Ronald Feldman Gallery | Sam Van Aken

Sam Van Aken

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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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Jul 10, 2018

The Charlotte Observer Group Show Sam Van Aken’s “The Open Orchard” at McColl Center for Art + Innovation

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

Jul 23, 2014

Huffington Post Group Show Tree Grows 40 Different Types Of Fruit, Probably From The Future

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

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5 Tree Of 40 Fruit Tree 75 Spring

Sam Van Aken

Tree of 40 Fruit, 2011-Present

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5 Tree Of 40 Fruit Tree 75 Spring

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Sam Van Aken

Tree of 40 Fruit, 2011-Present

9 Becoming Roy Neary

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Sam Van Aken

Becoming Roy Neary, 2005

8 Oh My God

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Sam Van Aken

oh my god, 2006

11 Thumper

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Sam Van Aken

Thumper, 2007

12 Multiple Deaths Of Willem Dafoe

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Sam Van Aken

Multiple Deaths of Willem Dafoe, 2007

10 High Lonesome

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Sam Van Aken

High Lonesome, 2008

1 Hole In The Sky

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Sam Van Aken

A Hole in the Sky, 2013

4 Peanut Butter And Dead Fish 1

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Sam Van Aken

Peanut Butter and Dead Fish, 2013

6 Tree Of 40 Fruit Tree 75 Summer

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Sam Van Aken

Tree of 40 Fruit, 2011-Present

7 New Edens 2011 Armory Show

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Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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2 Acadia Install 1

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Acadia, 2013

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Sam Van Aken

Acadia, 2013

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Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 09

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 09

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 1

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 09

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 1

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 2

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 09

Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 1

Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 09

Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 4

Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 1

Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 2

Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 09

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 1

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 09

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 4

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 1

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Van Aken Armory Show 2011 Installation View 2

Sam Van Aken

New Edens, 2011

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Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. The gallery is located in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City and exhibits performance, photography, new media, film, painting, drawing and sculpture.