family Business, Istanbul
10th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
Intravevolving, tank.tv, www.tank.tv
Love Bytes Festival, Sheffield
Vocal Verbal, Galerija SC, Zagreb

2006
TOPOS, University College London, London
Karownale 2006, Cinema ACUD, Berlin
Artists Talk, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
Performing the Truth, Studio 27, San Francisco
Oral Actions, Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles
New Semantics, Whitechapel Gallery, Londo
n Slack Video, The Lamp, Hull
Different States, Diorama Gallery, London

2005
Free Filmaker’s Forum, Whitechapel Gallery, London
EXIS 2005, Seoul
Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London

2004
Jeunes Créateurs, Salon d’Montrouge, Paris
Feira de arte contemporânea selecção europeia, Amaranth
El Salón Europeo de Jóvenes, Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet, Barcelona

Awards and Residencies
2008
LUX Artists Associates Programme
London Artist’s Film and Video Award – Film London

2005
Convocation Trust Research Scholarship - University of London

Public Collections
E-FLUX Video Rental Archive
Tank.tv
Cinematheque du Tanger

Catalogues
2007
Nightcomers, 10th International Istanbul Biennial

2005
Exis 2005

2004
Jeunes Créateurs

Publications
Fresh Moves: New Moving Images From the UK, tank.tv & Thames and Hudson, June 2007

Talks
2008
Modern Art Oxford, Oxford

2007
Big Family Business, Istanbul

2007
E:vent Gallery, London

2006
Artists Talk, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin

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