Samara Golden
Samara Golden (b. 1973, Ann Arbor, MI) is known for her immersive environments that transcend linear time and toggle between personal and collective spheres of experience.
Her previous installations—which have been exhibited at MoMA PS1, MOCA Los Angeles, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others—have explored the layers of consciousness through three-dimensional constructions, wherein hierarchies of thought, emotions, and experiences are unified into a singular psychological architecture
Artworks
Samara Golden,
Upstairs at Steve's,
2020. Full-size room installation. Solo exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia.
Samara Golden,
Upstairs at Steve's,
2020. Full-size room installation. Solo exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia.
Samara Golden,
Upstairs at Steve's,
2020. Full-size room installation. Solo exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia.
Samara Golden,
The Lamplighter’s Wooden Pajamas,
2019. Full-size room installation. Featured in exhibition, "Psyche als Schauplatz des Politischen" at Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany.
Samara Golden,
The Lamplighter’s Wooden Pajamas,
2019. Full-size room installation. Featured in exhibition, "Psyche als Schauplatz des Politischen" at Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany.
Samara Golden,
The Lamplighter’s Wooden Pajamas,
2019. Full-size room installation. Featured in exhibition, "Psyche als Schauplatz des Politischen" at Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany.
The Meat Grinder's Iron Clothes,
2017. Multi-level Installation with sound and Mirror. Featured in the 2017 Whitney Biennial at The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Samara Golden,
The Meat Grinder's Iron Clothes,
2017. Multi-level Installation with sound and Mirror. Featured in the 2017 Whitney Biennial at The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Samara Golden,
The Meat Grinder's Iron Clothes,
2017. Multi-level Installation with sound and Mirror. Featured in the 2017 Whitney Biennial at The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Samara Golden,
A Fall of Corners,
2015. Full-size room installation. Canada, New York
Samara Golden,
A Fall of Corners,
2015. Full-size room installation. Canada, New York
Multi media installation
Samara Golden,
A Fall of Corners,
2015. Full-size room installation. Canada, New York
Samara Golden,
Mass Murder (Installation View of Blue Room),
2014,
Dimensions variable,
Mixed media
Samara Golden,
Mass Murder (Installation View of Blue Room),
2014,
Dimensions variable,
Mixed media
Samara Golden,
Mass Murder (Installation View of Red Room),
2014,
Dimensions variable,
Mixed media
Samara Golden,
The Fireplace (Installation View),
2013,
Dimensions variable,
Mixed media
Samara Golden,
The Fireplace (Detail),
2013,
Dimensions variable,
Mixed media
Samara Golden,
Stereos,
2011,
Mixed media and live video
Samara Golden,
Rape of the Mirror,
2011,
Mixed media and live video
Samara Golden,
Bad Brains,
2011,
Mixed media and live video
Installation Views
Installation view, Upstairs at Steve's, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2020
Installation view, Upstairs at Steve's, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2020
Installation view, Upstairs at Steve's, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2020
Installation view, Upstairs at Steve's, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2020
Installation view, Upstairs at Steve's, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2020
Installation view 'Psyche and Politics' Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany, 2019
Foto: © stephan baumann
Installation View, The 2017 Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2017
Installation View, The 2017 Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2017
Installation View, A Trap in Soft Division, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Courtesy of the artist and Night Gallery. Photo by Charlie Villyard.
Installation View, A Trap in Soft Division, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Courtesy of the artist and Night Gallery. Photo by Charlie Villyard.
Installation View, A Trap in Soft Division, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Courtesy of the artist and Night Gallery. Photo by Charlie Villyard.
Installation View, A Trap in Soft Division, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Courtesy of the artist and Night Gallery. Photo by Charlie Villyard.
Installation View, A Trap in Soft Division, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Courtesy of the artist and Night Gallery. Photo by Charlie Villyard.
Installation View, A Trap in Soft Division, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Courtesy of the artist and Night Gallery. Photo by Charlie Villyard.
Installation View, A Trap in Soft Division, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Courtesy of the artist and Night Gallery. Photo by Charlie Villyard.
