Artist Statement
I am an interdisciplinary artist of Greek ancestry whose artwork investigates personal and global issues: identity, body, voice, house/home, geography. In the past, my art practice has included: public art, socially-engaged art, art activism and community-based art. Over the years, I have worked in: painting, drawings, pastels, photography, small sculpture and poetry. Since 2020, I have turned my artistic and teaching art practices exclusively towards painting in oil, acrylic and watercolor and drawing with charcoal, pencil and graphite.
My current work is inspired by and climate change and nature as broad themes. I am happiest working directly in nature. My methods include "plain air" painting and working from photographs I have taken in the field. In these, I celebrate the freedom of the body outdoors, immersed in sound and light. The site of this work is often water, both the Atlantic ocean where I have summered since I was very young and lakes in Maine.
When I create "plein air" paintings I can put all thinking aside in order to immerse myself in a visceral experience that directs my use of the paint
in what what seems to be a non-restricted and boundless environment. This experience of transcending my body and the geography is exhilarating and the act of painting feels freeing and instinctual outdoors. In these works I often use acrylics on a wood panel and/or canvas as the paints dry quickly and I can glaze
often while painting. In the studio I usually use oil paint on wood panel or watercolors on paper.
As I paint, the sky, the grass, the water and the land all seem to envelop me as I work, and I aim, as an artist to transmit these feelings. In. this process I experience a deep connection with nature and my painting process that is profoundly healing. Two painters who inspire me immensely are Winslow Homer, who painted in Maine close to Pine Point, and J.M.W. Turner.
In the a former series of paintings, (Disconnected Body Parts Paintings) I use body parts (often my own) in disconnected ways, a somber palette and techniques borrowed from the Old Masters to express a different reality. My body plays a major role in moving the paint and I have come to appreciate the significance of my human body as I create, particularly with the physical limitations imposed on myself by Covid and Long Covid. The body parts appear in my paintings gradually and form a composition that I do not plan for in advance.. I add them as I paint, often shifting things as I proceed and integrating them with abstract backgrounds. Hands and arms have emerged frequently as have legs. In these paintings the extremities of my human body become more anonymous and universal. I keep the colors muted in this series of paintings and rely on Old Masters painting techniques with many glazes. I prefer to use oil paints on canvas for these works. The moodiness that I can achieve with a limited palette and glazing with oil paint techniques helps me to express my emotions subtly. Two painters who inspire me greatly for this series are Rembrandt and Goya.
My artwork is loosely auto-biographical. Using artistic means I explore my feelings about my inner and outer experiences. My artistic process involves connecting inward to my deepest self and outward to the world around me. I also aim for my works to have in them a sense of "time". My aim is always to create a type of artwork that can speak to people from all walks of life. Through art I can make the invisible visible and I can actualize my experiences anew and beyond and anew. I am not interested in the re-creation of my human experience per se. Rather I wish to use this powerful emotional energy as a catalyst that drives my creative process forward in the direction of something new. I aim as an artist to release inner emotional and psychological forces to a greater realm, one that is imaginary and mysterious and even more powerful and one that can be communicated to others.
During my lifetime, I have been influenced by numerous creatives, too many to name here. But my biggest influences have been composer, Mikis Theodorakis, writer, Nikos Kazantzakis, poet, Kavafy, painter, El Greco, painters, German and Northern Expressionists including Munch and Van Gogh, painters, Neo-Expressionist, Byzantine Icons, painter, Goya, artist, Glenn Ligon, poet, Sappho, poet, Maya Angelou, write, James Baldwin, poet Sylvia Plath, poet Rick Benjamin, and numerous other feminist, humanist, and activist artists.
Triada Samaras, 2023
Artist Bio
Greek-American artist Triada Samaras was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts and works in studios in Brooklyn, New York and Standish, Maine. For over 25 years, she has been exploring the themes of identity, house/home, voice, geography and democracy in her artwork and poems, often in art activist and socially engaged contexts in New York City and Athens, Greece. Her work has won her national and international recognition. Since 2021, Samaras has turned her attention exclusively to painting in oil, acrylic and watercolor on paper, canvas and on wood panels, and charcoal pencil ink and graphite on paper. Samaras now creates personal, intuitive, passionate and often visceral interpretations of themes in nature and figuration.
Originally educated in Fine Art at Smith College, Northampton, MA and the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, Samaras has also completed graduate work in art, art education, and interdisciplinary art at Columbia University, New York and Goddard College, Vermont. She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Drawing and Fine Art at Kean University and Art and Art Education at William Paterson University.
