Sam Alan is an interdisciplinary artist and self-proclaimed "lover of all trades" living in Denver, CO. They received their BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

While they primarily consider themself a sculptor, their artistic practice takes multiple forms, including (but not limited to) oil painting, fiber arts, circuitbending, electronic music, and game development. Their work often seeks to provoke sensations of nostalgia and melancholy, in an attempt to acknowledge and work with as opposed to against the natural decay of memories each time they are recalled.

In their free time, Sam enjoys gardening, adventuring with their spouse, rollerskating, eating delicious meals, and trying new things.

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Exhibitions

2024	BITxBIT presents Castle Tower Labyrinth, Digital Art Demo Space, Chicago, IL
2023	Shapes of Darkness, Complex 24, Denver, CO Chipfest Cyberspace 16, Liverpool, UK
2020	BITxBIT Online x CONTINUE, Digital Art Demo Space, Chicago, IL radiesthesia in collaboration with Line Kuzniar at Free Radio SAIC, Chicago, IL
2019	Ignition Project Space, Chicago, IL
2018	ARTBASH, Sharp Building at SAIC, Chicago, IL The School of the Art Institute of Chicago display case, Chicago, IL
2016	p0$t.land$cape_Δrcade, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2013	DCSD Art Exhibition, Lone Tree, CO

Publications

2023	“People We Love”, solo album, March 2023
2020	“Red Care”, solo EP, October 2020 “Beet Syrup”, solo EP, April 2020
2019	“Fall 2019 Edition,” Mouth Magazine, November 2019 “19”, solo EP, August 2019

Awards

2017	School of the Art Institute of Chicago Distinguished Scholar Scholarship
2013	DCSD Art Exhibition Contest Nominee

Education

2022	BFA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago