EDUCATION

2005 – 2008     Bachelor of Fine Arts, Electronic Intermedia         Valedictorian Full Scholarship, University of Florida, New World School of the Arts, Florida 

2005 – 2008     Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting                    Summa cum Laude
Full Scholarship, University of Florida, New World School of the Arts, Florida USA

2005 – 2008     Minor in Fine Arts, Art History                      Summa cum Laude
University of Florida, New World School of the Arts, Florida

 2007 Summer    Study Abroad, Full Scholarship, NALL Art Assoc.   Italy-France

 2003 – 2005     Associate’s in Fine Arts Degree                       Highest Honors
Full Scholarship, The Honors College Miami-Dade, Miami, Florida USA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES

2022 Fairwell  I   FountainHead  I  Little River, Miami, FL  Group Show

2022 MML & Singani 63  I   Buick Building  I  Design District, Miami, FL
”Conversion” Mixed Media on Glass

2022 Artists Open Exhibition  I   FountainHead  I  Little River, Miami, FL 

2021 Red: Art Basel Miami  I   Bal Harbour Shops  I  Bal Harbour,  FL  Group Show

2021 Studio Open  I   FountainHead  I  Little River, Miami, FL 

2021 Amigos Moderno Buenos Aires Studio Visit  I   FountainHead  I  Little River, Miami, FL Group Show

2021 Upcoming...  I   Somm Valley  I  North Miami, FL “Valley” Mural, “Industrial” Mural,  “Lydia” Mural,  “Portrait d’Homme” Mural, & “Titled” Mural

2021 Studio Exhibit  I   Miami-Dade Artist Open  I  Edgewater, FL 
Solo Show

2019    Smash & Grab Art Auction  I   Locust Projects  I  Design District, Miami, FL
“Titled Nude” Mixed Media Painting  

2019    Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival of Art  I  Ithaca, NY NJO, Performance

2019    Glossier  I  Wynwood Walls  I  Wynwood , FL
NJO, Performance

2019    Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Art  I  Virginia Key, FL
NJO, Performance

2018    FREE! Art Fair: Art Basel Miami I  Brickell City Center  I  Brickell , FL
NJO, Performance

 2018    Smash & Grab Art Auction  I  Locust Projects  I  Design District, Miami, FL
“The Gift of Dreams” Acrylic Painting

 2018    Wynwood Yard  I  Wynwood, FL
NJO, Performance

 2017    Smash & Grab Art Auction  I  Locust Projects  I  Design District, Miami, FL
“Havoc” Acrylic Painting

 2016    Grassroots Festival of Art  I  Wynwood, FL
NJO, Performance

2016    Smash & Grab Auction  I  Locust Projects  I  Design District, Miami, FL
“Notre Dame” Mixed media wax painting

 2016    SpeakFridays  I  Lightbox Theater at Goldman Warehouse  I  Wynwood, FL NJO, Performance

 2016    Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Art  I  Virginia Key, FL NJO, Performance

 2015    SpeakFridays: Art Basel Ed.  I  Lightbox Theater at Goldman Warehouse  I  Wynwood, FL
NJO, Performance

 2015    Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival of Art  I  Ithaca, NY NJO, Performance

 2015    Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Art  I  Virginia Key, FL NJO, Performance

 2014    Smash & Grab  I  Locust Projects  I  Design District, Miami, FL
“Adulation” Mixed media Installation

 2014    The Busk Stop  I  River Arts Park  I  Miami, FL7beats  Sound Performance

 2012    Smash & Grab Auction  I  Locust Projects  I  Design District, Miami, FL
“Our Lady Grace of Perpetual Dismay” Mixed media work on paper

 2012    Static Waterlust  I  New World School of the Arts Alumni  I  Marina Blue  I  Miami, FL
“Our Lady Grace of Perpetual Dismay” Mixed media work on paper

 2011    80” of Art  I   NWSA Alumni Auction  I  Sagamore  I  South Beach, FL
“Untitled” Installation mixed media drawing on canvas, shelf, & wax candle

 2011    Smash & Grab Auction  I  Locust Projects  I  Design District, Miami, FL
“The Untitled One II” Silver gelatin print

2010    Art Basel: Miami  I  Cricket Taplin Collection  I  Sagamore   I  South Beach, FL
“Splendor Veritatis: Radiance of Truth” 12-foot sound proof structure with light & sound installation

 2009    Assemblage  I  Daniel Azoulay Gallery  I  Midtown Miami, FL
“The Untitled One I”  Silver gelatin print &
“The Untitled One IV”  Silver gelatin print

 2009    Laura London: Rockstar Moment  I  Daniel Azoulay Gallery  I  Midtown Miami, FL
“Di-men-sion I, II, III, & IV”  Digital Videos,  “Ephemera”  Video,  “On-gi-li-re“  Video, &  “Deity from the Zalus series”  Video,  “It”  Video

 2009    Magic Nights  I  Soya & Pomodoro  I  Downtown Miami, FL
“Deities I, II, III, & IV” Monotypes &  “Self Portrait: In 30 Years” Oil on canvas