Triada Samaras has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Her recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition: Triada Samaras: Unbound at the Paterson Museum, 2019, curated by Giacomo DeStephano; and several group exhibitions including: Disconnected Anatomies at The Riverfront Gallery, 2022, curated by Haifa Bint-Kadi; Figuration at Atelier Rosal, 2022 curated by Heidi and Nick Rosal; Glimpse, at Gallery Afero Gallery 2020, curated by Candace Nicholson and Jo-El Lopez; and Greek Women: Then and Now, at Howe Gallery, Kean University 2019-2020 curated by Jacquelyn Tuerk-Stonberg. Her Unbound solo exhibition at Paterson Museum was featured at Tussle Magazine in a piece written by art critic Jonathan Goodman. Curator, Mary Birminham, has also written about her work for an upcoming catalog LINK.
Art Education
Originally educated in Fine Art at Smith College, Northampton, MA and the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, Samaras has also completed graduate work in art, art education, and interdisciplinary art at Columbia University, New York and Goddard College, Vermont. She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Fine Art at Kean University and Art and Art Education at William Paterson University.
Samaras has long been teaching art and art education to students of all ages, specializing, most recently in drawing and painting. She has taught thousands of students, teachers, family members, administrators and staff in New York and New Jersey at both the university levels and in K-12 settings. Her art work has won her national and international recognition and she has exhibited widely.
As an art educator, Samaras uses her experience as an artist to teach students of all ages, stressing both the joys and frustrations of the art making process with them. She is a patient art educator who can always bring out the best in her students' work through her on-going support, formal knowledge and thoughtful critiques. Some of her students' artworks can be seen at her blog: https://professorsamaras.blogspot.com/
Originally educated in Fine Art at Smith College, Northampton, MA and the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, Samaras has also completed graduate work in art, art education, and interdisciplinary art at Columbia University, New York and Goddard College, Vermont. She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Drawing and Fine Art at Kean University and Art and Art Education at William Paterson University.
Triada Samaras has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Her recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition: Triada Samaras: Unbound at the Paterson Museum, 2019, curated by Giacomo DeStephano; and several group exhibitions including: Disconnected Anatomies at The Riverfront Gallery, 2022, curated by Haifa Bint-Kadi; Figuration at Atelier Rosal, 2022 curated by Heidi and Nick Rosal; Glimpse, at Gallery Afero Gallery 2020, curated by Candace Nicholson and Jo-El Lopez; and Greek Women: Then and Now, at Howe Gallery, Kean University 2019-2020 curated by Jacquelyn Tuerk-Stonberg. Her Unbound solo exhibition at Paterson Museum was featured at Tussle Magazine in a piece written by art critic Jonathan Goodman. Curator, Mary Birminham, has also written about her work for an upcoming catalog LINK.
Art Education
Originally educated in Fine Art at Smith College, Northampton, MA and the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, Samaras has also completed graduate work in art, art education, and interdisciplinary art at Columbia University, New York and Goddard College, Vermont. She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Fine Art at Kean University and Art and Art Education at William Paterson University.
Samaras has long been teaching art and art education to students of all ages, specializing, most recently in drawing and painting. She has taught thousands of students, teachers, family members, administrators and staff in New York and New Jersey at both the university levels and in K-12 settings. Her art work has won her national and international recognition and she has exhibited widely.
As an art educator, Samaras uses her experience as an artist to teach students of all ages, stressing both the joys and frustrations of the art making process with them. She is a patient art educator who can always bring out the best in her students' work through her on-going support, formal knowledge and thoughtful critiques. Some of her students' artworks can be seen at her blog: https://professorsamaras.blogspot.com/
Triada Samaras born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Live/Work Brooklyn, New York. Email: triadasamaras@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2012. Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Interdisciplinary Art, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Thesis: At Home in Activist Art: Transgressing Political & Geographical Boundaries
2006. Master of Art in Art and Art Education, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY;
MA Thesis: Awesome Art as Adolescent Educator
1985 Fifth Year Certificate and Award. Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Medici Society Traveling Fellowship Award with Boston Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition
1984 Diploma in Studio Art, Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Dana Pond Award in Painting
1980 Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Studio Art, Smith College, Northampton, MA
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE (full list available upon request)
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006-Present: Kean University, Union, New Jersey
Adjunct Professor, Fine Arts Department
Courses: Drawing 1, Drawing 2, Painting 1, Color Theory, 2-D Design, Visual Thinking, Introduction to Art for Non-Art Majors
2009-2023: William Paterson University, New Jersey, Wayne, New Jersey
Art Professor in Residence, Paterson Public Schools K-12
Adjunct Professor, Art Education Courses
Methods for Art, K-12
Author/Creator: STEAM EmPOWERment Blog
Co-Author/Creator: Learning Arts at Home Website
2009-Present: William Paterson University, New Jersey, Wayne, New Jersey
Art Professor in Residence, Paterson Public Schools K-12
Adjunct Professor, Art Education, Graduate and Undergraduate
Courses: Methods for Art, K-12 and K-6; Art and Literacy, Creativity and Play
Author/Creator: STEAM EmPOWERment Blog
Co-Author/Creator: Learning Arts at Home Website
ARTS IN EDUCATION
2002-Present
Young Audiences of New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania
Master Level Teaching Artist and Professional Developer. Numerous residencies, workshops, and presentations throughout New Jersey. Professional Development for Artists, Administrators, and NJ Public School Teachers. Workshops include: wood sculpture, paper sculpture, drawing, painting, color theory, bookmaking, arts integration.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Triada Samaras: Unbound: Paintings, Works on Paper, Sculpture. Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ. cur. Giacomo DeStephano
