Samantha Rosado

Samantha Rosado is a Puerto Rican, cisgendered, gay woman who works primarily with oil paint on canvas. Though she was drawn to the arts in her youth, she began oil painting after graduating from Mount Holyoke College in 2015. In Summer 2016, Samantha attended a Puerto Rican tiple (guitar) making workshop at Trinity College. She was later offered a Hilla Rebay Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship in Fine Art and Studio Art. At Trinity College, Samantha found interest in the challenge of color, space development and compositional relationships. She carried this interest through her assistantship at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and her MFA at Louisiana State University. Samantha is a painter, poet, and storyteller. She uses humor in her work to create captivating imagery and rhythm to guide the viewer through a story of directional line and color.

Mount Holyoke College, BA Spanish & BA Psychology
Trinity College, Hilla Rebay Fellowship
Louisiana State University, MFA Painting & Drawing

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
"¡Si tiene su 401(k), it's OK to be gay!" | Glassell Gallery | Baton Rouge, LA | MFA Thesis

2018
"Unkempt" | CCAN Art Gallery | Hartford, CT

2017
"dear saint anthony." | Broad Street Gallery | Hartford, CT

EXHIBITIONS-IN-PRINT
2020 "Juried Exhibitions-In-Print" | New American Paintings | No. 148, South Issue

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
"Irene Rosenzweig Biennial Juried Exhibition" | Second-place | The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas (ASC) | Pine Bluff, AR | Juror: Deidre Argyle
"Figure It Out" | 120Art Gallery | Taylor, TX | Jurors: Rhea Groepper Pettit, Nick Ramos + John Malcolm McCrae

2020
"Artists Who Teach Online Edition 2020: A National Juried Competition Celebrating Visual Art Educators" | Ellington White Contemporary Gallery | Fayetteville, NC | Juror: Dwight Smith
"Schwa Show: A National Juried Art Exhibition" | Second Best-In-Show | Emerge Gallery & Art Center | Greenville, NC | Juror: Marlene True
"From Every Angle" | Union Gallery | Baton Rouge, LA
"August 2020 Group Art Show" | Jones Gallery | Kansas City, MO
"The Print Show" | MFA Painting Gallery | Baton Rouge, LA
"Body Forth" | MFA Painting Gallery | Baton Rouge, LA

2019
"Odditie...