SAMANTHA FIN
artist . therapist . writer . producer
'The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy'
-Stanislav Grof
art as therapy
Samantha is an installation, light and video artist whose work has been selected for exhibition in Vivid, The Cool Hunter, Globelight and many other festivals including Taste, Dark Mofo and Splendour in the Grass. Samantha’s work primarily deals with multi-sensory stimulation through light and motion, specifically relating to the perceptual phenomena of Synaesthesia and she is well known for her diary-inspired, colourful, abstract and eclectic neon sculptures.
She was nominated for the Blake Prize in 2015 and has been featured in multiple publications including Sydney Morning Herald, Inside Out, Vogue and Harpers Bazaar. She has had work commissioned by the likes of Hermés, Playstation, Rekorderlig, and Emma Mulholland (MBFW) and her work can be found in public and private collections both in Australia and overseas.
She was the Director of Kaleidoscope Gallery for four years and Platform72, which was funded by the City of Sydney’s revitalisation initiatives. Since 2020 she has lived on the Central Coast of NSW and in addition to being an artist is a practicing counsellor and psychotherapist with a special interest in holistic and progressive treatments for concerns such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, grief and loss and perinatal health.
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'ART CAN PERMEATE THE VERY DEEPEST PARTS OF US, WHERE NO WORDS EXIST'
- EILEEN MILLER
selected exhibitions
2018:
Taste Festival - The Cutaway, Barangaroo, Sydney
2016:
Emma Mulholland - Resort - Fashion Show, MBFW, Carriageworks, Sydney
2015:
VIVID - Selected artist for Vivid Ideas, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Sydney
4’33” - Solo exhibition, Gallery 2010, Sydney
Piece Out - Group Exhibition, He Made She Made, Sydney
2014:
The Future Primitive - Solo Exhibition, Gallery 2010, Sydney
Incinerator project - Group exhibition, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
2013:
TRIGINTA, - Solo Exhibition Gallery 2010, Sydney
Rekorderlig/Sound Alliance - MONA FOMA, Tasmania
Rekorderlig/Sound Alliance - Hyde Park, Sydney
Playstation House, Sydney
Absolut Launch - Carriageworks, Sydney
Light/Death - Group Exhibition, Kaleidoscope Gallery,
Sydney IMSNT- Group Exhibition, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sydney
33’Degrees - Group Exhibition, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sydney
Globelight Festival - Group Exhibition, Melbourne (various sites)
2012:
Hermés window, Sydney Platform72 launch, Sydney
Priori Bound and What’s Left Behind - Solo Exhibition - Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sydney
10:12 - Group Exhibition, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sydney
Through the looking glass - Group Exhibition, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sydney
Who shot the serif - Group Exhibition, He Made She Made, Sydney
Shelf Life - Group Exhibition, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2011:
Fractured - Solo Exhibition, GAFFA Gallery, Sydney Little Shards - Solo Exhibition, Rex Livingston, Sydney
2010:
Light- Group Exhibition, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sydney
Chromoson - Performance, Delmar Gallery, Sydney