2015 The State of Greece 2012: Enoikiazetai/Poleitai: For Rent/For Sale: Greece Photographs.
Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University, Union, NY. cur. Neil Tetkowski
2009 Triada Samaras, House/Home: Paintings: Sculpture. Art Activism. Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ. cur. Neil
Tetkowski
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (full list available upon request)
2023 Women in Art. Las Laguna Art Gallery. Laguna Beach, CA, cur. Lori McBride
2022 Fall 2022 Members Showcase. Pro Arts Jersey City.
2022 Disconnected Anatomies. The Riverfront Gallery. Yonkers, NY. cur. Haifa-Bint-Kadi
2022 Figuration. Atelier Rosal. Rahway, NJ. cur. Heidi & Nick Rosal
2022 Summer 2022 Member Showcase.. Pro Arts Jersey City.
2022 Faculty Show. Howe Gallery. Kean University Art Department, Union, NJ. cur Anna Shukeylo
2021 Greek Women: Then and Now. Howe Gallery. Kean University. Union, NJ. cur. Jacquelyn Tuerk-Stonberg
2020 Glimpse. Gallery Afero. Newark, NJ. cur. Candace Nicholson and Jo-El Lopez
2020 Word. Atelier Rosal. Rahway, NJ. cur. Heidi & Nick Rosal
2019 Ghost Towns, Or, the Memories that Haunt Us, Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ. cur. Joanna M. Wezyk
2019 Kean University Faculty Show at Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts, Long Beach Island, NJ. cur. Daniella Kerner
2018 FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, TN cur. David Carson
2018 Genesis, Artist Stories of Immigration. Dab Art, Ventura, CA. cur. Yessica Torres
2018 Faculty Show. James Howe Gallery, Kean University Art Department, Union, NJ
2018 Small Works Show. Atelier Rosal, NJ. Rahway, NJ. cur. Heidi & Nick Rosal
2018 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY cur. Florence Neil
2017 Dedicated to Nikos Kazantzakis., Meropion Foundation, Athens, Greece. Sponsored by UNESCO of Piraeus & Islands.
2017 The Enduring Spirit, Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, Summit, NJ. cur. Laura Ekstrand
2016 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. cur. Florence Neil
2014 Fall Salon, James Howe Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ. cur. Julie Harris
2014 Wish You Were Here 13, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. cur. Florence Neil
2012 Nature and Humanity, Vital Space, Athens, Greece. cur. by Danae Stratou and Yanis Varoufakis
2012 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. cur. by Florence Neil
2012 Brooklyn Utopias Exhibition, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY. cur. Katherine Gressel and Kim Maier
2011 Summer Art Crawl, Goddard College MFA Program, Plainfield, VT
2011 Winter Art Crawl, Goddard College MFA Program, Plainfield, VT
2010 Scarring Our Water, Governors Island Utopia, Governors Island, NY. cur. Katherine Gressel
2010 Producing, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY cur. Maurizio Pellegrin
2010 Studio Practices Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, curator: Maurizio Pellegrin.
2010 Gisca Palooza, GISCA/Global Initiative for Social Change Through the Arts:, Millbank Chapel, Columbia University
New York, NY
2010 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY. cur. Florence Neil
2009 Brooklyn Utopias?, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY cur. Katherine Gressel
2009 Brooklyn Utopias?, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, New York cur. Katherine Gressel and Kim Maier
2009 Faculty Exhibition, James Howe Gallery, Kean University Art Department, Union, NJ
2009 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY cur. Florence Neil
2006 Drawing Show, Macy Gallery, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY, cur. Maurizio Pellegrin
2006 Faculty Exhibition, James Howe Gallery, Kean University Art Department, Union, NJ
Public Art
2012 Public Art Workshop: Free Public Place. Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY
2009. Public Art Installation: Democracy Wall (2007-2009). Carroll Gardens/Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Public Art Installation: Poem for a Garbage Can. Carroll Park, Carroll Gardens/Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED POEMS AND ESSAYS
2008 Ode to a Developer. Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Bob Guskind
2008 Carpe Diem. Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Bob Guskind
2008 Howl/The Condo Building. Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Bob Guskind
2008 Ode to the BSA/Board of Standards and Appeals. Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Bob Guskind
2008 Public Place. The Intended Use is…, Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Bob Guskind
2007 The Professor in White. The inter-View Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY ed. Maria Hodek
2007 Poem for the Sick and Suffering. The inter-View Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY ed. Maria Hodek
