Sam Samore

♂ *1953 / United States

Works

Solo exhibitions

Schizophranic Beauty

Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo (IT)
4 Oct 2025 – 22 Dec 2025
Sam Samore

Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln (DE)
25 Feb 2021 – 27 Mar 2021
Accumulation of Shapes (Part Two)

Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln (DE)
27 Feb 2015 – 2 Apr 2015
Accumulation of Shapes (Part I)

Team Gallery, New York (US)
23 Nov 2014 – 21 Dec 2014
Library of Appearances

Team Gallery, New York (US)
13 Sep 2012 – 27 Oct 2012
1973

Team Gallery, New York (US)
13 Sep 2012 – 27 Oct 2012
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Capitain Petzel, Berlin (DE)
13 Jan 2012 – 18 Feb 2012
The Dark Suspicion

D'Amelio Terras, New York (US)
8 Jan 2011 – 19 Feb 2011
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Galerie Michael Janssen, Köln (DE)
22 Feb 2008 – 29 Mar 2008
Scenarios

Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels (BE)
22 Feb 2008 – 29 Mar 2008
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D'Amelio Terras, New York (US)
5 May 2007 – 29 Jun 2007
The Suicidist

MoMA PS1, New York (US)
29 Oct 2006 – 8 Jan 2007
The Suicidists

Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris (FR)
19 Jan 2006 – 24 Feb 2006
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Galeria Graça Brandão, Porto (PT)
24 Sep 2005 – 5 Nov 2005
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Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln (DE)
5 Mar 2005 – 16 Apr 2005
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Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels (BE)
14 Nov 2003 – 20 Dec 2003

Group

THIS IS ME, THIS IS YOU

The Eva Felten Photoraphy Collection

Museum Brandhorst, München (DE)
19 Oct 2023 – 7 Apr 2024

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Victor Burgin, Harry Callahan, Larry Clark, Bruce Davidson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Rineke Dijkstra, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, LaToya Ruby Frazier …
CERTAIN DISORDER

WORKS FROM THE ANTOINE DE GALBERT COLLECTION

Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (RU)
5 Sep 2020 – 22 Nov 2020

with Dieter Appelt, Roger Ballen, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Agnes Geoffray, Mari Katayama, Mikhael Subotzky
Larry Clark: White Trash

Luhring Augustine Gallery, Brooklyn (US)
5 May 2017 – 18 Jun 2017

with Wallace Berman, Ralph Gibson, Robert Gober, Sherrie Levine, Paul McCarthy, Helmut Newton, Meret Oppenheim, Jack Pierson, Richard Prince, Christopher Wool
The Love Object (organized by Tom Brewer)

Team Gallery, New York (US)
12 Jan 2017 – 18 Feb 2017

with Brice Dellsperger, Christian Jankowski, Hanna Lidén, Heji Shin, Martine Syms
Un fil rouge

Le Meilleur dans la collectiondu FRAC Poitou-Charentes

Centre photo de Lectoure, Lectoure (FR)
9 Nov 2013 – 23 Mar 2014

with Olivier Babin, Emily Bates, Anna Baumgart, Henry Bond, Serge Comte, Roe Ethridge, Jochen Gerz, Liam Gillick, Candida Hoefer, John Hilliard, Pierre Jahan, Sarah Jones …
VIEWPOINT

A closer look at showing

Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
14 Sep 2012 – 2 Dec 2012

with Ottomar Anschütz, Antoni & Alison, Sven Augustijnen, Valerie Belin, Fan Bing Bing, James Casebere, Popel Coumou, Luc Delahaye, Rineke Dijkstra, Beate Guetschow, David Goldblatt, Andreas Gursky …
Frieze Art Fair - Video and photo based art

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
13 Oct 2011 – 16 Oct 2011

with Annelies Strba, Marina Abramovic, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Haluk Akakçe, Francis Alys, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Pawel Althamer, Kutluğ Ataman, Fikret Atay, Michel Auder, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari …
Lo Sguardo di Giano

American Academy in Rome, Roma (IT)
27 Jan 2009 – 3 Mar 2009

with Becky Beasley, Marco Fusinato, Matthew Monteith, Karlheinz Weinberger
Signs of the Time

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
19 Sep 2008 – 31 Dec 2008

with James Casebere, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Sam Durant, Katy Grannan, Gordon Parks, Sara VanDerBeek
Love Love Love

