Samantha Rosenwald

(b. 1994, Los Angeles) received her BA in Art History from Vassar College in 2016 and her MFA in Fine Art from California College of the Arts in 2018. Rosenwald has shown with galleries such as Zevitas Marcus, CULT Exhibitions, Good Mother Gallery, and Mostyn, and has been featured in publications such as New American Paintings, Art Maze Magazine, and Voyage LA. Rosenwald is based in LA and works primarily in painting, colored pencil, and ceramic. By threading together contemporary culture, visual pun, and the dogmas of art history, she creates absurd, personal, and darkly funny portraits which illustrate what it feels like to be alive.
Samantha Rosenwald CV

Education

2018

MFA, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2016

BA, Vassar College, New York

Solo Exhibitions

2022

Stanley’s Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Cellar Door, JDJ | The Ice House, Garrison, NY (forthcoming)

2021

Exquisite Corpse, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY

Lepidoptery, Eve Leibe Gallery, London, UK

2020

Penis Envy, Annarumma Gallery, Naples, Italy

A Freudian Nightmare; An Onlooker Gasps, Ballon Rouge Club, Brussels, Belgium

Schadenfreude, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA

2019

Soft Opening, MCLXVII, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022

Tuesday to Friday, Valencia, Spain Group Show, Gallery Func, Shanghai, China
Carl Kostyál Gallery, Milan, Italy
Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Room 57 Gallery, New York City, NY

2021

Higher than the Sun, curated by Stems Gallery, Volery Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Bad Girls, curated by Gaelle Alexis, WALLSPACEPLEASE, Dubai, UAE Happy Hour (two person show), Eve Leibe Gallery, London, UK
New Now, curated by Hans Werner Holzwarth, Xiao Museum, Rizao, China Art UK Auction, Cromwell Place, London, UK
Platform, presented via Arsenal Contemporary, David Zwirner, New York, NY Sweet Jane in Fields of Daisies, curated by Joan Tucker, Phillips Auction House Dancing in Dark Times, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
Family Business, JDJ: Tribeca, New York, NY
Nature Morte, The Hole, New York, NY
Twisted Dream, presented by John Wolf, Los Angeles, CA

2020

This Sacred Vessel (Online Show), Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
Our World, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA
NADA Art Fair, JDJ | The Ice House, Los Angeles, CA
This Sacred Vessel (Pt.3), Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
Enter Art Fair, Eve Leibe Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Brussels, Ballon Rouge Club, Brussels, Belgium
No Time Like the Present, PUBLIC Gallery, London, UK
All Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go, New American Paintings / Steven Zevitas
Gallery, Boston, MA
Social Distancing, Plan X Gallery, Milan, Italy
Everything but the Kitchen Sink, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Being Human Is Hard, Pt.2 LA, Los Angeles, CA

2019

Comic Tendencies, Eve Leibe Gallery, London, UK
Cruel Optimism, curated by Wow Project LA, Chewing Foil, Los Angeles, CA
New American Paintings 2019 Pacific Coast Review, Zevitas Marcus, Los Angeles, CA
21 Open, Mostyn Gallery, Wales, UK
Whipped, CREAM Athens, London, UK
Morality/Mortality, Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CA
San Francisco Art Market, CULT Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
Graduation, Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CA

2018

Seattle Art Fair, CULT Exhibitions, Seattle, WA
Female Troubles, CULT Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
MFA Commencement Show, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
MFA Thesis Show, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
Finale of a Generally Miraculous Nature, PS8, San Francisco, CA
TFW, PS8, San Francisco, CA

Press

2022

"No Place Like Home." Allison Rooney, The Highlands Current, January 14, 2022.

2021

“Artist Spotlight: Samantha Rosenwald.”Booooooom, October 12 2021, web.

“Between the Lines: An RXArt Coloring Book by Contemporary Artists.”RxArt,
Vol.8, October 2021, print.

“Spotlight: Samantha Rosenwald.” Martin Lerma, Platform, September 2021, web.

“The Watermelon Issue.” Anna Broujean, Club Sandwich Magazine, July 2021, print.

“In the Studio with Samantha Rosenwald.” Arsenal Contemporary, In the Studio Series, January 5 2021, web.

2020

“Portrait of a Year on Fire: JDJ Gallery’s NADA Heats Up.” Annie Armstrong, Garage Magazine, Vice, December 4, 2020.

Steve Turner Gallery, FOCUS Interview Series, in conversation with Aino
Frilander, Helsinki-based critic and curator, June 2020.

The Art Gorgeous, “What it’s Like to be an Artist in Quarantine,” Entertainment, April 06, 2020.

Juxtapoz Magazine, “Being Human is Hard: pt.2 LA Opens Group Show,” Arts and Culture, May 10, 2020.

2019

Art of Choice Advisory, “Samantha Rosenwald Leans into Her Sense of Humor as a Mode of Social Survival,” Interview by Olivia Davis, December 30, 2019.

Eve Leibe Gallery, “Anxiety and Desire: in Conversation, Samantha Rosenwald,” Editorial, September 10, 2019.

New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Issue No. 13.

Juxtapoz Magazine, “Good Mother Gallery Opens Latest Group Show –Morality/Mortality,” Arts and Culture, May 10, 2019.

2018

Voyage LA, “Check Out Samantha Rosenwald’s Artwork,” December 10, 2018.

Art Maze Magazine, “Curated Selection of Works by Sara Maria Salamone and Tyler Lafreniere, Founders and Head Curators of Mrs. Gallery, NYC,” Summer Issue 8.

Fumetto Magazine, “Samantha Rosenwald: Selected Illustration,” Volume 3.

Awards & Residencies

2019
Hopper Prize, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Curator’s Award, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Finalist for the Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship Award, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2016
Honors in Art History, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
2012
Excellence in Visual and Performing Arts, Archer School for Girls, Los Angeles, CA