2007 Poem for a Garbage Can, The inter-View Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY ed. Maria Hodek
2006 Poem for a Garbage Can, ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Daryl Lang
2006 America is Oil Addicted/Bad Mood, ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Daryl Lang
2006 Dirtbike to God, ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project. Brooklyn, NY. ed. Daryl Lang
2006 Poem for a Garbage Can, ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Daryl Lang
2005 It’s Hard to Write a Poem, ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Daryl Lang
2005 Mom is Dancing Now, ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Daryl Lang
2003 Journeys, IN-Step Issue #2 Art and Art Education Newsletter, Art and Art Education Department,
Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY. ed. Dr. Judith Burton
2002 YiaYia’s Pots, Hellenic Voice, Vol. 2 #52, Boston, MA
2002 The Spectator (For the Victims of 9/11), Hellenic Voice, Vol. 2 #38, Boston, MA
2002 The Spectator (For the Victims of 9/11) (poem), The Haverhill Gazette, Haverhill, MA
2002 Manic Depression, April Poetisms, New York, NY
SELECTED INTERVIEWS
2019 Aktina FM Greek-American Radio. Triada Samaras at the Paterson Museum. Interview w. Marlena Marletti
2007. Samaras & Shifreen (conversation between a poet and a painter: Triada Samaras
and Frank Shifreen), The inter-View Bulletin, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY
2007 “Inter-View” Bulletin: Teacher Writers for a Public Voice (TWPV), Columbia University,
Teachers College/Columbia University, NY, NY
2006. Editor’s Discretion: Featuring Triada Samaras, Volume 1, Issue 2, The inter-View
Bulletin, Columbia University, Teachers College/Columbia University, NY, NY
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Carroll Park, Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, New York
Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York
Columbia University, New York, NY
Private Collections in USA, Greece and Switzerland
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Pro Jersey City Book: Statements: The artwork of the members of Pro Arts Jersey City and their statements in a single sentence. https://www.proartsjerseycity.org
2019 Tussle Magazine: Triada Samaras at the Paterson Museum Jonathan Goodman https://www.tusslemagazine.com/triada-samaras
2019 The Sandpaper Wednesday May 22, 2019. Kean Faculty Join Creative Forces at LBIF
2019 Mary Birmingham. Triada Samaras: Unbound at the Paterson Museum https://triadasamarasartist.blogspot.com
2018 Dab Art Quarterly Exhibition & Publication “Genesis” January 1 - March 31, 2019
https://www.dabart.me/genesis-press-release
2019 Nikos Katanzakis Thought Leadership. Booklet Ioannis Zaglaris, author. Triada Samaras, Editor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis
2018 Apero Gallery Catalogue. Catalogue Curator: E. E. Jacks. "Unbound" January 2018 http://www.showapero.com/uploads/8/5/3/4/85349892/apÉro_catalogue_-_unbound_-_january_2018_web_single.pdf
2018 Apero Gallery Catalogue. Catalogue Curator: E. E. Jacks. "Reflection" November 2017 http://www.showapero.com/uploads/8/5/3/4/85349892/2017-11_reflection_aperocatalogue_single_1.pdf
2017 The Center for Artistic Activism. New York, New York “Actipedia: The Democracy Wall Ten Years Later.” https://actipedia.org/project/democracy-wall-carroll-gardens
2017 Art at the Limits: City Gallery of New York. “From NY to NJ and Back” (6 images). City Limits, In-depth Reporting on New York City. https://citylimits.org/2018/04/25/citygalleryart-of-new-york/
2017 Art at the Limits: City Gallery of New York. “Ten Year Anniversary of the Democracy Wall.” City Limits, In-depth Reporting on New York City. https://citylimits.org/2018/04/25/citygalleryart-of-new-york/
2017 Art at the Limits: City Gallery of New York. “Artist of the Week.” City Limits, In-depth Reporting on New York City. https://citylimits.org/2018/04/25/citygalleryart-of-new-york/
2015. Greek News. Independent Bi-Lingual Greek-American Weeklyn Newspaper Monday. April 6, 2015. The State of Greece: Enoikiazetai-Poleitai/For Rent-For Sale. http://www.greeknewsonline.com/the-state-of-greece-enoikiazetai-poleitai-for-rent-for-sale/
2015 Kean Magazine. (Spring 2015). Kean Galleries. Triada Samaras: The State of Greece.
2015 Cardenas, Gilbert H. (June 15, 2015). “Natural Art Like Andy Goldsworthy.” https://gilberthcardenas.wordpress.com/2015/06/15/natural-art-like-andy-goldsworthy/
2012 iefimerida. (10/27/2012). O οικονομικός αναλυτής της κρίσης Γιάννης Βαρουφάκης τώρα παρουσιάζει και έργα τέχνης/ The economist Yanis Varoufakis now presents artworks http://www.iefimerida.gr/node/73947 # ixzz2zmEqZPNP
2012 Handler, S. (9/2012). “Triada Samaras: The State of Greece: FOR RENT – FOR SALE.” Vital Space: Nature & Humanity. https://vitalspace.org/portfolio-item/the-state-of-greece-2012-ενοικιαζεται-πωλειται-for-rent-for-sale/
