Triada Samaras is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose practice explores the intersection of Hellenic heritage and the science of nervous system regulation. By translating complex inner landscapes into compositions of poetic clarity, she bridges personal narratives of resilience with universal archetypes, offering artmaking as a vital tool for intentional evolution and conscious presence.
"There’s a persistent spirituality to Samaras’ work, a sense of the pain, awe, and transcendence of suffering. The urgency of her touch and elasticity of her forms bring to mind El Greco... a nod to her Greek heritage. Samaras exults in the expressive and tempestuous emotionality of paint." Essay commissioned for the exhibition "Transcending Bodies" Patricia Miranda, Artist, Curator, and Educator (Read the full text below)
"Her work is notable for its combination of technical freedom and emotional formalism... a visual parable of emotion through which we can achieve the best of what we are. In a large way, her art is about transcendence—the need to move beyond the binds of circumstance." Jonathon Goodman, Art Critic and Writer Tussle Magazine
"She shifts her focus to the personal and turns her activist energy inward... giving viewers an intimate glimpse into her journey toward self-actualization." — Mary Birmingham, Curator, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey Essay commissioned for the exhibition "Unbound" at the Paterson Museum (Read the full review here)
"Her work is notable for its combination of technical freedom and emotional formalism... a visual parable of emotion through which we can achieve the best of what we are. In a large way, her art is about transcendence—the need to move beyond the binds of circumstance." Jonathon Goodman, Art Critic and Writer Tussle Magazine
"She shifts her focus to the personal and turns her activist energy inward... giving viewers an intimate glimpse into her journey toward self-actualization." — Mary Birmingham, Curator, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey Essay commissioned for the exhibition "Unbound" at the Paterson Museum (Read the full review here)
About the Artist
My work explores the intersection of resilience, memory, and transformation—the intentional evolution of the self through visual art and poetry. Rooted in my Hellenic heritage, I translate complex inner landscapes into compositions of poetic clarity, bridging personal narratives of presence with universal archetypes. I utilize the creative process to navigate the invisible structures of the mind, rendering the autobiographical into the universal.
Whether I am working through the reflective light of the Moon Series, the flowing Pneuma of breath-led drawings, or the structural inquiries of my Unbound series, my art serves as a regulatory necessity. By focusing on ANS regulation—the biological balancing of the body's stress and rest responses—I move from a state of reactivity to one of ‘Sovereign Witnessing. This physiological grounding allows the 'Pneuma' of the breath to direct the hand, transforming raw emotion into compositions of poetic clarity.
My practice has evolved into a vital synthesis of artmaking and mindfulness. By finding a singular pulse between the Eastern Pine of my Maine studio and the tall pine of my Brooklyn home, I offer artmaking as a tool for conscious evolution—a way to find strength and verticality in our shared stories.
Triada Samaras 2026
Whether I am working through the reflective light of the Moon Series, the flowing Pneuma of breath-led drawings, or the structural inquiries of my Unbound series, my art serves as a regulatory necessity. By focusing on ANS regulation—the biological balancing of the body's stress and rest responses—I move from a state of reactivity to one of ‘Sovereign Witnessing. This physiological grounding allows the 'Pneuma' of the breath to direct the hand, transforming raw emotion into compositions of poetic clarity.
My practice has evolved into a vital synthesis of artmaking and mindfulness. By finding a singular pulse between the Eastern Pine of my Maine studio and the tall pine of my Brooklyn home, I offer artmaking as a tool for conscious evolution—a way to find strength and verticality in our shared stories.
Triada Samaras 2026
Fragmented Exultations
By Patricia Miranda Commissioned for the exhibition "Transcending Bodies an upcoming exhibition catalogue
Triada Samaras- the artist and the work - is full of righteous fury. In Samaras’ world, epic narratives emerge from the intimacy of personal illness and bodily fragility. The exhibition, Transcending Bodies, includes paintings from several recent series. The Long Covid Series presents a lamentation on the isolation and resilience of negotiating chronic illness, especially one so fraught with political context. Her palette of blacks, smoky umbers, and dirty whites is applied in ferocious strokes of somber earthiness. An occasional dense cadmium red or yellow punches the space; this is a dusk world drained of fecund greenery. Hearts, hands, and torsos appear disembodied from swirls of shadow. They become iconic, body parts as talismanic ex-votos. They circle a vortex in the pictorial space as though falling backwards into oblivion, threatening to reach into our world to pull us with them. Their plea to not fall spills the inky black world onto the sides of the canvas, breaking the fourth wall of their interiority.
The Unbound Series continues the iconography of visceral brushwork and tumultuous emotions. Yet forms are no longer fragmented in inchoate darkness – hints of landscape appear, leaning closer into illusion. Figures have an earnest naivete; a body traced onto the canvas is swaddled in a surround of paint, symbolic houses swirl through a flooded subconscious storm dream. Clouds of loosely scripted poetry encircle the images like sirens recounting the story. Objects materialize, windswept, mythic, wrestling between the void and the luminous.
In the Body and Nature Series, darkness has given way to a dawn of bright blues, pinks and yellows. The brushwork remains agitated, full of the struggle and longing present in all of the artist’s work. These sunrise landscapes are smaller, quieter, almost jubilant. A horizon appears across the series, gravity calming the vortex, as a hand reaches hopefully into the distant light.
