Curriculum Vitae
Exhibitions
Solo
2021 Samantha Bates Solo Exhibition, Momentum Gallery, Asheville NC
2018 Samantha Bates Solo Exhibition, Momentum Gallery, Asheville NC
2018 Meander, Wind, Spokane Transit Authority, Spokane WA
2015 Land and Structure, STAR Center, Tacoma WA
2014 Samantha Bates, Parnassus Café and Gallery, Seattle WA
Group
2019
Neither Here nor There, West Connecticut State University, CT
Small Works | Big Impact, Momentum Gallery, Asheville, NC
2018
Momentum Gallery at Context Miami 2018, Miami FL
Small Works | Big Impact, Momentum Gallery, Asheville NC
Neither Here nor There, Wilma Daniels Gallery, Wilmington, NC
Stitch: Syntax/Action/Reaction, New Art Center, Newton MA
2017
Asheville Gains Momentum, Momentum Gallery, Asheville NC
Boston Young Contemporaries, Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA (Juror: Steve Locke)
New Talent, Alpha Gallery, Boston MA
2017 MFA Thesis Exhibitions, Bakalar and Paine Galleries, Boston, MA
Environment and Art, Mortine R. Godine Library, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Surfaces, Materiality and the Layered Experience, Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2016
see <Self> see, Arnheim Gallery, Boston Ma
Process Is ::, Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
The Work of Being Here, Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
One Night Only, Wareham Studios, Boston, MA (curated by Matt Murphy)
That Thing You Said, Arnheim Gallery, Boston, MA
Ways to Use Walls, Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
27th Annual MassArt Auction, Bakalar and Paine Galleries, Boston, MA
2014
Landscape After Nature, The University of Washington Club, Seattle, WA
Strange Coupling, FRED Wildlife Refuge, Seattle, WA
BFA Thesis Exhibition; Painting and Drawing, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA
BA/BFA Exhibition; Painting and Drawing, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013
Landscape After Nature, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA
BA/BFA Painting and Drawing, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Works on Paper, Parnassus Café and Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 Illustration; Crossing the Line, Atelier 6000, Bend, OR
Awards & Honors
Commencement Speaker, Graduate Program Representative, Massachusetts College of Art and Design Graduation, Boston, MA 2017
Fine Arts Work Center Finalist, Provincetown, MA 2017, 2019
Dean's Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA 2015
Dean’s List, The University of Washington 2010-2013
Collaborative Cultural Projects
Quicksand, New Arts Center, Boston, MA
Education
Massachusetts College of Art and Design 2015 – 2017
Master of Fine Arts 2D
University of Washington 2009 – 2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, Cum Laude
Golden Key International Honour Society
Tacoma School of the Arts 2007 – 2009
High school diploma with a 3.91 G.P.A. and honors