2012 Mills, J. (4/9/2012). “In Gowanus Playgrounds Both Real and Imagined.” The L Magazine.
2012. Kelly, K. (4/5/2012) “Imagining an Ideal City: Brooklyn Utopias Show at the Old Stone House.” Pardon Me for Asking. http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2012/04/imagining-ideal-city-brooklyn-utopias.html
2012. Short, A. (3/27/2012). “Picture perfect: Artists explore 'Brooklyn Utopias' at Park Slope's Old Stone House.” Brooklyn Paper. http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/13/24_brooklynutopias_2012_03_30_bk.html
2012 Meier, A. (5/14/2012). “Imagining Urban Art Utopias” HYPERALLRGIC/Sensitive to Art and Its Contents http://hyperallergic.com/51446/brooklyn-utopias/
2012 The City Sierran: New York City. "Triada Samaras photographs Hurricane Sandy flooding at Gowanus Canal" Sierra Club
2011 Jaszi, Sabrina. "Teens Make Their Gowanus Death Masks" The Brooklyn Paper." Web. 26 Nov. 2011.
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/44/32_44_sj_gowanus_masks.html
2011 "Toxic Gowanus Canal: Local Teens Create 'Airborne Contaminants' Masks." Pardon Me For Asking. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2009/10/toxic- gowanus-canal-local-teens-create.html
2011 "New BHS Exhibit – Brooklyn Utopias? | Brooklyn Heights Blog." Brooklyn Heights Blog | Dispatches from America's First Suburb. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/12674>.
2011 "Triada Samaras, Image from "Carroll Gardens Democracy Wall" Brooklyn Utopias?Web. 26 Nov. 2011.<http://brooklynutopias.com/artwork/944531_Triada_Samaras_image_from_Carroll.html>.
2011 "Imagining a Better Brooklyn" Gotham Gazette - the Place for New York City Policy and Politics. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.gothamgazette.com/events/feature_archive.php?e=239>
2011 "Carroll Gardens Democracy Wall Part of Jersey Exhibit" Gowanus Lounge — Serving Brooklyn. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.bobguskind.com/2008/12/17/carroll-gardens-democracy-wall-part-of-jersey-exhibit/>.
2011 “Brooklyn Utopias? Artists Consider Visions of an Ideal Brooklyn” Brooklyn Historical Society Press Release. Web. 26 Nov 2011. <http://brooklynhistory.org/resources/press/bhs_2009_aug_25.pdf>.
3/10/2009 Triada Samaras Featured on News 12 Brooklyn Cable Television. "Death of a Blogger."
1/2008 Triada Samaras and Bob Guskind Featured on B-CAT (Brooklyn Independent Television). BCAT interviews Gowanus Lounge and CG CORD for “Interview” News Magazine Program.
1/5/2008 The Brooklyn Papers, Brooklyn NY. Brooklyn Papers reports: “8 to watch in ’08” naming # 4: Democracy Wall, Carroll Gardens: “Every couple of weeks a new mural and message pops up at the plaza on the corner of Second Place and Smith Street, and it’s a barometer for public sentiment on local news.”
12/30/2007 Featured on News 12 Brooklyn Cable Television. “Triada Samaras and The Democracy Wall: Art Wall turns into protest of Carroll Gardens development" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjFx-OlXT10 Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.news12.com/archive/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=205063>.
Hodek, M. (2006). “Editor’s Discretion/Featured Artist: Triada Samaras” Inter-view Bulletin: Teacher Writers for a Public Voice (TWPV), Teachers College/Columbia University. Volume 1, Issue 2.
2006: D’Addario, Darren, “Trash Talk” Time Out New York/Issue 546 March 16-22 2006