The exhibition embodies a cycle of seasons, a woman’s private story of illness and healing. There’s a persistent spirituality to Samaras’ work, a sense of the pain, awe, and transcendence of suffering, and the ability of paint to illuminate the visceral. Subsuming larger religious and societal themes into the particularity of a woman with an “unacceptable” chronic illness, her sense of atmosphere references Goya in his dark moody politic. The urgency of her touch and elasticity of her forms, as well as her tactile religiosity, bring to mind El Greco, the icon writer turned fleshy painter, perhaps an unconscious nod to her Greek heritage. Samaras exults in the expressive and tempestuous emotionality of paint.
Patricia Miranda July 2025
Patricia Miranda is an artist, curator, and educator. Discover her work and projects at patriciamiranda.com
By Patricia Miranda Commissioned for the exhibition "Transcending Bodies an upcoming exhibition catalogue
Triada Samaras- the artist and the work - is full of righteous fury. In Samaras’ world, epic narratives emerge from the intimacy of personal illness and bodily fragility. The exhibition, Transcending Bodies, includes paintings from several recent series. The Long Covid Series presents a lamentation on the isolation and resilience of negotiating chronic illness, especially one so fraught with political context. Her palette of blacks, smoky umbers, and dirty whites is applied in ferocious strokes of somber earthiness. An occasional dense cadmium red or yellow punches the space; this is a dusk world drained of fecund greenery. Hearts, hands, and torsos appear disembodied from swirls of shadow. They become iconic, body parts as talismanic ex-votos. They circle a vortex in the pictorial space as though falling backwards into oblivion, threatening to reach into our world to pull us with them. Their plea to not fall spills the inky black world onto the sides of the canvas, breaking the fourth wall of their interiority.
The Unbound Series continues the iconography of visceral brushwork and tumultuous emotions. Yet forms are no longer fragmented in inchoate darkness – hints of landscape appear, leaning closer into illusion. Figures have an earnest naivete; a body traced onto the canvas is swaddled in a surround of paint, symbolic houses swirl through a flooded subconscious storm dream. Clouds of loosely scripted poetry encircle the images like sirens recounting the story. Objects materialize, windswept, mythic, wrestling between the void and the luminous.
In the Body and Nature Series, darkness has given way to a dawn of bright blues, pinks and yellows. The brushwork remains agitated, full of the struggle and longing present in all of the artist’s work. These sunrise landscapes are smaller, quieter, almost jubilant. A horizon appears across the series, gravity calming the vortex, as a hand reaches hopefully into the distant light.
The exhibition embodies a cycle of seasons, a woman’s private story of illness and healing. There’s a persistent spirituality to Samaras’ work, a sense of the pain, awe, and transcendence of suffering, and the ability of paint to illuminate the visceral. Subsuming larger religious and societal themes into the particularity of a woman with an “unacceptable” chronic illness, her sense of atmosphere references Goya in his dark moody politic. The urgency of her touch and elasticity of her forms, as well as her tactile religiosity, bring to mind El Greco, the icon writer turned fleshy painter, perhaps an unconscious nod to her Greek heritage. Samaras exults in the expressive and tempestuous emotionality of paint.
Patricia Miranda July 2025
Patricia Miranda is an artist, curator, and educator. Discover her work and projects at patriciamiranda.com
Artist Statement
My creative practice is a deep ontological inquiry, exploring the intersection of psychological landscapes and physical form. Rooted in my Hellenic heritage and a dedicated study of autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulation, my work facilitates an intentional evolution: the transition from conditioned patterns to a state of active, conscious presence.
The Practice of Pneuma
In my recent practice, I have turned toward the Hellenic concept of Pneuma—the ancient understanding of breath as the vital force of life. This manifests through Mindful Art practices, specifically Drawing with the Breath, which serves as a rhythmic bridge between my dual studios. I find a singular pulse in the Eastern Pine of my Maine studio and the tall pine of my Brooklyn home. The pine tree, a symbol of endurance in both the Greek landscape and the American Northeast, acts as a bridge between heaven and earth. It serves as a vertical axis for my work, connecting ancestral reverence with modern neurological grounding. By riffing on its form through breath-led lines, I translate this resonance into a disciplined visual language.
Methodology and Resonance
ANS regulation is the foundational methodology of my artmaking, not a separate exercise. Acting as a Sovereign Witness, I integrate neurographic line work and meditative drawing to transform lived experience into visual pathways for renewal. This shift toward art as a regulatory necessity—accelerated by a fundamental recalibration of my practice in 2020—reflects a tenacious persistence of growth. While my current explorations into breath and the verticality of the pine are unfolding in the studio and not yet public, they mark a new chapter of quiet authority within a living, evolving landscape.
Triada Samaras 2026
The Practice of Pneuma
In my recent practice, I have turned toward the Hellenic concept of Pneuma—the ancient understanding of breath as the vital force of life. This manifests through Mindful Art practices, specifically Drawing with the Breath, which serves as a rhythmic bridge between my dual studios. I find a singular pulse in the Eastern Pine of my Maine studio and the tall pine of my Brooklyn home. The pine tree, a symbol of endurance in both the Greek landscape and the American Northeast, acts as a bridge between heaven and earth. It serves as a vertical axis for my work, connecting ancestral reverence with modern neurological grounding. By riffing on its form through breath-led lines, I translate this resonance into a disciplined visual language.
Methodology and Resonance
ANS regulation is the foundational methodology of my artmaking, not a separate exercise. Acting as a Sovereign Witness, I integrate neurographic line work and meditative drawing to transform lived experience into visual pathways for renewal. This shift toward art as a regulatory necessity—accelerated by a fundamental recalibration of my practice in 2020—reflects a tenacious persistence of growth. While my current explorations into breath and the verticality of the pine are unfolding in the studio and not yet public, they mark a new chapter of quiet authority within a living, evolving landscape.
