Born in California but raised a nomad, Samantha spent her childhood moving between the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Belgium, and Egypt. She returned to the United States to attend Rhode Island School of Design, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration in 2000. Since then, Samantha’s illustrations have been published in various magazines and newspapers which include Juxtapoz, BUST, The Kathmandu Post, USA Today, DestinAsian, Jackson Hole Magazine, and Inked. One of the founding members of Urban Sketchers, Samantha never travels without a sketchbook and a pencil to capture the world around her, focusing in particular on drawing the portraits of people she meets along the way. She is currently developing these sketches into a series of large-scale ink portraits of people from Eastern Anatolia and Western Turkey.

exhibitions

2015  Rendez-vous du Carnets de Voyages, Polydôme, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2014 Carnets de Voyages en Orient, Centre Culturel Bellegarde, Toulouse, France
2011  Moly-X, Minnesota Center for Book Arts Minneapolis, MN USA
2011  The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library Brooklyn, NY USA
2009  Dona, Espai Cromàtic Tarragona, Spain
2009  Mischief, Studio Gallery San Francisco, CA USA
2009  Tiny, Studio Gallery San Francisco, CA USA
2008  What I’d Rather Be Doing, The One Club New York City, NY USA
2008  Mischief, Studio Gallery San Francisco, CA USA
2008  Tiny, Studio Gallery San Francisco, CA USA
2007  Mischief, Studio Gallery San Francisco, CA USA
2007  Tiny, Studio Gallery San Francisco, CA USA

in print

Creative Sketching Workshop: Inspiration, Tips and Exercises for Sketching on the Move
by Pete Scully. North Light Books. 2015.

“Harika— Exploring the Wonders of the East”, RISD XYZ. Spring / Summer 2013.

The Art of Urban Sketching: Drawing on Location Around the World
by Gabriel Campanario. Quarry Books. 2012.

“Once is Never Enough”, The Kathmandu Post. January 14, 2012.

“Artist’s Impression”, DestinAsian Magazine. October 2011.

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