2001 Laprel, S. “From Despair Comes Poem of Hope”. The Haverhill Gazette, Haverhill, MA (2002, July 4-July 10).
MEMBERSHIPS
College Art Association
NAEA National Art Education Association
UCAE University Council for Art Education
Freelancers Union
ACLU American Civil Liberties Union
EDUCATION
2012. Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Interdisciplinary Art, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Thesis: At Home in Activist Art: Transgressing Political & Geographical Boundaries
2006. Master of Art in Art and Art Education, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY;
MA Thesis: Awesome Art as Adolescent Educator
1985 Fifth Year Certificate and Award. Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Medici Society Traveling Fellowship Award with Boston Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition
1984 Diploma in Studio Art, Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Dana Pond Award in Painting
1980 Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Studio Art, Smith College, Northampton, MA
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE (full list available upon request)
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006-Present: Kean University, Union, New Jersey
Adjunct Professor, Fine Arts Department
Courses: Drawing 1, Drawing 2, Painting 1, Color Theory, 2-D Design, Visual Thinking, Introduction to Art for Non-Art Majors
2009-2023: William Paterson University, New Jersey, Wayne, New Jersey
Art Professor in Residence, Paterson Public Schools K-12
Adjunct Professor, Art Education Courses
Methods for Art, K-12
Author/Creator: STEAM EmPOWERment Blog
Co-Author/Creator: Learning Arts at Home Website
2009-Present: William Paterson University, New Jersey, Wayne, New Jersey
Art Professor in Residence, Paterson Public Schools K-12
Adjunct Professor, Art Education, Graduate and Undergraduate
Courses: Methods for Art, K-12 and K-6; Art and Literacy, Creativity and Play
Author/Creator: STEAM EmPOWERment Blog
Co-Author/Creator: Learning Arts at Home Website
ARTS IN EDUCATION
2002-Present
Young Audiences of New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania
Master Level Teaching Artist and Professional Developer. Numerous residencies, workshops, and presentations throughout New Jersey. Professional Development for Artists, Administrators, and NJ Public School Teachers. Workshops include: wood sculpture, paper sculpture, drawing, painting, color theory, bookmaking, arts integration.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Triada Samaras: Unbound: Paintings, Works on Paper, Sculpture. Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ. cur. Giacomo DeStephano
2015 The State of Greece 2012: Enoikiazetai/Poleitai: For Rent/For Sale: Greece Photographs.
Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University, Union, NY. cur. Neil Tetkowski
2009 Triada Samaras, House/Home: Paintings: Sculpture. Art Activism. Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ. cur. Neil
Tetkowski
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (full list available upon request)
2023 Women in Art. Las Laguna Art Gallery. Laguna Beach, CA, cur. Lori McBride
2022 Fall 2022 Members Showcase. Pro Arts Jersey City.
2022 Disconnected Anatomies. The Riverfront Gallery. Yonkers, NY. cur. Haifa-Bint-Kadi
2022 Figuration. Atelier Rosal. Rahway, NJ. cur. Heidi & Nick Rosal
2022 Summer 2022 Member Showcase.. Pro Arts Jersey City.
2022 Faculty Show. Howe Gallery. Kean University Art Department, Union, NJ. cur Anna Shukeylo
2021 Greek Women: Then and Now. Howe Gallery. Kean University. Union, NJ. cur. Jacquelyn Tuerk-Stonberg
2020 Glimpse. Gallery Afero. Newark, NJ. cur. Candace Nicholson and Jo-El Lopez
2020 Word. Atelier Rosal. Rahway, NJ. cur. Heidi & Nick Rosal
2019 Ghost Towns, Or, the Memories that Haunt Us, Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ. cur. Joanna M. Wezyk
2019 Kean University Faculty Show at Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts, Long Beach Island, NJ. cur. Daniella Kerner
2018 FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, TN cur. David Carson
2018 Genesis, Artist Stories of Immigration. Dab Art, Ventura, CA. cur. Yessica Torres
2018 Faculty Show. James Howe Gallery, Kean University Art Department, Union, NJ
2018 Small Works Show. Atelier Rosal, NJ. Rahway, NJ. cur. Heidi & Nick Rosal
2018 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY cur. Florence Neil
2017 Dedicated to Nikos Kazantzakis., Meropion Foundation, Athens, Greece. Sponsored by UNESCO of Piraeus & Islands.
2017 The Enduring Spirit, Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, Summit, NJ. cur. Laura Ekstrand
2016 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. cur. Florence Neil
2014 Fall Salon, James Howe Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ. cur. Julie Harris
2014 Wish You Were Here 13, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. cur. Florence Neil
2012 Nature and Humanity, Vital Space, Athens, Greece. cur. by Danae Stratou and Yanis Varoufakis
2012 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. cur. by Florence Neil
2012 Brooklyn Utopias Exhibition, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY. cur. Katherine Gressel and Kim Maier
