b. 1985, Northfield, MN, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Egyptian Violet, team (gallery), New York NY
2015
Dear Metal Thing, team (bungalow), Venice CA
Black Leather Sectional, Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York NY
2012
La Liseuse, 80WSE Gallery, NYU, New York NY
2010
Ultra Sensitive, Proof Gallery, Boston MA
2008
FIERCE DOUBT, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT
TRUE LOVE, Real Art Ways, Hartford CT, brochure available
SELECTED GROUP + TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017
Botánica, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco CA, curated by Todd von Ammon
Dirge, JTT, New York NY
Hors D’oeuvres, Half Gallery, New York NY
2016
9999, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton NY
Catastrophe, Albert Merola Gallery, Provincetown MA, curated by John Waters
2014
Nick Farhi, Sam McKinniss, Cassie Raihl, Robert Blumenthal Gallery, East Hampton NY.
Beyond The Pale, (curator), Interstate Projects, Brooklyn NY, catalogue available.
Haunted, Louis B James, New York NY.
NIGHT TIDE, Gallery Diet, Miami FL, curated by Jarrett Earnest
First Responders, Good Work Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Nighttime in New York: Doron Langberg and Sam McKinniss, Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Stuttgart, Germany
2013
Joachim ‘Yoyo’ Friedrich + Sam McKinniss, envoy enterprises, New York NY
2012
the Dorian Project, Second Guest, New York NY, catalogue available
the Dorian Project, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York NY, catalogue available
ReMixed Messages: A(I)DS, Art + Words, curated by John Chaich for Visual AIDS, Transformer Gallery, Washington DC, catalogue available
2011
Figural, DNA Gallery, Provincetown MA
Mixed Messages: A(I)DS, Art + Words, curated by John Chaich for Visual AIDS, La Mama La Galleria, New York NY, catalogue available
2009
Boston does Boston III, Proof Gallery, Boston MA
Casual Males, Sherman Gallery, Boston University, Boston MA
EDUCATION
2013
MFA, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, NYU
2007
BFA, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford CT
2005
Glasgow School of Art, Scotland UK