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SAMARA ASH
Born in Santa fé de Bogota, Colombia. Lives and works in Miami, Florida, United States. Ash is a contemporary artist teaching adults & children art appreciation & production for over 15 years. She is an alumni artist resident at the Fountainhead Studios Little River, Miami, US and a current Miami International Fine Arts resident.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES

2026 BFA Art Walls Festival /Fort Lauderdale, FL / “Jay”

2026 BBX Capital Exhibition /Fort Lauderdale / “Echoes” & “Awena”

2025 Espronceda Inst. of Art & Cult./Barcelona, Spain/“Sembrando en Ascenso” 

2025 Fountainhead Arts Winner/Windstar Cruise Lines /Mediterranean Sea Tour - Malaga|Gibraltar|Valencia|Cartagena|Palma de M.|Barcelona / ”Elysian” 

2025 Father Time  / Miami International Fine Arts Gallery  / Miami, FL  / ”Chronos Vital” 

2025 Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Mural Unveiling/ Disney, City of Lakeland Public Art & The Redevelopment Agency  /Lakeland, FL /”Echoes of Resilience”

2025 Bold Murals / Brevard Zoo  / Melbourne, FL /“Lumina Vitae” 

2024 Miami Art Week: Awall Mural Projects / Miami-Dade Public Schools: Madison Middle  / Miami, FL /“Ascension” 

2024 Mural Art Society/ City of Fort Myers Public Art  / Fort Myers, FL /“Ornithic Hymn” 

2024 Paint Memphis/ City of Memphis Public Art  / Memphis, TN / “Legacy” 

2024 Fifth Installment / Memphis Art Salon Gallery/Memphis, TN/“Untitled 7 & 8” & “Sin Fundamento” 

2023 Awena Public Art Exhibit / The Peacock House Art Foundation / Fort Pierce, FL “Awena”

2023 PUBLIC ART : Mural Inauguration / Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency in Partnership with the City of Fort Pierce / The Peacock Arts District Mural Project / Fort Pierce, FL / “Awena” (Sunrise)

2023 Artists Open Exhibition / FountainHead / Little River, Miami, FL

2022 ArtToSave Lives Contemporary / Miami ART WEEK / Miami Shores, FL. /. Group Show

2022 Farewell / FountainHead Arts / Little River, Miami, FL / Group Show

2022 Channing Tatum’s: MML LIVE & Steven Soderbergh’s Singani 63 / Buick Building / Design District, Miami, FL / “Conversion” Mixed Media on Glass

2022 Artists Open Exhibition / FountainHead Arts / Little River, Miami, FL Solo Show

2022 Artist Exhibition / LITA / Walnut Creek, CA

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

2021 Studio Open / FountainHead / Little River, Miami, FL Miami, FL / Group Show

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

2021 Upcoming... / Somm Valley / North Miami, FL / “Valley” Mural, “In- dustrial” Mural, “Lydia” Mural, “Portrait d’Homme” Mural, & “Titled” Mural

2019 Studio Exhibit / Miami-Dade Artist Open / Edgewater, FL / Solo Show

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

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

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

2018 Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Art / Virginia Key, FL / NJO, Performance

2017 FREE! Art Fair: Art Basel Miami I Brickell City Center I Brickell, FL / NJO, Performance

2016 Smash & Grab Art Auction / Locust Projects / Design District, Miami, FL / “Havoc” Acrylic Painting

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

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

2016 Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Art / Virginia Key, FL / NJO, Perfomance 2015

2015 SpeakFridays: Art Basel Edition / Lightbox Theater at Goldman Warehouse / Wynwood, FL / NJO, Performance

2014 Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival of Art / Ithaca, NY / NJO, Performance

2012 Smash & Grab / Locust Projects / Design District, Miami, FL / “Adulation” Mixed media Installation

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

2011 Smash & Grab Auction / Locust Projects / Design District, Miami, FL “Our Lady Grace of Perpetual Dismay” Mixed media on paper

2010 80” of Art / NWSA Alumni Auction / Sagamore Art Hotel / South Beach, FL / “Untitled” Mixed media Installation

2009 Art Basel: Miami / Cricket Taplin Collection / Sagamore: The Art Hotel / South Beach, FL / “Splendor Veritatis: Radiance of Truth” 12-foot sound proof structure with light & sound installation

2008 Assemblage / Daniel Azoulay Gallery / Midtown Miami, FL / “The Unti- tled One I” Silver gelatin print, “The Untitled One IV” Silver gelatin print

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

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

2007 Arteamericas Art Fair / Miami Beach Convention Center / Miami Beach, FL / “Fortune Teller I & II” Pencil on Paper, “Skin” Digital Media

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

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

2007 Miami Art Week / Passage / New World Gallery / Miami, FL / Juried by Jeremy T. Chessler Executive Director South Florida Art Center, Rina Car- vajal Executive Director/Chief Curator Miami Art Central / “[ ]” Photography, “Fraction” Photography

EDUCATION

BFA, Electronic Intermedia
VALEDICTORIAN
New World School of the Arts / University of Florida 2005 - 2008

BFA, Painting
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
New World School of the Arts / UF 2005 - 2008

BFA, MINOR Art History
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
New World School of the Arts / UF 2005 - 2008

Study Abroad, NALL Arts Association /
FULL SCHOLARSHIP Italy - France

AS SEEN ON

FORBES
ART PLUGGED
MIAMI HERALD
THE LEGER

FOX NEWS 29
TELEMUNDO 51
BOLD JOURNEY MAGAZINE
JUPITER MAGAZINE

NBC LIVE
SHOUTOUT MIAMI
SUN-SENTINEL
NPR - WQCS 88.9

YAHOO! NEWS
STUART MAGAZINE
ST. LUCIE VOICE
ART NOW MAGAZINE
CBS NEWS

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Public Art Collection
Windstar Cruises Art Collection
Brevard Zoo Art Collection

City of Fort Pierce Public Art
Sagamore Art Collection
Barry Neumman Private Collection
De la Cruz Collection

Miami Shores Village Public Art
Joan Blackman Private Collection
Susie & Walid Wahab Collection
Steven Soderbergh’s Collection

City of Lakeland Art Collection
City of Fort Pierce Art Collection
City of Fort Myers
City of Stuart Pubic Art Collection

SELECTED COLLABORATIONS

Channing Tatum - MML Tour
Brickell City Center
Miami Shores Fine Arts Commission
The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse

Knight Foundation
DIETL international
Hollywood Film Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Daniel Azoulay Gallery

SELECTED AWARDS

Fountainhead Arts Residency
Nall Art Assoc. European Residency
Koubek Center Arts Residency
NWSA Full Scholarship

Miami International Fine Arts Public Prize Award
Siggraph Space-Time Winner
The Mickey Wolfson Jr. Center Best Drawing Award

TALKS & LECTURES

“Can Art Change a City”: Samara Ash, Marco Caridad (Curator & Founder Biolumina Arts Residency), and Isabel Causadias, PhD (Professor at the University of Barcelona) presented by Fountainhead Arts in collaboration with Espronceda Institute of Art and Culture, Barcelona, Spain. [November 22, 2025]

“Elysian: Art At Sea by Samara Ash” moderated by Marco Caridad (Director of Miami International Fine Arts) presented by Fountainhead Arts in collaboration with Windstar Cruises at the Star Legend in Malaga, Spain. [November 17, 2025]

“Father Time” moderated by Tere Senyase (founder Performance InFlux) with panelists Samara Ash, Jacqueline Bermudez, Ilian Arvelo, & Yusimy Lara presented by Miami International Fine Arts. [August 28, 2025]