2011 Summer Art Crawl, Goddard College MFA Program, Plainfield, VT
2011 Winter Art Crawl, Goddard College MFA Program, Plainfield, VT
2010 Scarring Our Water, Governors Island Utopia, Governors Island, NY. cur. Katherine Gressel
2010 Producing, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY cur. Maurizio Pellegrin
2010 Studio Practices Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, curator: Maurizio Pellegrin.
2010 Gisca Palooza, GISCA/Global Initiative for Social Change Through the Arts:, Millbank Chapel, Columbia University
New York, NY
2010 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY. cur. Florence Neil
2009 Brooklyn Utopias?, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY cur. Katherine Gressel
2009 Brooklyn Utopias?, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, New York cur. Katherine Gressel and Kim Maier
2009 Faculty Exhibition, James Howe Gallery, Kean University Art Department, Union, NJ
2009 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY cur. Florence Neil
2006 Drawing Show, Macy Gallery, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY, cur. Maurizio Pellegrin
2006 Faculty Exhibition, James Howe Gallery, Kean University Art Department, Union, NJ
Public Art
2012 Public Art Workshop: Free Public Place. Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY
2009. Public Art Installation: Democracy Wall (2007-2009). Carroll Gardens/Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Public Art Installation: Poem for a Garbage Can. Carroll Park, Carroll Gardens/Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED POEMS AND ESSAYS
2008 Ode to a Developer. Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Bob Guskind
2008 Carpe Diem. Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Bob Guskind
2008 Howl/The Condo Building. Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Bob Guskind
2008 Ode to the BSA/Board of Standards and Appeals. Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Bob Guskind
2008 Public Place. The Intended Use is…, Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Bob Guskind
2007 The Professor in White. The inter-View Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY ed. Maria Hodek
2007 Poem for the Sick and Suffering. The inter-View Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY ed. Maria Hodek
2007 Poem for a Garbage Can, The inter-View Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY ed. Maria Hodek
2006 Poem for a Garbage Can, ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Daryl Lang
2006 America is Oil Addicted/Bad Mood, ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Daryl Lang
2006 Dirtbike to God, ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project. Brooklyn, NY. ed. Daryl Lang
2006 Poem for a Garbage Can, ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Daryl Lang
2005 It’s Hard to Write a Poem, ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Daryl Lang
2005 Mom is Dancing Now, ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. ed. Daryl Lang
2003 Journeys, IN-Step Issue #2 Art and Art Education Newsletter, Art and Art Education Department,
Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY. ed. Dr. Judith Burton
2002 YiaYia’s Pots, Hellenic Voice, Vol. 2 #52, Boston, MA
2002 The Spectator (For the Victims of 9/11), Hellenic Voice, Vol. 2 #38, Boston, MA
2002 The Spectator (For the Victims of 9/11) (poem), The Haverhill Gazette, Haverhill, MA
2002 Manic Depression, April Poetisms, New York, NY
SELECTED INTERVIEWS
2019 Aktina FM Greek-American Radio. Triada Samaras at the Paterson Museum. Interview w. Marlena Marletti
2007. Samaras & Shifreen (conversation between a poet and a painter: Triada Samaras
and Frank Shifreen), The inter-View Bulletin, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY
2007 “Inter-View” Bulletin: Teacher Writers for a Public Voice (TWPV), Columbia University,
Teachers College/Columbia University, NY, NY
2006. Editor’s Discretion: Featuring Triada Samaras, Volume 1, Issue 2, The inter-View
Bulletin, Columbia University, Teachers College/Columbia University, NY, NY
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Carroll Park, Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, New York
Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York
Columbia University, New York, NY
Private Collections in USA, Greece and Switzerland
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Pro Jersey City Book: Statements: The artwork of the members of Pro Arts Jersey City and their statements in a single sentence. https://www.proartsjerseycity.org
2019 Tussle Magazine: Triada Samaras at the Paterson Museum Jonathan Goodman https://www.tusslemagazine.com/triada-samaras
2019 The Sandpaper Wednesday May 22, 2019. Kean Faculty Join Creative Forces at LBIF
2019 Mary Birmingham. Triada Samaras: Unbound at the Paterson Museum https://triadasamarasartist.blogspot.com
2018 Dab Art Quarterly Exhibition & Publication “Genesis” January 1 - March 31, 2019
https://www.dabart.me/genesis-press-release
2019 Nikos Katanzakis Thought Leadership. Booklet Ioannis Zaglaris, author. Triada Samaras, Editor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis
2018 Apero Gallery Catalogue. Catalogue Curator: E. E. Jacks. "Unbound" January 2018 http://www.showapero.com/uploads/8/5/3/4/85349892/apÉro_catalogue_-_unbound_-_january_2018_web_single.pdf
2018 Apero Gallery Catalogue. Catalogue Curator: E. E. Jacks. "Reflection" November 2017 http://www.showapero.com/uploads/8/5/3/4/85349892/2017-11_reflection_aperocatalogue_single_1.pdf
2017 The Center for Artistic Activism. New York, New York “Actipedia: The Democracy Wall Ten Years Later.” https://actipedia.org/project/democracy-wall-carroll-gardens
2017 Art at the Limits: City Gallery of New York. “From NY to NJ and Back” (6 images). City Limits, In-depth Reporting on New York City. https://citylimits.org/2018/04/25/citygalleryart-of-new-york/
2017 Art at the Limits: City Gallery of New York. “Ten Year Anniversary of the Democracy Wall.” City Limits, In-depth Reporting on New York City. https://citylimits.org/2018/04/25/citygalleryart-of-new-york/
2017 Art at the Limits: City Gallery of New York. “Artist of the Week.” City Limits, In-depth Reporting on New York City. https://citylimits.org/2018/04/25/citygalleryart-of-new-york/
2015. Greek News. Independent Bi-Lingual Greek-American Weeklyn Newspaper Monday. April 6, 2015. The State of Greece: Enoikiazetai-Poleitai/For Rent-For Sale. http://www.greeknewsonline.com/the-state-of-greece-enoikiazetai-poleitai-for-rent-for-sale/
