Sam King
Sam King is a British-Australian artist, living and working in London. King’s work probes issues such as transhumanism and the utopian and dystopian potentialities of technological progress. His oil paintings combine classical and digital painting techniques, drawing upon heterogeneous references from art history, computer generated software and personal photography. Compelled by a personal health experience, King explores how technology enables transcendence of corporeal limitations, but also enwraps human life within complex systems. His work navigates these shifting contradictions present within 21st century life.
Recent exhibitions include ‘Don’t Ask a Fish What Water Is’, Palazzo Monti, Brescia, curated by Edoardo Monti (2024); ‘Imaginarium’, Public Service Gallery, Stockholm, curated by Silvana Lagos (2023); ‘Seeing is Believing’, Eve Leibe Gallery, London (2023); ‘Between The Bridge And The Door’, Pictorum Gallery, London (2023); ‘Cacotopia’, Annka Kultys Gallery, London (2022); ‘Blurred States of Being’, Prior Art Space, Barcelona (2022);’ Fever Dream’, Vortic, curated by Daria Borisova, Virtual Show & Santa Monica Art Museum (2022).
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B. 1995, Manchester, UK. Lives and works in London.
Education
2021-2022 Turps Off Site Course
2015-2018 The Art Academy, Fine Art Diploma
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Don’t Ask a Fish What Water Is, Curated by Edoardo Monti, Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2023 Seeing is Believing, Eve Leibe Gallery, London
2022 Will We Meet Again, Brushes with Greatness, London
2022 My Whole World, The Artist Contemporary Atelier, Online
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Imaginarium, Public Service Gallery, Curated by Silvana Lagos, Stockholm
2023 Between The Bridge And The Door, Pictorum Gallery, London
2023 Cacotopia, Annka Kultys Gallery, London
2022 Fever Dream, Vortic (Online Exhibition) Curated by Daria Borisova (also displayed at Santa Monica Art Museum)
2022 Water is Not for Sale, Bloom Galerie, St Tropez
2022 Touchwood, Eve Leibe Gallery Hosted by Prior Art Space, Berlin
2022 Soho Revue x The Little Scarlet Door, London.
2022 Voices for Love, Prior Art Space, Barcelona
2022 Turps Off Site Leavers Show, Thames Side Gallery, London.
2022 All The Same at Different Ages, Fitzrovia Gallery, London.
2022 Together/Somewhere, Visionary Projects x ArtCityWorks, Online
2022 #1 Exhibition, ArtsinSqaure, Online
2021 London Design Week, The Bottle Factory, London
2021 Pulp, The Florence Trust, London
2021 Rea Fair, Milan, Italy
Residencies
2024 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2022 Pictorum Gallery Residency, London
2022 Eve Leibe Project, London
2020 PADA studios, Lisbon, Portugal
2019 Art House Holland, Leiden, Netherlands
2019 Auc Art Lab Residency, London, United Kingdom
2017 Jardin Orange Artist Residency, Shenzhen, China