 2008    Hybrid  I  Daniel Azoulay Gallery  I  Midtown Miami, FL
“Zalus” Mixed media,  “Di-men-sion I, II, III, & IV”  Digital Videos

 2008    The Stairwell Project  I  Sagamore: The Art Hotel  I  Miami Beach, FL Curated by Cricket Taplin,  Permanent Sagamore Collection
“Cathana” Painting/Installation

2008      BFA Show  I  Mu-Dai  I  Museum of Art & Design: Freedom Tower  I  Miami, FL Curated by Fred Snitzer
“Zalus” Mixed Media &  “ Deities Series I, II, III, & IV”  Monotypes

2008    Arteamericas Art Fair  I  Miami Beach Convention Center  I  Miami Beach, FL
“Fortune Teller I & II”  Pencil on Paper  & “ Skin” Digital Media

 2008    The Art of Women  I  Roxcey O’Neal Bolton Women’s History Gallery  I  Miami, FL
“Ephemera I and IV from the Interim series” Photography

 2007    Art Basel: Miami  I  Progressions  I  New World Gallery  I  Miami, FL
“The Untitled I & II”  Photography

 2007    Fortune and Freedom  I  Soho Studios  I  Wynwood Art District, FL
“Skin” Digital Media

 2007    Rising Stars  I  Self-portrait  I  New World Gallery  I  Miami, FL . Juried by Bonnie Clearwater Director MOCA
“Ephemera” Digital Video 
“Ephemera I and IV from the Interim series” Photography

 2006    Art Basel: Miami  I  Passage  I  New World Gallery  I  Miami, FL Juried by Jeremy T. Chessler Executive Director South Florida Art Center, Rina Carvajal Executive Director/Chief Curator Miami Art Central, Stephanie Cunningham Associate Professor Florida Atlantic University
“[ ]” Photography  & “Fraction” Photography

 2006    Art Basel: Miami  I  Photo Miami  I  New World Gallery Booth  I Wynwood Art District, FL
“Ephemera I, II, III, IV from the interim series” Photography

 2006    The Big Read  I  Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451  I  Broward-County Public Library  I Ft. Laud., FL
“450/452” Digital Video/Installation

 2005    Siggraph I Bring Your Brain  I  Los Angeles Convention Center  I  
Los Angeles, California “Untitled”  Digital Print

 2005    Rising Stars I New World Gallery  I  Miami, FL Juried by Jorge Gutierrez MDC Gallery Director, Nickless   Mickey Wolfson Junior Center Gallery, Celeste Pierson Senior Associate Professor, Mercedes A. Quiroga, Ph.D Visual Arts Provost.
“Untitled”   Photography & “Di-men-sion I, II, & III”  Digital Videos

 2005    Art Basel: Miami  I  Clima X   I  Wynwood Art District, FL  I 
Collaboration With Jus D’Art “Untitled” Mixed media

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Cricket Taplin Collection    
Barry Neumman Private Collection    
De La Cruz Collection    
Joan Blackman Private Collection  
Susie & Walid Wahab Private Collection   
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation

SELECTED AWARDS

Earth Ethics Institute  I  Miami, FL . USA  I  
First Place: Manipulated Photograph Division

Florida Bright Futures I Florida, USA

The Honors College Scholarship I Miami, FL. USA

Siggraph I Los Angeles, California USA   I   Space-Time Competition/Print   I   Honorable Mention

USA Funds Access to Education Scholarship. I USA

New World School of the Arts Scholarship I Miami, FL. USA

Spring Art Fest I Mickey Wolfson Jr. Center I Miami, FL.  USA I  
Juried by Miami Art Museum Best drawing, “Johnny’s Portrait”

Nall Art Association European Scholarship I St. Paul De Vence, France

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2022 Voyage Miami   I   October Issue. “Life & Work with Samara”

2021 L.A. Voyage Group Magazine: Shoutout Miami   I   June Issue. “Meet Samara Ash Visual Artist” by Emma Jacobs

2017    Sun-Sentinel   I   March Issue “Abre Por Tiempo Limitado Glossier en Miami” by Yvonne H. Valdez

2017    YAHOO! Vida & Estilo   I   September Issue “Miami Despues del Huracan, Desde los Ojos de Una Artista”

2015    Work Untitled Magazine  I   November Issue“In Conversation with the Artist” by Adler Guerrier “In Conversation with the Artist - II” by Olivia Ramos

2010    What’s Up Miami  I   December “The Cricket Taplin Collection at Sagamore Hotel” by Jesus Manuel Rojas Torres

2010    Art Now Magazine  I   November Issue “Ninth Annual Art Basel Brunch” by Ali Karsh

2010    Art Nouveau   I   November Issue“Art Basel 2010: New World’s Stairwell Project” by Kendrick Daye

2007    Miami Herald   I   Web Art Gallery   I   December“Fortune Teller II”  Pencil on Paper