Sam Moyer (born 1983, Chicago, Illinois) is an American artist living and working in

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, New York. Her work has been positioned alongside that of artists

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, and

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Life and work

Moyer received her

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from the Corcoran College of Art and Design and in 2007 she received her

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from

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. Her first solo gallery exhibition in 2008, at Cleopatra's gallery in Brooklyn, and it included work that incorporated moving blankets stretched like paintings onto stretcher bars—considering them part of an installation rather than individual paintings or works. Following a residency in Switzerland, the artist's interests shifted to focus on the "poetics of the found object" and she began making book sculptures. This then transitioned into working with fabric, which Moyer distorts by dyeing and bleaching it, as well as stone sourced from local marble yards and warehouses. She considers the stone an expansion of her vocabulary, elements of which are present in her earlier textile works. Moyer's

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pieces are said to defy the natural use of the materials she employs and to hold depth in their

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flatness that requires reflection in person rather than on the screen. The weight of the stone is said to become deceptively light on the artist's canvases, disrupting the "literal surface ith anillusory space of uncertain, possibly infinite depth."

Exhibitions

Moyer's work has been included in exhibitions including: ''tc: temporary contemporary'',

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, Miami Beach, Florida (2014), ''Thread Lines'',

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, New York (2014), ''Material Occupation'', University of Albany Art Museum, Albany, New York (2012), ''Greater New York'',

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, Queens, New York (2010), ''Total Recall'',

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, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York (2010), ''Between Spaces'',

, Queens, New York (2009), ''If the Dogs are Barking'',

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, New York (2009), and ''Dark Fair'', Picture Box Inc., Swiss Institute, New York (2008).

Art market

Moyer has been represented by

Sean Kelly Gallery Sean Kelly Gallery, founded in 1991 in New York City by British-born Sean Kelly, represents established and mid-career artists, particularly with work based in installation and performance. Owner Sean Kelly began in the British museum world by cu ...

since 2016.Nate Freeman (30 September 2016)
Sam Moyer Joins Sean Kelly Gallery in New York, Leaving Rachel Uffner Gallery
''

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''.

Publications

''Sam Moyer: Dyes'',

PictureBox PictureBox was an art, music, photography, and comics publishing company based in Brooklyn, New York directed by Dan Nadel. PictureBox published its own books and packages books and concepts for museums and galleries. The company began in 2002 ...

, Naomi Fry and Sam Moyer, 2013,

References

__FORCETOC__ {{DEFAULTSORT:Moyer, Sam Living people American women artists Corcoran School of the Arts and Design alumni Yale University alumni 1983 births Artists from Chicago Artists from Brooklyn