Martos Gallery, New York (US)
6 Nov 2008 – 6 Dec 2008

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Jean-Christian Bourcart, Larry Clark, Tracey Emin, Nan Goldin, Barbara Kruger, David LaChapelle, Robert Mapplethorpe, Chris Verene, T.J. Wilcox
The Object is the Mirror (Part II)

Wilkinson Gallery, London (GB)
17 Jan 2008 – 17 Feb 2008

with Slater Bradley, Cyprien Gaillard
gezeichnet

Galerie Borchardt, Hamburg (DE)
21 Sep 2007 – 10 Nov 2007

with Daniele Buetti, Lucien Clergue, Bernhard Fuchs, Nan Goldin, Dan Graham, Renee Green, Izima Kaoru, Juergen Klauke, Astrid Klein, Christiane Möbus, Arnulf Rainer, Albert Renger-Patzsch …
10th International Istanbul Biennial

Not Only Possible, But Also Necessary - Optimism in the age of global war

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
8 Sep 2007 – 4 Nov 2007

with Hamra Abbas, Adel Abdessemed, AES+F, Kutluğ Ataman, Fikret Atay, Ursula Biemann, Lee Bul, Banu Cennetoglu, Paul Chan, CHEN Chieh-Jen, LU Chunsheng, Nancy Davenport …
Arrêts sur images

Frac Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier (FR)
17 Nov 2006 – 22 Dec 2006

with Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Geert Goiris, Florence Paradeis, Patrick Tosani, Isabelle Waternaux
Dark Places

Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica (US)
21 Jan 2006 – 22 Apr 2006

with Vito Acconci, Francis Alys, Matthew Barney, Candice Breitz, Sophie Calle, Jonas Dahlberg, Anne Deleporte, Sam Durant, Anna Gaskell, Douglas Gordon, Emily Jacir, Christian Jankowski …
Tirana Biennale3 - Sweet Taboos / (Episodes 5)

Tirana Biennale, Tirana (AL)
10 Sep 2005 – 10 Nov 2005

with Adel Abdessemed, AES+F, Ghada Amer, Maja Bajevic, Tania Bruguera, Banu Cennetoglu, Phil Collins, Joost Conijn, Xinema Cuevas, CAO Fei, Carlos Garaicoa, Jens Haaning …
Blumenstück - Künstlers Glück

Vom Paradiesgärtlein zur Prilblume

Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (DE)
22 May 2005 – 18 Sep 2005

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Karl Blossfeldt, Helen Chadwick, Fischli & Weiss, Peter Hutchinson, Robert Mapplethorpe, Hiroyuki Masuyama, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Margriet Smulders, Thomas Struth, Wolfgang Tillmans
La Collection photographique du Frac des Pays de la Loire

Galerie Le Lieu, Lorient (FR)
1 Jul 2005 – 4 Sep 2005

with Richard Billingham, Rineke Dijkstra, Jean Louis Garnell, Sarah Jones, Urs Luethi, Suzanne Lafont, Orlan, Patrick Tosani
Summer Of 10019

Modern Culture, New York (US)
9 Jun 2005 – 19 Aug 2005

with Valentina Loi, Masato Okazaki
Nombres propios

Galería OMR, México (MX)
25 Jun 2005 – 1 Aug 2005

with Laureana Toledo
Boost in the shell (The pursued)

AEROPLASTICS contemporary, Brussels (BE)
21 May 2005 – 31 Jul 2005

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Valerie Belin, Shirin Neshat, Miki Nitadori, Martin Parr, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Kerry Skarbakka, Larry Sultan, Bill Viola, Del LaGrace Volcano, Joel Peter Witkin
Women Portraits

Art Statements gallery, Hong Kong (CN)
17 Feb 2005 – 1 Apr 2005

with Micha Klein, Pascal Lievre, Andrew J. Loiterton, Erwin Olaf
East-West RetroArtive

Art Statements gallery, Hong Kong (CN)
12 Aug 2004 – 1 Oct 2004

with Leung Chi-Wo, Siri Hayes, Patrick Lee, Pascal Lievre, Erwin Olaf, James Wolfe
About Face portrait - Photography and the Death of the Portrait

