Sam Thorp

Sam Thorp(They/them) is a genderqueer artist using classical training in traditional art forms to create works of meditative quietude and reflection of the inner reality.
Sam attended the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the arts and has a degree in Art Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Sam is based in Pittsburgh, with numerous exhibitions including the Warhol Museum, The Westmoreland Museum of Art, The Toonseum, & Gallery Chiz. Sam has also shown internationally with the NYC VisualAids, Loud & Queer in CA, Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art, Hyperallergic Art, CPOP in Detroit, REform gallery in the UK, as well as private clients in France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand and Australia.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania. BFA Art Ed.
Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts

2025- Feb.- ICAG w/ MWFA- Pgh, PA
2025- Feb.- ASG- Boise, ID
2024- Dec- MWFF- Chicago, IL
2024-July -NSFW- Pgh, PA
2024- July- Anthrocon- Pgh, PA
2024- May- Art All Night- Pgh, PA
2024- Feb.- Pen +Brush- NYC, NY
2024- Feb.-Cheyenne Creativity Center- Cheyenne, WY
2023- Sept- Carnegie Library- Pgh, PA
2023- Aug.- Studio 4- Pgh, PA
2020- May- Postal Art- Folkestone,UK
2020- May- A.I.R. - Brooklyn, NY
2020- March- Women - Detroit, MI
2019- Oct. - Glow Home- Pgh, PA
2019- June- Queer 4 Art- Cleveland, OH
2019- June- Wild Things- Pgh, PA
2019- March- Art at the Arnold- Columbus, OH
2018- Dec- BrewHouse- Pgh. PA
2018- July- Figurative Arts & Classical Nudes- Ottawa, KS
2015- May- The Regent- Los Angeles
2015- May- Line Segments- Design Museum- Barcelona, Spain
2014-Nov.- Dirtiest Show in Town- Pittsburgh
2014- Oct.- Sticker Phiends VI- Tempe, AZ
2014- June- Waterloo Arts- Cleveland
2014- Mar. - Women- Detroit
2014 Feb. - Westmoreland Museum of American Art- PA
2013 0ct. - Art Battles- International
2013 Sept. - MWFA - PGH
2013 May - Tangent Gallery- Detroit
2013 May- PERSAD Live Painting- PGH
2013 Jan.- Visual AIDS- NYC
2013 Jan.- Twitter Art Exhibit- LA
2013 Jan - Get Drawn - PGH