Triada Samaras 2026
Artist Bio
Triada Samaras is a Hellenic-American interdisciplinary artist and educator working from dual studios in Brooklyn, New York, and Standish, Maine. Her practice explores the intersection of Hellenic heritage and the science of autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulation, moving fluidly between introspection and engagement to explore the inner landscapes of the psyche.
Across her work, process is as vital as outcome. Rooted in the ancient concept of Pneuma—breath as the vital force—Samaras transforms personal narratives of resilience into imagery that transcends the autobiographical. Her work bridges internal psychological states with universal archetypes, ranging from the reflective light of the Moon Series to neurographic-inspired abstractions that map the nuances of cultural memory
Samaras has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Recent exhibitions include the James Howe Gallery at Kean University, the FL3TCH3R Exhibition at the Reece Museum, and View Arts Center. Her Unbound solo exhibition at the Paterson Museum was featured in Tussle Magazine in a critique by Jonathan Goodman, and her work has been highlighted by prominent curators including Mary Birmingham and Patricia Miranda. Through her multidisciplinary approach, Samaras continues to illuminate pathways toward empathy and renewal, inviting a shared encounter with the transformative power of art.
Across her work, process is as vital as outcome. Rooted in the ancient concept of Pneuma—breath as the vital force—Samaras transforms personal narratives of resilience into imagery that transcends the autobiographical. Her work bridges internal psychological states with universal archetypes, ranging from the reflective light of the Moon Series to neurographic-inspired abstractions that map the nuances of cultural memory
Samaras has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Recent exhibitions include the James Howe Gallery at Kean University, the FL3TCH3R Exhibition at the Reece Museum, and View Arts Center. Her Unbound solo exhibition at the Paterson Museum was featured in Tussle Magazine in a critique by Jonathan Goodman, and her work has been highlighted by prominent curators including Mary Birmingham and Patricia Miranda. Through her multidisciplinary approach, Samaras continues to illuminate pathways toward empathy and renewal, inviting a shared encounter with the transformative power of art.
Triada Samaras Artist and Art Educator Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts
Live/Work: Brooklyn, New York / Standish, Maine
Email: [email protected]
Cell: 917-558-6157
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 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
Artist Exhibitions: Solo
2019: Triada Samaras: Unbound: Paintings, Works on Paper, Sculpture, Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ. Curator: Giacomo DeStephano
2015: The State of Greece 2012: Enoikiazetai/Poleitai: For Rent/For Sale: Greece Photographs, Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University, Union, NY. Curator: Neil Tetkowski
2009: Triada Samaras, House/Home: Paintings: Sculpture. Art Activism, Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ. Curator: Neil Tetkowski
Selected Artist Group Exhibitions (full list available upon request)
Forthcoming: 2026 Euclid’s Finite to Zeno’s Infinite: Hellenic-American Women Artists, Greek Consulate, New York City. Curator: Thalia Vrachopolous LINK
SELECTED PUBLISHED POEMS AND ESSAYS
2008 Ode to a Developer (poem), Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Carpe Diem (poem), Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Howl/The Condo Building (poem), Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Ode to the BSA/Board of Standards and… (poem), Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Public Place. The Intended Use is… (poem), Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
2007 The Professor in White (essay), The inter-view Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY
2007 Poem for the Sick and Suffering (poem), The inter-view Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY
2007 Poem for a Garbage Can (poem), The inter-view Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY
2006 Poem for a Garbage Can (poem), ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY
2006 America is Oil Addicted/Bad Mood (poem), ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Dirtbike to God (poem), ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project. Brooklyn, NY
2006 Poem for a Garbage Can (poem), ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY
2005 It’s Hard to Write a… (poem), ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Mom is Dancing Now (poem), ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Journeys, IN-Step Issue #2 Art and Art Education Newsletter, Art and Art Education
Department, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY, editor: Judith Burton
2002 YiaYia’s Pots (poem), Hellenic Voice, Vol. 2 #52, Boston, MA
2002 The Spectator (For the Victims of 9/11) (poem), 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
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),
<http://www.subjectmatters.org/newsletter/vol02_issue_03_cstc_november_2007.pdf>
2006 Editor’s Discretion: Featuring Triada Samaras, Volume 1, Issue 2, The inter-view Bulletin, Columbia University, Teachers
College/Columbia University, New York, 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, Switzerland, and Greece
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Patricia Miranda. Triada Samaras Fragmented Exaltations. Catalogue Essay for Transcending Bodies, James Howe Gallery, 2024. News
Mary Birmingham. Triada Samaras "Unbound" at the Paterson Museum review by Mary Birmingham
Jonathan Goodman. Triada Samaras at the Paterson Museum. Tussle Magazine: 2019, <https://www.tusslemagazine.com/triada-samaras>
“Garden Club, Kean Faculty Join Creative Forces at LBIF.” The Sandpaper. 22 May 2019.
“Genesis.” Dab Art Quarterly Exhibition & Publication: Ventura, CA. January 1 - March 31, 2019 <https://www.dabart.me/genesis-press-release>
“From NY to NJ and Back” (6 images). City Gallery of City Limits, In-depth Reporting on New York City. 2017.
“Ten Year Anniversary of the Democracy Wall.” City Gallery of City Limits, In-depth Reporting on New York City. 2017.
“Artist of the Week.” City Gallery of City Limits, In-depth Reporting on New York City. 2017.
Nikos Katanzakis. "Thought Leadership Booklet" Ioannis Zaglaris (Editor) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis> “Unbound.” Apero Gallery Catalogue. Catalogue Curator: E. E. Jacks. January 2018 <http://www.showapero.com/uploads/8/5/3/4/85349892/apÉro_catalogue_-_unbound_-_january_2018_web_single.pdf>.
