Education:
2013 MFA with Honors, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2009 BFA Cum Laude, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Grants/Fellowships:
2017 Fellowship, Free School of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
2013 VCU Thesis/Dissertation Award
2012 VCU Graduate Teaching Assistantship
2011 VCU Graduate Teaching Assistantship
2009 Juror's Award: BFA Showcase: Alexander Hall Gallery, Juror: Victoria Fu
2008 Painting Department Portfolio Award
2005 Academic/Merit Based Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design
2006 Tuition Waiver scholarship for The Art of The Spectacle, Savannah College of Art and Design
Exhibitions: (* indicates solo exhibition)
2019 Sam Winks, 57 W 57 Arts, New York, NY*
2018 Home Edition, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
Mad Ball, Museum of Art and Design benefit auction, New York, NY
2015 Influx, ERA VI VII VI, Ridgewood, NY
2014 To name the sun in our eyes, The Lumberyard, Marfa, TX*
Live Amateurs, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2013 Video Rover, NurtureArt, New York, NY
the sho, White Box Gallery, New York, NY
VCU MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA*
2012 Oloy, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
Amateur Hour, Art 6, Richmond, VA
Ant Eye Subjective, FAB Gallery, Richmond VA
Comfort, Comfort Gallery, Richmond, VA
2011 M. Van Gas, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2010 This Happened, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA
After the End of Art, Tybee Island, GA
Back of The Bus Show, SCAD Gallery Hop, Savannah, GA
2009 Low Country Babylon: Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah, GA
BFA showcase: Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA, (Juror's Award), Juror: Victoria Fu
2008 That Delicious Moment: Private Residence, Savannah, GA
One Hundred’s a Crowd: Desoto Row Gallery, Savannah, GA
404/912: MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Go Green, or Go Home: Desoto Row Gallery, Savannah, GA
2006 Minor Boundaries: Boundary Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA
Passages Water Parade: Savannah River, River Street, Savannah, GA
B.I.K.E.: Grey Matter Gallery. Savannah, GA
Screenings:
2014 Video Rover 7, Pratt DDA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Video Rover 7, Union Docs, New York, NY
Open Studio, FAB, Richmond, VA
Video Wall, Pollack, Richmond, VA
2012 !Dychtip, Fab, Richmond, VA
Publications/Bibliography:
2019 AIACC arcCA Journal, Self Determination Library: a Reading List, by Sam Winks
2017 Take Shape, Self Determination Library, By Sam Winks
2015 Studija Magazine, Influx, Coleen Billing
2014 Art F City, White: Winter Videorover
Burn Away, Mint Gallery Introduces Its Annual Invitational with “Live Amateurs”
2012 Pulse, Sixty point one
2009 District, Painting Department hosts Open Studio Night