Sam Creasey is a British artist specialising in painting. Originally from the south east of England, he now lives and works in London. His practise researches the complex dialectic between the urban fabric's natural spaces and its more technologically networked spaces. The relationship between human emotion, architecture and the sociological considerations of urban planning influence the narratives portrayed. These narratives often consist of construction, gentrification, hyper capitalism, rapid change and a sense of alienation. Sam uses his employed life on the road in delivery logistics as an influence bank and as a psychogeographical adventure into the lives and localities of various microcosms of city life. Often observing in motion, notions of journey and transition inspire the works to take on temporal narratives that look for surviving idiosyncratic relics amongst an increasingly homogenised London. The uncannily representational paintings often appear jaded and jagged in texture like the steel, concrete and glass that give the metropolis its physical form. Sam completed an MA at the Royal College of Art in 2020, has exhibited internationally and has recently contributed to numerous publications specialising in urban sociology and art.
Education:
2018 - 2020: MA Painting. Royal College of Art
2013 - 2016: BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting. University of Brighton
Exhibitions:
2024:
Solo show: Andrew Reed Gallery - ‘Nimby‘ - Miami, USA
SOLO SHOW: The Shop House - ‘The Right Honourable’ - Hong Kong, China.
2023:
SOLO SHOW: Quipp and Curiosity - ‘The Best of Bees’ Cambridge, UK
ABR Contemporary - ‘Horizon line’ Group Show - Miami, USA
Andrew Reed Gallery - ‘In the Heat of the Night’ Group Show - New York, USA
Bernheim - ‘The Big Chill’ - Group Show - London, UK
Sindbad - ‘Sindbad: I can see land’ - Group Show, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
2022:
Royal Institute of British Architecture - Future Archive - Group Exhibition - London, UK.
Alice’s Oyster Bar and Gallery - ‘Waverton Art Prize’ - ‘Ungelded’ (2022) included in prize shortlist exhibition - London, UK
RCA Degree show - Barge House, OXO Tower Wharf, London, UK
Paradise Row - ‘City Entwined’ - Group show - London, UK
ABR Contemporary - ‘Abstraction Through Figuration’ - Group show - Miami, FL
2021:
Museum of Museums - ‘In Crystallized Time’ - Group Show – Seattle WA
Filet - ‘The Age of Sagittarius’ - two person show with Damon Owen - London, UK
2020
No 20 Arts - ‘Wintergreen Boxwood’ - Group Show – London, UK
Fold Gallery - ‘50/50’ - Group Show – London, UK
The Royal College of Art - ‘Show 2020’ - Online Degree Show. - London, UK
Unit 1 Gallery Workshop - ‘Final, Not Over: Open Fields’ - Group Show – London, UK
Josh Lilley Gallery - ‘Beacons’ - Online Group show – London, UK
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (London Bridge space) - ‘RCA x Slade’ - Group Show – London, UK
Saatchi Gallery - ‘London Grads Now’ - Group Show London, UK
2019
Dyson Gallery (RCA Battersea) - ‘Future Archive’ - Group show curated by Rut Blees Luxemburg – London, UK
The Function Suite - ‘Get More Stuff’ - Group Show – London, UK
12-19 Hoxton Street - ‘Layers online: Creative Community Exhibition’ - Group Show – London, UK
The Coningsby Gallery - ‘Cream Athens Presents: Whipped’ - Group Show – London, UK
The Royal College of Art - ‘Work in progress show (WIP) ‘ - Group Show – London, UK
Red lion Boy’s Club Guardianship - ‘Secret Boys Club Open House’ - Group Show – London, UK
2018
Euston Rail Station - ‘To Hope’ An MTArt Exhibition Curated by Marine Tanguy - Group Show - London, UK
The Take Courage Gallery – ‘Millennial Fever’ – Solo Show – London, UK
SE9 Container Gallery - ‘Millennial Fever II’ - Solo Show – Eltham, UK
Publications:
2021: 'Future Archive' - A hardback book detailing a group research project responding to construction in London. My work and text included alongside others. Curated by Rut Blees Luxemburg. Published by Folium Publishing.
2021: Cover image for Issue 4 of 'The Dark Preview'. Curated by Rut Blees Luxemburg and Casper Laing.
2020: ‘The Scaffold’ - ring bound book I contributed to alongside other artists. Published by Folium Publishing.
2014: Elipsis Journal: "Issue 01: A"
2018: Friend Of The Artist magazine volume 6. Feature and interview 2018
2018: Glyndebourne Tour art competition winner:’For Love nor Money’ (2017) featured on the cover of the annual opera tour magazine.
Collections:
The Royal College of Art Collection: ‘Night Shift’ (2019) - Oil on canvas - 150cm x 100cm. Acquired in 2019.
The Simon Nixon Collection