Loul Samater
Born in Saudi Arabia
Lives in South Carolina
Education
-5/04: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. M.F.A. in Studio Art, Dept. of
Painting.
-5/02: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in
Studio Art, Department of Painting.
-12/99: Studio Arts Center International, Florence, Italy.
-5/99: Dickinson College. Honors BA in Fine Arts, minor in History.
Group Exhibitions
-3/06: The Seventh Side of The Die, Alona Kagan Gallery, New York, NY
-3/06: The Happniess I Seek, Fraction Workspace, Chicago, IL
-12/05: Pretty Crude, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angles, CA
-4/05: Westown, 40000 Gallery,Chicago, IL
-9/04: Group Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
-6/04: 17TH Evanston +Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
-5/04: MFA Thesis exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
-4/04: Rope Climb, Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
-1/04: The Chicago 11, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
-11/03: Time Arts Events, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
-4/03: The Big Picture Show: Size does Matter, Betty Rymer
Gallery, Chicago, IL
-02/03: .44-The Wallpaper Show, 1926 Gallery, Chicago, IL.
-5/02: Post-Baccalaureate Thesis exhibition ,Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
-12/00: New Works, Projectspace, Washington, D.C
Solo Exhibitions
-09/08: Diving Dunce, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC
-11/05: Suburban/PRH exchange, Project Row House, Houston, TX
Residencies
6/05: The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Artistic Awards
-05/04: Visiting Artists Program Graduate Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
-9/98: Weiss Art Center Prize, Dickinson College.
Related Work Experience
-8/05—5/09: Visiting Assistant Professor, Studio Art Department, College of Charleston
-9/03--5/04: Coordinator of Interlink (Visiting Artist Program), SAIC
-12/04--5/05: TA-B, assistant for the Mural Painting studio class, SAIC.
-9/03--12/03: TA-B assistant for Painting Practices studio class, SAIC.
-9/01--5/02: Office Assistant for the Post-Baccalaureate in Studio Art Department, SAIC.