“Reflection.” Apero Gallery Catalogue. Catalogue Curator: E. E. Jacks. November 2017 <http://www.showapero.com/uploads/8/5/3/4/85349892/2017-11_reflection_aperocatalogue_single_1.pdf>
“Actipedia: The Democracy Wall Ten Years Later.” The Center for Artistic Activism. New York, NY. <https://actipedia.org/project/democracy-wall-carroll-gardens-ten-year-anniversary-2007-2017>.
“The State of Greece: Enoikiazetai-Poleitai/For Rent-For Sale.” Greek News. Independent Bi-Lingual Greek-American Weeklyn Newspaper. 6 April 2015. <http://www.greeknewsonline.com/the-state-of-greece-enoikiazetai-poleitai-for-rent-for-sale/>.
“Triada Samaras: The State of Greece.” Kean Magazine. Kean Galleries. (Spring 2015).
Cardenas, Gilbert H. “Natural Art Like Andy Goldsworthy.” (June 15, 2015) <https://gilberthcardenas.wordpress.com/2015/06/15/natural-art-like-andy-goldsworthy/>.
iefimerida. O οικονομικός αναλυτής της κρίσης Γιάννης Βαρουφάκης τώρα παρουσιάζει και έργα τέχνης/ The economist Yanis Varoufakis now presents artworks (10/27/2012) <http://www.iefimerida.gr/node/73947 # ixzz2zmEqZPNP>. Handler, S.
“Triada Samaras: The State of Greece: FOR RENT – FOR SALE.” Vital Space: Nature & Humanity. (9/2012). <http://www.vitalspace.org>.
Mills, J. “In Gowanus Playgrounds Both Real and Imagined.” The L Magazine. (4/9/2012).
Kelly, K. “Imagining an Ideal City: Brooklyn Utopias Show at the Old Stone House.” Pardon Me for Asking. (4/5/2012) <http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2012/04/imagining-ideal-city-brooklyn-utopias.html>.
Short, A. “Picture perfect: Artists explore 'Brooklyn Utopias' at Park Slope's Old Stone House.” Brooklyn Paper. (3/27/2012). <http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/13/24_brooklynutopias_2012_03_30_bk.html>
Meier, A. “Imagining Urban Art Utopias” HYPERALLRGIC (5/14/2012). <http://hyperallergic.com/51446/brooklyn-utopias/>. “Brooklyn Utopias: Park Space/Play Space” Brooklynian. 2012. <http://hyperallergic.com/51446/brooklyn-utopias/>.
"New BHS Exhibit – Brooklyn Utopias?" Brooklyn Heights Blog. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/12674>.
"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>.
"Imagining a Better Brooklyn." Gotham Gazette. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.gothamgazette.com/events/feature_archive.php?e=239>.
“Activists Use Blogs to Organize Anti-Developer Protest”. Crains New York Business. Web. 26 Nov 2011. <http://crainsnewyork.com/article/20080024/REG/149813739/1126.>
“Characters of Gowanus” Web 26 Nov 2011. <http://www.charactersofgowanus.com/?p=31McLaughlin, Mike, and Emilia Brock>. "Superfund Showdown on the Gowanus." The Brooklyn Paper: Brooklyn’s Real Newspaper. Web. 26 Nov. 2011.
Calder, Rich. "'Carroll' Crusade." New York Post. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/carroll_crusade_TZ6gF1mYG9AtAp3I2EMquL>.
“EPA Gowanus Canal Community Advising Group” Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.epa.gov/region2/superfund/npl/gowanus/pdf/CAG_General_Mtg_07_26.pdf>.
“Locals: Gowanus Proposal Stinks” Crains New York Business. Web. 26 Nov 2011.2011 <http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20081012/SUB/310129952>.
"Group Says: No Carroll Without the Gardens." Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.com/2010/02/22/no-carroll-without-the-gardens/>.
“CBID Honors Gowanus Canal Activists At Anniversary Dinner." Pardon Me For Asking. Web. 26 Nov. 2011.<http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2010/04/cbid-honors-gowanus-canal-activists-at.html>.
"Neighborhood Groups Join Josh Skaller in Fight for a REAL Cleanup the Gowanus.” The Daily Gotham Grassroots News and Activism for New Yorkers. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.dailygotham.com/mole333/blog/neighborhoodgroupsjoinjoshskallerinfightforarealcleanupthegowanus>.
"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/>.
“A Fond Farewell To Vince Favorito, Long Time Carroll Gardens Resident And Neighborhood Historian." Pardon Me For Asking. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2011/06/fond-farewell-to-vince-favorito-long.html>.
"Pollution." The Daily Gotham | Grassroots News and Activism for New Yorkers. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.dailygotham.com/categories_and_keywords/pollution>.
"Revised Carroll Gardens Zoning Still Leaves 360 Smith Issue in Doubt” Brooklyn Daily Eagle." Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.brooklyneagle.com/archive/category.php?category_id=17>.
"CORD Supports Superfund for Gowanus." Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com/only_the_blog_knows_brook/2009/07/cord-supports-superfund-for-gowanus.html>.
"360 Smith Hearing Leads to More Hearings" Brownstoner: Brooklyn Real Estate and Renovation. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2008/09/360-smith-heari/>.
"CORD Supports Superfund for Gowanus." Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.com/2009/07/02/cord-supports-superfund-for-gowanus/>.
"Carroll Gardens #2: Smith Street Building Fallout Continues." Curbed NY : The New York City Neighborhoods and Real Estate Blog. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2007/06/26/carroll_gardens_2_smith_street_building_fallout_continues.php>.
