b. 1987
Lives and works on Kaurna Yerta
Education
2018 Bachelor of Contemporary Arts, The University of South Australia
2016 Advanced Diploma of Transpersonal Art Therapy, Ikon Institute, Adelaide
2015 Arts Admin Certificate IV, Adelaide College of the Arts, SA
2014 Diploma of Furniture Design and Technology, TafeSA
Collections
Votive Vessel cobalt blue (2021), Votive Vessel turned up skirt (2021) and Votive Vessel long neck (2021)
are held in the Artbank collection, purchased 2021.
Powerhouse Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Private Collections
Solo Exhibitions
2023. Word we Devour, Amanda Love International Art Consultancy, Woollhara Gadigal, NSW
2022 Wet from a Moonlight swim, Hugo Michell Gallery, SA
2021 Bodies made of Bodies, BMG Gallery, SA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 The Adelaide Exhibition, Sabbia Gallery, NSW
Responsive Forms, Hugo Michell Gallery, SA
JamFactory's 50TH show, SA
2022 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, HMG, Eveleigh, NSW
HMG xJMG Jan Murphy Gallery, Fortitude Valley, QLD
HARD, Melbourne Design Week, Mr Boots Gallery, VIC
Collide + Divide, CraftACT, ACT
2021 Hugo Michell Gallery at Explore Sydney Contemporary, Art Fair, Online
Primavera; Young Australian Artists, The Museum of Contemporary Art, NSW
Common Elements, SALA - DFJ Gallery space, curated by JamFactory
CERAMIX, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, NSW
The Nature of Being, DFJ Gallery space, curated by CCH, SA
Section A, Southwest Contemporary, SA
STARBURST, End Space Gallery, SA
2020 Virtual Show, GAGPROJECTS | Greenaway Art Gallery, SA (online)
Canberra Design Fair, CraftACT, ACT
Material Girls, Praxisartspace, SA
A Common Thread, CraftACT, ACT
2019 Material Connections, SALA Floating Goose Studios, SA
COLLECT: SURFACE, JamFactory, SA
The Ghan 90th Anniversary Residency Exhibition, SA
Aequalis, The Australian Ceramic Triennial, Warf 1 Hobart, TAS
The Helpmann Graduate Exhibition, Drill Hall, SA
Essential Forms, GAGPROJECTS | Greenaway Art Gallery, SA
2018 FACADE, The University of South Australia Graduate Exhibition, SA
Interweave, Ensemble Studios, SA
Awards and Grants
2021 The Helpmann Academy Creative Investment Fellowship
2020 Australia Council Grant Recipient- presentation of a new body of work
ArtSA COVID-Response grant
South Australian Graduate Adelaide Fringe Award
Australia Council Grant Recipient- CraftACT May 2020
2019 Merit Award for Academic Excellence, The University of South Australia
Graduate Award for Excellence, The Helpmann Academy
JamFactory Award, The Helpmann Academy
Helpmann Academy Grant, The Helpmann Academy
2018 Friends of SASA Award, The University of South Australia
The Australian Ceramic Council Award, The University of South Australia
Residencies and Professional Development
2023 UniSA Tutor Bachelor of Contemporary Art, Short course Lecturer at Adelaide Central School of Art, SA
Private instructor at Hahndorf Academy- Ceramic Tutor
2022 Wheel throwing and Hand building teacher at JamFactory, Adelaide, SA
Short course Tutor at Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside SA
UniSA Tutor Bachelor of Contemporary Art, SA
2021 CCH Main Prize Finalist
Studio Assistant to Jesse Jones, Dublin Irish Artist for Tremble, Tremble- object maker
JamFactory Ceramic short course Teacher- Hand-building and Wheel throwing
2020 Guildhouse CATAPULT mentorship with Jane Robertson and David Pedler
Intern for Juz Kitson- 2020 Jan Murphy Solo, Milton, NSW
Samstag Museum of Art- Collection and Curatorial Assistant
JamFactory Ceramics Tenant
2019 Samstag Museum Collections and Gallery Assistant
Guildhouse The Ghan 90th Anniversary Residency
Helpmann Academy George Street Studio Residency
2018 Helpmann Academy Elevate Mentorship with Kirsten Coelho
Helpmann Academy Group Grant to travel and attend the Tasmania Ceramic Triennial (May 2019)
Publications
2022 Art Collector, Debutante: Sam Gold
Vogue Living Australia, Fresh takes
2021 Primavera: Poiesis and Pottery, Marmalade-Highlights p12
2020 Garland Magazine #19, Fleeting Moments,
2019 Wagstaff, C. The Undiscovered Issue: Sam Gold, Art Collector Issue 88
Online
2021 InDaily, Sam Gold set to bloom, words by Mahalia Tanner
Art Collector, Sam Gold joins Hugo Michell Gallery, Words by Charlotte Middleton
Project A, Southwest Contemporary, Review by John Neylon
2020 Material Girls, Review by John Neylon
Art Collector, Curatorial Home Edition, written by Joanna Kitto
A Common Thread, Review by Rosalind Moran
2019 Sam Gold, Anna Gore, Emmaline Zanelli: Essential Forms, Art Collector, Curatorial Essay, Harriet McKay, GAGPROJECTS
Meet your maker, review by Jane Llewellyn
Catalogue
2020 The incomprehensible wild, Material Girls, essay by Joanna Kitto
Touch and the Haptic , A Common Thread, essay by Julie Bartholomew
2019 Material Connection, essay by Steph Cibich