Phil Samson Studio
Phil Samson Studio

Curriculum Vitae

Born: York, Nebraska, U.S.A.

Lives: Shady Shores, Texas, U.S.A.

 

EDUCATION

2019 - 2022

College of Visual Arts & Design, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

M.F.A. Sculpture (Graduate Catalog Link)

 

Summer 2018

Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy

Figure Drawing and Printmaking

1980 - 1984

Texas A&M, College Station, Texas

B.B.A., Business Analysis and Research

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

2024

  • Art 214 (March 2024), Group Show, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, Jurors: Ashley Jordan, Mylan Nguyen, Raymond Butler, Shawn Saumell, Jose Vargas, and Benjamin Munoz.
  • Synaptogenesis (Jan 2024), Solo Show, Anna Street Studio, Denton, Texas.  Exhibition video link.

2023

  • Texas Sculpture Association Juried Show (Nov 3, 2023 to Jan 24, 2024), Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery at The University of Dallas, Irving, Texas. Juror: Thomas Feulmer: Curator - The Warehouse
  • Recipients of the International Sculpture Center's 2022 Outstanding Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award (Oct 11, 2023 - Jan 4, 2024)The Seward Johnson Atelier, Hamilton, NJ. Recipient's Link
  • Eight Hands (Oct 6 - Oct 28, 2023), 4-artist group show, UNT CoLab, Denton, Texas.
  • 63 & 93: Generations in Conversation, Group Show (Oct 10 - Dec 16, 2023), Greater Denton Arts Council at Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, Texas.
  • Materials Hard + Soft, Group Show (Feb 3 - May 6, 2023), Greater Denton Arts Council at Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, Texas. Jurors: Harlan Butt, Kathy Brown, James Thurman, Brooks Oliver, Talor Roderick, Sam Slovak.

2022

  • Confluence, Solo MFA Thesis Exhibition, Eagle Exhibit Hall - UNT Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building, Denton, Texas.  Exhibition Link
  • Art 214, Group Show, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, Jurors: Marilyn Waligore, Raul Rodriguez, Narong Tintamusik, Gerald L. Leavell II, and David McCullough.
  • Art 214, Group Show, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, Jurors: Marilyn Waligore, Raul Rodriguez, Narong Tintamusik, Gerald L. Leavell II, and David McCullough.

2021

  • 35th Annual Día de los Muertos, Curated Group Exhibition, Bathhouse Cultural Center; Dallas, Texas. Curator: Enrique Fernández Cervantes.
  • First Impression, Group Show, The Gallery at Lewisville Grand Theater, Lewisville, Texas. Curators: Joshua Bryant, Claire Kennedy, and Saxon Martinez.
  • Matthew Ritchie: Florilegium, UNT CVAD Gallery, Collaboration on an exhibited GAN video. Exhibition Link
  • Soul Art Renewal, Group Show, Greater Denton Arts Council.
  • Art 214, Group Show, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, Jurors: Jacque Forsher, Ashley Jordan, Wendi Ruth Valladares, Jose Vargas.
  • Materials Hard + Soft, Group Show, Greater Denton Arts Council at Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, Texas. Pablo Barrera juror. 

 

2019

  • Painting With Bubbles, Group Collaborative Show (U.N.T. Sculpture Collective & New Media Collective), University of North Texas Union Art Gallery, Denton, Texas. Exhibition Link
  • M.S. Beluga Skysail Kite Festival, U.N.T. Sculpture Collective Group Show, McKenna Park, Denton, Texas

 

2018

  • Harmonic Dissonance, Group Collaboration Show (U.N.T. Sculpture Collective & U.N.T. School of Music), U.N.T. on the Square, Denton, Texas. Exhibition Video: https://vimeo.com/745915735/7f7a3edc74
  • Sculpture I Pop Up Show, Group Show, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
  • What's the point?, Group Show, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
  • Ciao, bella!, Group Show, University of North Texas Union Art Gallery, Denton, Texas. Exhibition Link
  • Santa Reparata International School of Art Summer Group Show, Florence, Italy
  • U.N.T. Art Gala, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas - First Place
  • SCRAP Denton Invitational Art Show at the Re: Vision Gallery, Denton, Texas

 

2017

  • CORE: Design I & II - group show, University of North Texas Lightwell Gallery, Denton, Texas
  • Painting and Drawing Association - group show, University of North Texas Lightwell Gallery, Denton, Texas
  • New Texas Talent - juried group show, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas

 

2003 - 2016

  • On My Own Time - annual group show, NorthPark Center, Dallas, Texas

 

2015

  • Chill - group show, Slant Gallery, Dallas, Texas.

 

CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY

2023 - BioDiscovery Institute (August 2023 - July 2024), University of North Texas, Science Research Building lobby, Denton, Texas. Three artworks: Sequester, Knockout Target, GHTSTSOOT 2.

 

RECOGNITION

2022 - Recipient of the International Sculpture Center's 2022 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award

 

PRESS

2022 - "Innovators to Watch", UNT Research Magazine, Vol. 29, pg. 18 (ISSUU pg. 20), 

https://issuu.com/universityofnorthtexas/docs/unt_research_magazine_2022

 

2022 - "Arts Meets Science", Research and Innovation Magazine, February 18, 2022, https://research.unt.edu/magazine/art-meets-science

 

2021 - Heather Noel, "Studio Art Graduate Student Creates Sculptures Inspired by UNT Plant Research", North Texan Magazine, Fall 

2021 https://northtexan.unt.edu/issues/2021-fall/art-meets-science 

 

2021 - "Studio Art Graduate Student Creates Sculptures Inspired by UNT Plant Research", University of North Texas Research and Innovation News by Heather Noel.

https://research.unt.edu/news/studio-art-graduate-student-creates-sculptures-inspired-unt-plant-research

 

2021 - "SRB Art Installation", University of North Texas BioDiscovery Institute, News. https://bdi.unt.edu/news/srb-art-installation

 

2015 – Americans for the Arts – Artsblog, "Business Leaders in Dallas Choose the Arts On Their Own Time" by Katherine Wagner. (https://blog.americansforthearts.org/2019/05/15/business-leaders-in-dallas-choose-the-arts-on-their-own-time)

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1989 - 2017

Partner (retired)

PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. Dallas, Texas.

 

1985 – 1989

Technology Risk Management, Zale Corporation, Irving, Texas.

 

 

AFFILIATIONS     

2023 - current

Board Member, UNT College of Visual Arts and Design, Advancement Board, Denton, Texas

 

2009 - 2017

Board Member, Business Council for the Arts, Dallas, Texas.

 

2003 - 2008

Board Member, Big Thought, Dallas, Texas.

 

2001 - 2002

Corporate Board Member, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas.

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