Buiso, Gary. "Clarke Urged to Support Superfund.” Brooklyn Daily: Neighborhood News, Events, Restaurants & Classifieds. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2009/45/courier_frontpage_gowclarke.html>.
"Carroll Gardens Citizens Plan Get Ready for Aug. 19 Commission Hearing” Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.brooklyneagle.com/archive/category.php?category_id=5>.
Jaszi, Sabrina. "Teens Make Their Gowanus Death Masks. ” Brooklyn Paper: Brooklyn’s Real Newspaper. 2011. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/44/32_44_sj_gowanus_masks.html>.
"Toxic Gowanus Canal: Local Teens Create ‘Airborne Contaminants’ Masks." Pardon Me For Asking. 2011. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2009/10/toxic- gowanus-canal-local-teens-create.html>.
“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>.
"Brooklyn Utopias? Workshops." Starting Artists, Inc. 2009. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.startingartists.org/2009/11/brooklyn-utopias-workshops/>.
Zimmer, Amy. “After Crane, Critics’ Ire Builds at Developers” MetroNY, 3/18/2009.
"Public Perspectives: Brooklyn…" Brooklyn Historical Society. Mutualart.com.” Web. 2009. Nov. 2011. <http://www.mutualart.com/Events/Exhibitions/Public-Perspectives--Brooklyn-Utopias-/DA3700C4EECC200F>.
"Brooklyn Utopias? Workshops." Starting Artists, Inc.Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.startingartists.org/2009/11/brooklyn-utopias-workshops/>.
"Death of a Blogger” News 12 Brooklyn Cable Television. 3/10/2009.
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.
“80 to watch in ’08” The Brooklyn Papers, Brooklyn NY. 1/5/2008. (# 41: 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.”)
“Triada Samaras and The Democracy Wall: Wall turns into protest of Carroll Gardens development.” News 12 Brooklyn Cable Television." 12/30/2007 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjFx-OlXT10> Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.news12.com/archive/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=205063>.
Hodek, M. “Editor’s Discretion/Featured Artist: Triada Samaras.” Inter-view Bulletin: Teacher Writers for a Public Voice (TWPV), Teachers College/Columbia University. 2006. Volume 1, Issue 2.
D’Addario, Darren, “Trash Talk” Time Out New York/Issue 546 March 16-22 2006
Laprel, S. “From Despair Comes Poem of Hope”. The Haverhill Gazette, Haverhill, MA (2002, July 4-July 10).
Live/Work: Brooklyn, New York / Standish, Maine
Email: [email protected]
Cell: 917-558-6157
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 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
Artist Exhibitions: Solo
2019: Triada Samaras: Unbound: Paintings, Works on Paper, Sculpture, Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ. Curator: Giacomo DeStephano
2015: The State of Greece 2012: Enoikiazetai/Poleitai: For Rent/For Sale: Greece Photographs, Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University, Union, NY. Curator: Neil Tetkowski
2009: Triada Samaras, House/Home: Paintings: Sculpture. Art Activism, Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ. Curator: Neil Tetkowski
Selected Artist Group Exhibitions (full list available upon request)
Forthcoming: 2026 Euclid’s Finite to Zeno’s Infinite: Hellenic-American Women Artists, Greek Consulate, New York City. Curator: Thalia Vrachopolous LINK
- 2024: Look Up: Denizens of the Sky, View Arts Center, Old Forge, New York. Curator: Kelsey Lynn Mayo LINK
- 2024: FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art: Make your vote count to preserve Democracy, Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Tennessee. Juror: Meaghan A. Dee LINK
- 2024: Transcending Bodies, James Howe Gallery, Kean University, Union NJ. Curator: Anna Shukeylo
- 2024: Annual Faculty Exhibition, James Howe Gallery, Kean University, Union NJ. Curator: Anna Shukeylo
- 2023: Women in Art, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA. Curator: Lori McBride
- 2022: Fall 2022 Members Showcase, Pro Arts Jersey City
- 2022: Disconnected Anatomies, The Riverfront Gallery, Yonkers, NY. Curator: Haifa-Bint-Kadi
- 2022: Figuration, Atelier Rosal, Rahway, NJ. Curators: Heidi & Nick Rosal
- 2022: Summer 2022 Member Showcase, Pro Arts Jersey City
- 2022: Faculty Show, Howe Gallery, Kean University Art Department, Union, NJ. Curator: Anna Shukeylo
- 2021: Greek Women: Then and Now, Howe Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ. Curator: Jacquelyn Tuerk-Stonberg
- 2020: Glimpse, Gallery Afero, Newark, NJ. Curators: Candace Nicholson and Jo-El Lopez
- 2020: Word, Atelier Rosal, Rahway, NJ. Curators: Heidi & Nick Rosal
- 2019: Ghost Towns, Or, the Memories that Haunt Us, Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ. Curator: Joanna M. Wezyk
- 2019: Kean University Faculty Show at Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts, Long Beach Island, NJ. Curator: Daniella Kerner
- 2018: FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, TN. Curator: David Carson
- 2018: Genesis, Artist Stories of Immigration, Dab Art, Ventura, CA. Curator: Yessica Torres
- 2018: Faculty Show, James Howe Gallery, Kean University Art Department, Union, NJ
- 2018: FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, TN. Curator: David Carson
- 2018: Genesis, Artist Stories of Immigration, Dab Art, Ventura, CA. Curator: Yessica Torres
- 2018: Faculty Show, James Howe Gallery, Kean University Art Department, Union, NJ