2015 Kean Magazine. (Spring 2015). Kean Galleries. Triada Samaras: The State of Greece.
2015 Cardenas, Gilbert H. (June 15, 2015). “Natural Art Like Andy Goldsworthy.” https://gilberthcardenas.wordpress.com/2015/06/15/natural-art-like-andy-goldsworthy/
2012 iefimerida. (10/27/2012). O οικονομικός αναλυτής της κρίσης Γιάννης Βαρουφάκης τώρα παρουσιάζει και έργα τέχνης/ The economist Yanis Varoufakis now presents artworks http://www.iefimerida.gr/node/73947 # ixzz2zmEqZPNP
2012 Handler, S. (9/2012). “Triada Samaras: The State of Greece: FOR RENT – FOR SALE.” Vital Space: Nature & Humanity. https://vitalspace.org/portfolio-item/the-state-of-greece-2012-ενοικιαζεται-πωλειται-for-rent-for-sale/
2012 Mills, J. (4/9/2012). “In Gowanus Playgrounds Both Real and Imagined.” The L Magazine.
2012. Kelly, K. (4/5/2012) “Imagining an Ideal City: Brooklyn Utopias Show at the Old Stone House.” Pardon Me for Asking. http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2012/04/imagining-ideal-city-brooklyn-utopias.html
2012. Short, A. (3/27/2012). “Picture perfect: Artists explore 'Brooklyn Utopias' at Park Slope's Old Stone House.” Brooklyn Paper. http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/13/24_brooklynutopias_2012_03_30_bk.html
2012 Meier, A. (5/14/2012). “Imagining Urban Art Utopias” HYPERALLRGIC/Sensitive to Art and Its Contents http://hyperallergic.com/51446/brooklyn-utopias/
2012 The City Sierran: New York City. "Triada Samaras photographs Hurricane Sandy flooding at Gowanus Canal" Sierra Club
2011 Jaszi, Sabrina. "Teens Make Their Gowanus Death Masks" The Brooklyn Paper." Web. 26 Nov. 2011.
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/44/32_44_sj_gowanus_masks.html
2011 "Toxic Gowanus Canal: Local Teens Create 'Airborne Contaminants' Masks." Pardon Me For Asking. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2009/10/toxic- gowanus-canal-local-teens-create.html
2011 "New BHS Exhibit – Brooklyn Utopias? | Brooklyn Heights Blog." Brooklyn Heights Blog | Dispatches from America's First Suburb. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/12674>.
2011 "Triada Samaras, Image from "Carroll Gardens Democracy Wall" Brooklyn Utopias?Web. 26 Nov. 2011.<http://brooklynutopias.com/artwork/944531_Triada_Samaras_image_from_Carroll.html>.
2011 "Imagining a Better Brooklyn" Gotham Gazette - the Place for New York City Policy and Politics. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.gothamgazette.com/events/feature_archive.php?e=239>
2011 "Carroll Gardens Democracy Wall Part of Jersey Exhibit" Gowanus Lounge — Serving Brooklyn. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.bobguskind.com/2008/12/17/carroll-gardens-democracy-wall-part-of-jersey-exhibit/>.
2011 “Brooklyn Utopias? Artists Consider Visions of an Ideal Brooklyn” Brooklyn Historical Society Press Release. Web. 26 Nov 2011. <http://brooklynhistory.org/resources/press/bhs_2009_aug_25.pdf>.
3/10/2009 Triada Samaras Featured on News 12 Brooklyn Cable Television. "Death of a Blogger."
1/2008 Triada Samaras and Bob Guskind Featured on B-CAT (Brooklyn Independent Television). BCAT interviews Gowanus Lounge and CG CORD for “Interview” News Magazine Program.
1/5/2008 The Brooklyn Papers, Brooklyn NY. Brooklyn Papers reports: “8 to watch in ’08” naming # 4: Democracy Wall, Carroll Gardens: “Every couple of weeks a new mural and message pops up at the plaza on the corner of Second Place and Smith Street, and it’s a barometer for public sentiment on local news.”
12/30/2007 Featured on News 12 Brooklyn Cable Television. “Triada Samaras and The Democracy Wall: Art Wall turns into protest of Carroll Gardens development" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjFx-OlXT10 Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.news12.com/archive/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=205063>.
Hodek, M. (2006). “Editor’s Discretion/Featured Artist: Triada Samaras” Inter-view Bulletin: Teacher Writers for a Public Voice (TWPV), Teachers College/Columbia University. Volume 1, Issue 2.
2006: D’Addario, Darren, “Trash Talk” Time Out New York/Issue 546 March 16-22 2006
2001 Laprel, S. “From Despair Comes Poem of Hope”. The Haverhill Gazette, Haverhill, MA (2002, July 4-July 10).
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