b. 1983 Detroit, MI
lives and works in Detroit, MI
Education
2010 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, ME
2007 Academy of Design & Technology, MI
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Cave Gallery, Detroit, MI (forthcoming)
Show The Insides, Detroit Industrial Projects, Detroit, MI
2009
as is, as it is now, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI
Two-Person Exhibitions
2009
Christopher Samuels, Lindsey Yeo; recent perks, Org Contemporary, Detroit, MI
Collected Anton Art Center, Mt Clemens, MI (Collab w/ Ian Swanson)
The Debt Collective, Cass Gallery, Detroit, MI (Collab w/ Ian Swanson)
Group Exhibitions
2010
SK10, Skowhegan, ME
Selection From Untitled Television Show, Curated By Jeffrey Tranchell, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
Version 2010, Chicago, IL
This Is Amateur Hour, 285 Quincy Street, New york, NY
Untitled Television Show, Curated By Jeffrey Tranchell, New york, NY
The Art Of The Artist Book; Let's Talk About Love Baby, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
2009
Shameless, Nameless & Recycled, Pencil On Paper Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paintings, Drawings & Prints by Midwest Artists, Detroit Industrial Projects, Detroit, MI
Detroit: Breeding Ground, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI
Walking Distance, 2739 Edwin Gallery, Detroit, MI
Warhol Was Blind, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI
MI Annual XXXV, Anton Art Center, Mt Clemens, MI
Bloodbath City, Anton Art Center, Mt Clemens, MI
2008
Detroit Loves Company, Johanson Charles Gallery, Detroit, MI
Buy This!, Anton Art Center, Mt Clemens, MI
our business is stealing souls... and business is good, Johanson Charles Gallery, Detroit, MI
Institution / Simulacrum, 1354 Division Gallery, Detroit, MI
Rigged, 1354 Division Gallery, Detroit, MI
2007
Warming House, Loft Gallery, Detroit, MI
Awards
2010
Fellowship, Skowhegan School Of Painting And Sculpture
2009
MI Annual XXXV Award
Curatorial
2009-2010
Executive Director, Org Contemporary Gallery, detroit, mi
2009
Detroit: Breeding Ground, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI
Reinventing Beauty, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI
Press
Doug Harlow, "Skowhegan gets artsy", Morning Sentinal 2010
18er Gold Gallery, "Featured #1: Christopher Samuels", 18ergold.com 2010
Liz Voss, "Making the book, self-publishing works", Crain's detroitmakeithere.com 2010
Woody Miller, "Detroit: Breeding Ground Exhibit Lives On In Print and Video", thedetroiter.com 2009
Rebecca Mazzei, "Showing us our city, through their eyes" , MetroTimes, 2009
Kelli B. Kavanaugh "Org Contemporary Gallery Takes Up Residence", www.modeldmedia.com 2009
Jenna Cashcera, "Objects of our lower middle class", thedetroiter.com 2009
Megan O'neal, Critics Pick, "Solidarity In Misery", Metrotimes, 2008
Robert Del Valle, "The company we keep", Real Detroit, 2008
Megan Deal, "Detroit: Breeding Ground, a catalog", 2009