- 2018: Small Works Show, Atelier Rosal, NJ. Rahway, NJ. Curators: Heidi & Nick Rosal
- 2018: 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY. Curator: 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. Curator: Laura Ekstrand
- 2016: 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curator: Florence Neil
- 2014: Fall Salon, James Howe Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ. Curator: Julie Harris
- 2014: Wish You Were Here 13, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NYl
- 2012: Nature and Humanity, Vital Space, Athens, Greece. Curators: Danae Stratou and Yanis Varoufakis
- 2012: 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curator: Florence Neil
- 2012: Brooklyn Utopias Exhibition, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY. Curators: 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. Curator: Katherine Gressel
- 2010: Producing, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY. Curator: 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. Curator: Florence Neil
- 2009: Brooklyn Utopias?, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY. Curator: Katherine Gressel
- 2009: Brooklyn Utopias?, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY. Curators: 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. Curator: Florence Neil
- 2006: Drawing Show, Macy Gallery, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY. Curator: Maurizio Pellegrin
- 2006: Faculty Exhibition, James Howe Gallery, Kean University Art Department, Union, NJ
- 2006: Drawing Show, Macy Gallery, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY. Curator: Maurizio Pellegrin
- 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
- 2008: Ode to a Developer. Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. Editor: Bob Guskind
- 2008: Carpe Diem. Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. Editor: Bob Guskind
- 2008: Howl/The Condo Building. Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. Editor: Bob Guskind
- 2008: Ode to the BSA/Board of Standards and Appeals. Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. Editor: Bob Guskind
- 2008: Public Place. The Intended Use is…. Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. Editor: Bob Guskind
- 2007: The Professor in White. The inter-View Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY. Editor: Maria Hodek
- 2007: Poem for the Sick and Suffering. The inter-View Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY. Editor: Maria Hodek
- 2007: Poem for a Garbage Can. The inter-View Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY. Editor: Maria Hodek
- 2006: Poem for a Garbage Can. ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. Editor: Daryl Lang
- 2006: America is Oil Addicted/Bad Mood. ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. Editor: Daryl Lang
- 2006: Dirtbike to God. ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. Editor: Daryl Lang
- 2006: Poem for a Garbage Can. ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. Editor: Daryl Lang
- 2005: It's Hard to Write a Poem. ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. Editor: Daryl Lang
- 2005: Mom is Dancing Now. ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY. Editor: 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. Editor: 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 with 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
- 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
- 2025 Miranda, Patricia. “Fragmented Exultations.” Essay commissioned for the Transcending Bodies exhibition catalogue
- 2024: Hyperallergic: Museum Limits Entry to Exhibition Criticized by Republicans by Isa Farfan. December 3, 2024 [LINK]
- 2024: National Coalition Against Censorship: NCAC and FIRE Express Alarm Over East Tennessee State University’s Treatment of the FL3TCH3R Exhibit. December 4, 2024 [LINK]
- 2024: Daily Kos: Suppression of Free Speech is More than Banned Books by FiberKitty. November 25, 2024 [LINK]
- 2024: WJHL News: Art Exhibit at ETSU’s Reece Museum Draws Controversy. November 2024 [LINK]
- 2024: Brooklyn Poets YAWP: Mentioned in Amanda Quaid Interview Poet of the Month [LINK]
- 2022: Pro Arts 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 by Jonathan Goodman https://www.tusslemagazine.com/triada-samaras
- 2019: The Sandpaper: Kean Faculty Join Creative Forces at LBIF by Mary Birmingham. May 22, 2019
- 2019: Triada Samaras: Unbound at the Paterson Museum by Mary Birmingham https://triadasamarasartist.blogspot.com
- 2019: Nikos Kazantzakis Thought Leadership. Booklet by Ioannis Zaglaris, Editor: Triada Samaras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis
- 2018: Dab Art Quarterly Exhibition & Publication “Genesis” January 1 - March 31, 2019 https://www.dabart.me/genesis-press-release
- 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 Weekly Newspaper. The State of Greece: Enoikiazetai-Poleitai/For Rent-For Sale. April 6, 2015 http://www.greeknewsonline.com/the-state-of-greece-enoikiazetai-poleitai-for-rent-for-sale/
- 2015: Kean Magazine. Kean Galleries. Triada Samaras: The State of Greece. Spring 2015
- 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. (October 27, 2012). Ο 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. (September 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. (April 9, 2012). In Gowanus Playgrounds Both Real and Imagined. The L Magazine.
