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Sam Easterson Bio
Sam Easterson is an American media artist. He creates nature-related art + design works for cultural institutions and environmental education initiatives. Easterson has produced content for hundreds of art, science and natural history museums around the globe.
The Fish Studio is the third and final major project by Sam Easterson. Sam previously created the wildlife video project, Animal Vegetable Video (2001-2007), as well as the Museum of Animal Perspectives (MAP) (2007-2014).
Select Exhibitions
Past museum venues include the Whitney Museum of American Art, Biennial Exhibition (New York), the New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York) the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, the International Center of Photography (New York), dOCUMENTA (13) (Kassel, Germany) the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada), the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, New Zealand), Museo Tamayo (Mexico City, Mexico), Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève (Switzerland), and the Walker Art Center (MPLS), among others.
Sam Easterson is the first video artist to have a solo exhibition at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, WY.
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The New York Times, Vogue, Newsweek, The Guardian, NPR, Artforum, CNN, The LA Times, FlashArt, Filmmaker Magazine, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Harper's Magazine, Audubon Magazine and The New Yorker, among others.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Prize, Creative Capital Grant, Jerome Foundation Grant, Margaret Hall Silva Foundation Grant, Durfee Grant, Yellow Fox Foundation Grant and City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Grant, among others.
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Yale University, Center for Land Use Interpretation (Los Angeles), Hallwalls (Buffalo, NY), UCLA, Kansas State University, Auburn University, UC Riverside, University of Southern California and the University of Virginia, among others.
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The Sundance Channel, The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS), BBC, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, MTV, The Learning Channel.
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The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
“Mr. Easterson is apparently serious, but his project looks like something made up from Monty Python.”
Past Works
To view past documentation of Sam Easterson’s major projects, click on the password protected ‘Portfolio’ button directly below.
Books and Catalogues
featuring Sam’s work:
Curated collections of Sam Easterson’s video work are distributed by Video Data Bank
Over 10,000 stock footage clips of Sams work are also available via Pond5, Getty Images and Shutterstock.