Education:
- Fashion Institute of Technology Illustration AAS 2014
- Suffolk County Community College Visual Arts AAS 2012
- Mentorship with the late Jeffrey K. Fisher at the Drawing Studio L.I. ✖ ✖
Figure Drawing, Location, Professional Development - 2008 - 2014
- Freelance Illustrator
2015 to today
Sam's done work with Amazon Publishing, Vice Media, Snap Inc, and smaller local clients. - Store Graphic Artist for Whole Foods Market
September 2014 - July 2016
A mix of illustration, graphic design, and some hands-on creativity to maintain the Whole Foods brand. - Art Director for Nice Garage
October 2014 - 2018
Designing and illustrating for the local Long Island music series, Nice Garage.
Selected published work:
- "Grave of Hummingbirds" novel cover for Little A ✖ 2016
- Album cover for Nice Garage's Year One & Year Two Compilations ✖ ✖ 2015 & 2016
- Covers for Amazon Publishing's Day One ✖ 2015-2017
Comic/Illustration Anthologies:
Artist Programs/Residencies:
- Resident Artist Member at the Art League of Long Island ✖ ✖ ✖ 2019-2020
- Blue.exe: a mixed media pixel art mural installed in Riverhead, NY through East End Arts' JumpstART initiative. ✖ ✖ 2014-2015
Selected exhibitions:
- Resident Artist Group Exhibition at the Art League of LI • March/April 2020
- Monster group show at Muñeca Arthouse • October 2019
- Local Color: Vanderbilt at Gallery North • October 2016
- Galerie Project's Domesticated Space Travelers show • November 2015
- East End Arts' 4th Annual National Show: The Figure • August/September 2015
- Micro at the Bowery Whole Foods Market • March/April 2015
- NSFW at Glitter Milk Gallery • February/March 2015
- 9th Annual Valentine's Day Show at Ripe Art Gallery • February/March 2015 Featured in The Long Islander, Newsday and The New York Times ✖