- 2012: Kelly, K. (April 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. (March 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. (May 14, 2012). Imagining Urban Art Utopias. HYPERALLERGIC/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. November 26, 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. November 26, 2011. http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2009/10/toxic-gowanus-canal-local-teens-create.html
- 2011: New BHS Exhibit – Brooklyn Utopias? Brooklyn Heights Blog. Web. November 26, 2011. http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/12674
- 2011: Triada Samaras, Image from "Carroll Gardens Democracy Wall" Brooklyn Utopias? Web. November 26, 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. November 26, 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. November 26, 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. November 26, 2011. http://brooklynhistory.org/resources/press/bhs_2009_aug_25.pdf
- 2009: Triada Samaras Featured on News 12 Brooklyn Cable Television. Death of a Blogger. March 10, 2009
- 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. January 2008
- 2008: The Brooklyn Papers, Brooklyn NY. Brooklyn Papers reports: “8 to watch in ’08” naming #4: Democracy Wall, Carroll Gardens. January 5, 2008
- 2007: Featured on News 12 Brooklyn Cable Television. Triada Samaras and The Democracy Wall: Art Wall turns into protest of Carroll Gardens development. December 30, 2007. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjFx-OlXT10. Web. November 26, 2011. http://www.news12.com/archive/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=205063
- 2006: Hodek, M. 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. July 4-July 10, 200
- 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 the USA, Greece, and Switzerland
- Memberships
- College Art Association
- NAEA National Art Education Association
- UCAE University Council for Art Education
- Freelancers Union
- ACLU American Civil Liberties Union
SELECTED PUBLISHED POEMS AND ESSAYS
2008 Ode to a Developer (poem), Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Carpe Diem (poem), Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Howl/The Condo Building (poem), Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Ode to the BSA/Board of Standards and… (poem), Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Public Place. The Intended Use is… (poem), Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
2007 The Professor in White (essay), The inter-view Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY
2007 Poem for the Sick and Suffering (poem), The inter-view Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY
2007 Poem for a Garbage Can (poem), The inter-view Bulletin, Columbia University, New York, NY
2006 Poem for a Garbage Can (poem), ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY
2006 America is Oil Addicted/Bad Mood (poem), ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Dirtbike to God (poem), ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project. Brooklyn, NY
2006 Poem for a Garbage Can (poem), ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY
2005 It’s Hard to Write a… (poem), ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Mom is Dancing Now (poem), ERATO/The Park Slope Poetry Project, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Journeys, IN-Step Issue #2 Art and Art Education Newsletter, Art and Art Education
Department, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY, editor: Judith Burton
2002 YiaYia’s Pots (poem), Hellenic Voice, Vol. 2 #52, Boston, MA
2002 The Spectator (For the Victims of 9/11) (poem), 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
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),
<http://www.subjectmatters.org/newsletter/vol02_issue_03_cstc_november_2007.pdf>
2006 Editor’s Discretion: Featuring Triada Samaras, Volume 1, Issue 2, The inter-view Bulletin, Columbia University, Teachers
College/Columbia University, New York, 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, Switzerland, and Greece
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Patricia Miranda. Triada Samaras Fragmented Exaltations. Catalogue Essay for Transcending Bodies, James Howe Gallery, 2024. News
Mary Birmingham. Triada Samaras "Unbound" at the Paterson Museum review by Mary Birmingham
Jonathan Goodman. Triada Samaras at the Paterson Museum. Tussle Magazine: 2019, <https://www.tusslemagazine.com/triada-samaras>
“Garden Club, Kean Faculty Join Creative Forces at LBIF.” The Sandpaper. 22 May 2019.
“Genesis.” Dab Art Quarterly Exhibition & Publication: Ventura, CA. January 1 - March 31, 2019 <https://www.dabart.me/genesis-press-release>
“From NY to NJ and Back” (6 images). City Gallery of City Limits, In-depth Reporting on New York City. 2017.
“Ten Year Anniversary of the Democracy Wall.” City Gallery of City Limits, In-depth Reporting on New York City. 2017.
“Artist of the Week.” City Gallery of City Limits, In-depth Reporting on New York City. 2017.
Nikos Katanzakis. "Thought Leadership Booklet" Ioannis Zaglaris (Editor) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis> “Unbound.” Apero Gallery Catalogue. Catalogue Curator: E. E. Jacks. January 2018 <http://www.showapero.com/uploads/8/5/3/4/85349892/apÉro_catalogue_-_unbound_-_january_2018_web_single.pdf>.
“Reflection.” Apero Gallery Catalogue. Catalogue Curator: E. E. Jacks. November 2017 <http://www.showapero.com/uploads/8/5/3/4/85349892/2017-11_reflection_aperocatalogue_single_1.pdf>
“Actipedia: The Democracy Wall Ten Years Later.” The Center for Artistic Activism. New York, NY. <https://actipedia.org/project/democracy-wall-carroll-gardens-ten-year-anniversary-2007-2017>.
“The State of Greece: Enoikiazetai-Poleitai/For Rent-For Sale.” Greek News. Independent Bi-Lingual Greek-American Weeklyn Newspaper. 6 April 2015. <http://www.greeknewsonline.com/the-state-of-greece-enoikiazetai-poleitai-for-rent-for-sale/>.
“Triada Samaras: The State of Greece.” Kean Magazine. Kean Galleries. (Spring 2015).
Cardenas, Gilbert H. “Natural Art Like Andy Goldsworthy.” (June 15, 2015) <https://gilberthcardenas.wordpress.com/2015/06/15/natural-art-like-andy-goldsworthy/>.
iefimerida. O οικονομικός αναλυτής της κρίσης Γιάννης Βαρουφάκης τώρα παρουσιάζει και έργα τέχνης/ The economist Yanis Varoufakis now presents artworks (10/27/2012) <http://www.iefimerida.gr/node/73947 # ixzz2zmEqZPNP>. Handler, S.
“Triada Samaras: The State of Greece: FOR RENT – FOR SALE.” Vital Space: Nature & Humanity. (9/2012). <http://www.vitalspace.org>.
Mills, J. “In Gowanus Playgrounds Both Real and Imagined.” The L Magazine. (4/9/2012).
Kelly, K. “Imagining an Ideal City: Brooklyn Utopias Show at the Old Stone House.” Pardon Me for Asking. (4/5/2012) <http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2012/04/imagining-ideal-city-brooklyn-utopias.html>.
Short, A. “Picture perfect: Artists explore 'Brooklyn Utopias' at Park Slope's Old Stone House.” Brooklyn Paper. (3/27/2012). <http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/13/24_brooklynutopias_2012_03_30_bk.html>
Meier, A. “Imagining Urban Art Utopias” HYPERALLRGIC (5/14/2012). <http://hyperallergic.com/51446/brooklyn-utopias/>. “Brooklyn Utopias: Park Space/Play Space” Brooklynian. 2012. <http://hyperallergic.com/51446/brooklyn-utopias/>.
