Sam Van Aken

Sam Van Aken

Arcadia (installation view), 2013

Biography


Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Sam Van Aken received his undergraduate education in communication theory and art. Immediately following his studies he lived and worked in Poland under the auspices of the Andy Warhol Foundation and the United States Information Agency. Van Aken received his MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001. As his work has continued to reach beyond traditional gallery and museum settings to take place in public/lived spaces his projects have been sited and staged throughout the United States and Europe, receiving numerous honors including a Joan Mitchell Award, International Association of Art Critics Award, and a 2009 Creative Capital grant. He is currently Graduate Program Coordinator for the School of Art at Syracuse University.

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Apr 27, 2017

The Observer-Dispatch Group Show A Tree Grows in Utica - with 40 Different Fruits

Jan 13, 2015

The Smithsonian Group Show A Tree Grows 40 Different Types of Fruit

Exhibitions

Feb 13 – Mar 20, 2015 Group Show Wave & Particle

Jun 24 – Jul 28, 2011 Group Show Taking Shape

Mar 02 – Mar 04, 2011 Sam Van Aken The Armory Show: New Edens

Jan 07 – Feb 04, 2011 Group Show EN-GARDE ii: omg

Sam Van Aken

Tree of 40 Fruit, 2011-Present

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Sam Van Aken

Tree of 40 Fruit, 2011-Present

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Becoming Roy Neary, 2005

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oh my god, 2006

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Thumper, 2007

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Multiple Deaths of Willem Dafoe, 2007

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High Lonesome, 2008

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A Hole in the Sky, 2013

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Peanut Butter and Dead Fish, 2013

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Tree of 40 Fruit, 2011-Present

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New Edens, 2011

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Sam Van Aken

Acadia, 2013

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Acadia, 2013

installation view

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

installation view

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Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

installation view

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Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

installation view

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Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

installation view

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Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

installation view

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Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

installation view

1 2 3 4 5 6

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

installation view

1 2 3 4 5 6

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

installation view

1 2 3 4 5 6

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

installation view

1 2 3 4 5 6

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

installation view

1 2 3 4 5 6

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

installation view

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Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

installation view