Installation view, A Fall of Corners, Canada, New York, 2015
Installation view, A Fall of Corners, Canada, New York, 2015
Installation view, A Fall of Corners, Canada, New York, 2015
Installation view, A Fall of Corners, Canada, New York, 2015
Installation view, A Fall of Corners, Canada, New York, 2015
Installation view, A Fall of Corners, Canada, New York, 2015
Installation view, Rape of the Mirror, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
Installation view, Rape of the Mirror, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
Installation view, Rape of the Mirror, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
Installation view, Rape of the Mirror, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
Exhibitions
Publications
Flat Side Of The Knife, Samara Golden, 2017
Samara Golden
Flat Side Of The Knife, 2017
Press
Penny Craswell "Dreamhome: Stories of Art and Shelter." ArchitectureAU June 23, 2023
Andrew Berardini "Samara Golden." Artforum May 1, 2022
Jori Finkel "Samara Golden Is Spilling Her ‘Guts’." New York Times January 21, 2022
Olivia Jia "Samara Golden’s Memento Mori Give Shape to Grief." Hyperallergic February 9, 2021
Elizabeth Buhe "Samara Golden: Upstairs at Steve’s." The Brooklyn Rail February 1, 2021
Katherine McMahon "L.A. HABITAT: SAMARA GOLDEN." ArtNews May 27, 2016
Jo-ey Tang "Samara Golden Yerba Buena Center for the Arts / San Francisco." Flash Art May 17, 2016
Nicole Kaack "Little Boxes: Samara Golden at Yerba Buena." ArtCritical April 23, 2016
Catherine Damman "Critic's Pick: Samara Golden 'A Trap in Soft Division." Artforum April 1, 2016
Alara Kap "Feature: Upside Down - Samara Golden." Based Istanbul April 1, 2016
Catherine Damman "Samara Golden: YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS." Artforum March 2016
Robin Pogrebin "Evolving Rooms." The New York Times February 26, 2016 c20
Myriam Ben Salah "Art Los Angeles Contemporary and Paramount Ranch." e-Flux, February 3, 2016
"Samara Golden." Art in America October 15, 2015
"Samara Golden." The New Yorker September 29, 2015
Cat Kron "Openings: Samara Golden." Artforum September
Kristin Lucas "Samara Golden." BOMB Magazine June 1, 2015
Kate Liebman "Samara Golden: The Flat Side of the Knife." The Brooklyn Rail April 2, 2015
Ken Johnson "A Profusion of Enlightenment." The New York Times December 25, 2014
Jennifer S. Li "Samara Golden." Art in America April 21, 2014
Jonathan Griffin "In Focus: Samara Golden." frieze April 1, 2014
Eli Diner "Samara Golden." Artforum April 1, 2014
Vera Neykov "In the Golden Room." Interview Magazine October 7, 2013
Andrew Berardini "Future Greats 2013: Samara Golden." ArtReview March 1, 2013
Andrew Berardini "Through the Looking Glass: Samara Golden." Mousse October 1, 2012 210-215
Scott Indrisek "...In Which The Magazine Inspires an Exhibition." Modern Painters October 1, 2012
Anne Martens "Reviews: Samara Golden." Flash Art January/February 2012
Tyler Coburn "Looking Back, Looking Forward: 3." ArtReview December 14, 2011
Kate Wolf "How Deep is the Ocean?." ARTslant November 27, 2011
Carol Cheh "Samara Golden's Rape of the Mirror Transforms NIght Gallery Into Beachside Villa in the 'Sixth Dimension'...With a Jacuzzi"."LAWeekly November 27, 2011
CV
b. 1973, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2009
MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
1995
BFA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
Guts, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Upstairs at Steve’s, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2016
A Trap in Soft Division, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2015
A Fall of Corners, CANADA, New York, NY
Always smile at the mask of hate for it covers a sad face, Frieze Projects, New York, NY
2014
The Flat Side of the Knife, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
Mass Murder, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Bad Brains, Night Gallery Booth, Frieze Frame Art Fair, New York, NY
2011
Rape of the Mirror, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Bust: My Personal Winter, Workspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009
There’s more but its invisible, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
Penumbra II, Ferenbalm Gurbru Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
2005
Sugar, Roebling Hall, New York (travelled to Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany)