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Sam Hart CV

b. 1971 Munich, Germany. Lives and works in Los Angeles.

Education

Technische Universitaet Muenchen,  MArch/Master of Architecture 1995
 
Solo Exhibitions
 
2011    
Time. The Hi-Lite Projects and Studios,  Los Angeles, CA
Search. Destroy. The Hi-Lite Projects and Studios,  Los Angeles, CA
 
2010
Wall. The Hi-Lite Projects and Studios,  Los Angeles, CA
 
2009
Triple Threat. Autobody Fine Art, Alameda, CA (three person show). Curated by Jacqueline Cooper.

2006    
Paperwork. Designer Collective,  San Francisco, CA
 
2003    
Best Before. Galerie Klenze 16,  Munich, Germany. Curated by Reto Zimpel.
 
1988
Eight Paintings. Cafe Groessenwahn. Munich, Germany.
 
Selected Group Exhibitions
 
2016
Impressions Photobook Fair. Impressions Gallery, Bradford, UK.
Play. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG), Los Angeles, CA
 
2013
The Sketchbook Project. Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
The Sketchbook Project. Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
The Sketchbook Project. City Museum, St. Louis, MO
The Sketchbook Project. American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
The Sketchbook Project. Iam8bit, Los Angeles, CA
The Sketchbook Project. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
The Sketchbook Project. SF Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
The Sketchbook Project. Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
The Sketchbook Project. The Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN
Kuenstlerwettbewerb 2013. H-Team, Munich, Germany
The Sketchbook Project. New Museum, New York, NY
Abstract Currents. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY
The Sketchbook Project. Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY

2012
Girlstock. Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Postcards from the Edge. Cheim & Read, New York, NY
 
2011
SNAP TO GRID. LACDA (Los Angeles Center for Digital Art), Los Angeles, CA
 
2010   
NEUROSAPIEN/Biotechnology. The Hi-Lite Projects and Studios,  Los Angeles, CA
Papergirl SF. The Women's Building, San Francisco, CA
midnight spirographs. The Hi-Lite Projects and Studios,  Los Angeles, CA
beautiful dreamers. Autobody Fine Art, Alameda, CA
 future/tense. Autobody Fine Art, Alameda, CA. Juried show.
P.S. I Love You. Bradford Playhouse, Bradford, UK. Curated by Jean McEwan.
Firelight III. Beverly Union Lofts, Los Angeles, CA
 
2009    
Art and Artifacts. Edgeware Gallery, San Diego, CA
Chillin. Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
Buena Vista Elementary Benefit. 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Seven. Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
 
2008    
Post Postcard 12. The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Works San Jose Benefit Show. Works San Jose, San Jose, CA
Swamp Thang. Marina Lounge, Alviso, CA
Kind Women for Womankind. Industrielle Gallery, Oakland, CA
Black Bile Communion. Balazo 18 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007
Tales in Red and Pink. Mina Dresden, San Francisco, CA
Post-Postcard 11. The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Cloud Factory. Participation in an installation project by Kathrin Feser and Bronson McKinley. Weisser Turm, Marktbreit, Germany
Cheeky. Designer Collective, San Francisco CA.
 
Selected Publications and Press
 
2016 
waves/clouds. Photography. Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. LA Times. Online. Los Angeles, CA.
 
2014 
Lost & Found. Portfolio and book. Self-published, Los Angeles, CA.
 
2013 
H-Team Kuenstlerpreis 2013. Exhibition catalog. H-Team E.V. Munich, Germany.

2012 
A Little Book of Tiny Horrors and Medium-Sized Joys. Brooklyn Art Library.
Artifact. Album cover illustration for Barrett Martin Group. Sunyata Records, Seattle, WA.
 
2011 
Stereohype. 2011 competition shortlist. Online. London, UK.
Heart and Lungs. 'Bear and Beards'. Online. Glasgow, UK.    
This Is Centralstation.com Featured artist. Glasgow, UK. 
 
2010     
Top 5: Black and White Photography. 'The Cracks'. Centralstation (online) Glasgow, UK. 
My Creative Scene - Los Angeles. Video blog in seven parts for Centralstation. Online. Glasgow, UK.  
Centralstation. 1 month portfolio feature . Online. Glasgow, UK. 
PS. I Love You. Fanzine accompanying the PS. I Love You Interdisciplinary Festival.  'Across The Universe' illustration, 1 page. Bradford, UK.
We Like This In April. 'Headed South'. Centralstation (online).  Glasgow, UK.
 
2009
Seven Deadly Sins at Space Gallery. SF Weekly feature and show review. Online. San Francisco, CA.
 
2007
Cooperative Effort. 'Outer Space Leapfrog' show feature. (Curated by Sam Hart). San Francisco Chronicle page D3 November 18. San Francisco, CA.
PEEL Magazine #8. Illustration. p. 87. Indianapolis, IN.
 
2004
Subtextsexy. Album art for EP by Liquid Sugars. Munich, Germany.

1996    
Laermkessel. Fanzine. Cover illustration. Munich, Germany.
 
Selected Commissions
 
2015
ICARE. Installation for a private residence.
Los Angeles, CA.
 
2014
Underworld. Album cover illustration and artwork for Tuatara.
Sunyata Records, Seattle, WA.
 
2013
LOOP. Backdrop projections and visuals for UGH. Munich, Germany. 
99 love letters in cipher. Art objects and art direction for Fire in my Bones music video by Jeff Zentner and Rykarda Parasol. Los Angeles, CA and Nashville, TN.

2012
Knife Peace. Site-specific installation for a private residence. Boston, MA.
Waste. Album cover photography (front and back) for UGH. Elektrohasch Records, Munich, Germany.
 
2010
Across the Universe. Polyptych for Edgeware Gallery, San Diego, CA
 
2009    
Selected by Levi Strauss as one of the photographers for Levi's Community Day San Francisco, CA
 
2008
Zenga. Album artwork for Barrett Martin. Fast Horse Recordings, Seattle, WA
 
2003
Light installation for Ultra Images media post production facilities. Zurich, Switzerland
 
2002
Lighting Design for Museum Frieder Burda. Baden-Baden, Germany. For LX.on Munich. Architect: Richard Meier.
 
2001
Aural relaxation space and associated visuals for Volkswagen AG. In collaboration with ACM Audio Consulting Munich. Wolfsburg, Germany
 
2000
Architectural design for Tiroler Landestheater Annex, five-storey theater complex expansion building with rehearsal stages and administrative spaces. Architectural competition. Innsbruck, Austria
 
1997
Architectural acoustics and details for DZ Bank Brandenburg Gate. Berlin, Germany. In collaboration with ACM Audio Consulting Munich. Architect: Frank O. Gehry.
 
1995
Album cover artwork for Tailgate self titled EP. Encounter Records. Munich, Germany
 
1993
Steel structure and sailing rope installation for Dunlop Sport at ISPO trade show in collaboration with Wenger & Wittman, Munich, Germany. Different setups of the 50-ton installation were used for 6 shows in 3 consecutive years. Munich, Germany.
 
1992
11 small installations for Reebok at ISPO trade show. Munich, Germany.
 
1990
Mural for a community center in Munich, Germany.
 
1989
Two murals for a highschool in Munich, Germany.
 
Private Collections

Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Jose, CA
Palm Springs, CA
New York, NY
Providence, RI
Chicago, IL
Nashville, TN
Dallas, TX
Seattle, WA
Salt Lake City, UT
Paris, France
Munich, Gemany