"New BHS Exhibit – Brooklyn Utopias?" Brooklyn Heights Blog. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/12674>.
"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>.
"Imagining a Better Brooklyn." Gotham Gazette. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.gothamgazette.com/events/feature_archive.php?e=239>.
“Activists Use Blogs to Organize Anti-Developer Protest”. Crains New York Business. Web. 26 Nov 2011. <http://crainsnewyork.com/article/20080024/REG/149813739/1126.>
“Characters of Gowanus” Web 26 Nov 2011. <http://www.charactersofgowanus.com/?p=31McLaughlin, Mike, and Emilia Brock>. "Superfund Showdown on the Gowanus." The Brooklyn Paper: Brooklyn’s Real Newspaper. Web. 26 Nov. 2011.
Calder, Rich. "'Carroll' Crusade." New York Post. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/carroll_crusade_TZ6gF1mYG9AtAp3I2EMquL>.
“EPA Gowanus Canal Community Advising Group” Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.epa.gov/region2/superfund/npl/gowanus/pdf/CAG_General_Mtg_07_26.pdf>.
“Locals: Gowanus Proposal Stinks” Crains New York Business. Web. 26 Nov 2011.2011 <http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20081012/SUB/310129952>.
"Group Says: No Carroll Without the Gardens." Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.com/2010/02/22/no-carroll-without-the-gardens/>.
“CBID Honors Gowanus Canal Activists At Anniversary Dinner." Pardon Me For Asking. Web. 26 Nov. 2011.<http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2010/04/cbid-honors-gowanus-canal-activists-at.html>.
"Neighborhood Groups Join Josh Skaller in Fight for a REAL Cleanup the Gowanus.” The Daily Gotham Grassroots News and Activism for New Yorkers. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.dailygotham.com/mole333/blog/neighborhoodgroupsjoinjoshskallerinfightforarealcleanupthegowanus>.
"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/>.
“A Fond Farewell To Vince Favorito, Long Time Carroll Gardens Resident And Neighborhood Historian." Pardon Me For Asking. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2011/06/fond-farewell-to-vince-favorito-long.html>.
"Pollution." The Daily Gotham | Grassroots News and Activism for New Yorkers. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.dailygotham.com/categories_and_keywords/pollution>.
"Revised Carroll Gardens Zoning Still Leaves 360 Smith Issue in Doubt” Brooklyn Daily Eagle." Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.brooklyneagle.com/archive/category.php?category_id=17>.
"CORD Supports Superfund for Gowanus." Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com/only_the_blog_knows_brook/2009/07/cord-supports-superfund-for-gowanus.html>.
"360 Smith Hearing Leads to More Hearings" Brownstoner: Brooklyn Real Estate and Renovation. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2008/09/360-smith-heari/>.
"CORD Supports Superfund for Gowanus." Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.com/2009/07/02/cord-supports-superfund-for-gowanus/>.
"Carroll Gardens #2: Smith Street Building Fallout Continues." Curbed NY : The New York City Neighborhoods and Real Estate Blog. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2007/06/26/carroll_gardens_2_smith_street_building_fallout_continues.php>.
Buiso, Gary. "Clarke Urged to Support Superfund.” Brooklyn Daily: Neighborhood News, Events, Restaurants & Classifieds. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2009/45/courier_frontpage_gowclarke.html>.
"Carroll Gardens Citizens Plan Get Ready for Aug. 19 Commission Hearing” Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.brooklyneagle.com/archive/category.php?category_id=5>.
Jaszi, Sabrina. "Teens Make Their Gowanus Death Masks. ” Brooklyn Paper: Brooklyn’s Real Newspaper. 2011. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/44/32_44_sj_gowanus_masks.html>.
"Toxic Gowanus Canal: Local Teens Create ‘Airborne Contaminants’ Masks." Pardon Me For Asking. 2011. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2009/10/toxic- gowanus-canal-local-teens-create.html>.
“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>.
"Brooklyn Utopias? Workshops." Starting Artists, Inc. 2009. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.startingartists.org/2009/11/brooklyn-utopias-workshops/>.
Zimmer, Amy. “After Crane, Critics’ Ire Builds at Developers” MetroNY, 3/18/2009.
"Public Perspectives: Brooklyn…" Brooklyn Historical Society. Mutualart.com.” Web. 2009. Nov. 2011. <http://www.mutualart.com/Events/Exhibitions/Public-Perspectives--Brooklyn-Utopias-/DA3700C4EECC200F>.
"Brooklyn Utopias? Workshops." Starting Artists, Inc.Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.startingartists.org/2009/11/brooklyn-utopias-workshops/>.
"Death of a Blogger” News 12 Brooklyn Cable Television. 3/10/2009.
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.
“80 to watch in ’08” The Brooklyn Papers, Brooklyn NY. 1/5/2008. (# 41: 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.”)
“Triada Samaras and The Democracy Wall: Wall turns into protest of Carroll Gardens development.” News 12 Brooklyn Cable Television." 12/30/2007 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjFx-OlXT10> Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.news12.com/archive/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=205063>.
Hodek, M. “Editor’s Discretion/Featured Artist: Triada Samaras.” Inter-view Bulletin: Teacher Writers for a Public Voice (TWPV), Teachers College/Columbia University. 2006. Volume 1, Issue 2.
D’Addario, Darren, “Trash Talk” Time Out New York/Issue 546 March 16-22 2006
Laprel, S. “From Despair Comes Poem of Hope”. The Haverhill Gazette, Haverhill, MA (2002, July 4-July 10).