Hayward Gallery, London (GB)
24 Jun 2004 – 5 Sep 2004

with Yuri A, Bill Armstrong, Aziz + Cucher, Roger Ballen, Philippe Bazin, Valerie Belin, Elina Brotherus, Daniele Buetti, Nancy Burson, Maurizio Cattelan, XING Danwen, Jiri David …
In the eye of the beholder

Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam (NL)
7 Jul 2004 – 28 Aug 2004

with Heike Mutter, Daniela Steinfeld
RIMBAUD

Curated by Max Henry

I-20 Gallery, New York (US)
24 Jun 2004 – 6 Aug 2004

with Tracey Baran, Fiorenza Menini
Strategies of Desire

Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz (CH)
28 May 2004 – 18 Jul 2004

with Philipp Gasser, Motohiko Odani, Andro Wekua
Wake Up! Photography is Art

Art Statements gallery, Hong Kong (CN)
3 Jun 2004 – 27 Jun 2004

with Paul Blanca, Koos Breukel, Leung Chi-Wo, Patrick Lee, Andrew J. Loiterton, Erwin Olaf, Ellen Pau, WING Shya, James Wolfe
Depicting Love

Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
17 Jun 2004 – 24 Jun 2004

with Chema Alvargonzalez, Martí Anson, Mabel Palacin, Susan Philipsz, Jan Rothuizen, Francesc Ruiz, Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries
Acquisitions récentes

Maison Européenne Photo, Paris (FR)
26 Mar 2004 – 6 Jun 2004

with Michael Ackerman, Dieter Appelt, Francois-Marie Banier, Valerie Belin, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Antoine d'Agata, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Robert Doisneau, Robert Frank, Maria Hahnenkamp, Duane Michals, Boris Mikhailov …
Making Faces: The Death of the Portrait // Je t’envisage: La disparition du portrait

PHOTO ELYSEE, Lausanne (CH)
4 Feb 2004 – 23 May 2004

with Yuri A, Bill Armstrong, Aziz + Cucher, Roger Ballen, Philippe Bazin, Valerie Belin, Elina Brotherus, Daniele Buetti, Maurizio Cattelan, XING Danwen, Anne Deleporte, Laurence Demaison …
A Clear Vision. Photographische Werke aus der Sammlung F.C. Gundlach

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
29 Oct 2003 – 1 Feb 2004

with Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Sibylle Bergemann, Barbara Bloom, Erwin Blumenfeld, Katharina Bosse, Bill Brandt, Werner Büttner, Harry Callahan, Larry Clark, Rineke Dijkstra, Guenther Foerg …
Cara a Cara

Culturgest, Lisboa (PT)
12 Oct 2003 – 28 Dec 2003

with Juan Carlos Alom, Aziz + Cucher, Philippe Bazin, Valerie Belin, Elina Brotherus, Daniele Buetti, XING Danwen, Anne Deleporte, Laurence Demaison, Susan Derges, Rineke Dijkstra, Desiree Dolron …
Doble visión

Antigua Fábrica de Tabacos, Madrid (ES)
19 Jun 2003 – 13 Jul 2003

with ZHANG Huan, Isaac Julien, Justine Kurland, Suzanne Lafont
Story Faces

Mirko Mayer / m-projects, Köln (DE)
24 Jan 2003 – 29 Mar 2003

with Ralph Baiker, Clegg & Guttmann , Colin Cook, Cindy Sherman
Das zweite Gesicht

Metamorphosen des fotografischen Porträts

Deutsches Museum, München (DE)
8 May 2002 – 11 Aug 2002

with Gertrud Arndt, Aziz + Cucher, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Erwin Blumenfeld, Gerd Bonfert, Ecke Bonk, Anton Giuglio Bragaglia, Nancy Burson, Louis Caillaud, Julia Margaret Cameron …

Events

Bicentenaire de la Photographie

50 galleries and 60 exhibitions

Comité des Galeries d'Art, Paris (FR)
1 Sep 2026 – 1 Sep 2027

with Laurence Aegerter, Patrick Bailly-Maitre-Grand, James Barnor, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Leonard Bourgois-Beaulieu, Gilles Caron, Philippe Chancel, Dana Cojbuc, Natalie Curtis, Katrien De Blauwer, Dev Dhunsi, Paz Errazuriz …
miart 2026

Fiera Milano International , Milano (IT)
17 Apr 2026 – 19 Apr 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Jacopo Benassi, Silvia Camporesi, Yoan Capote, Florence di Benedetto, Elger Esser, Simone Fattal, Candida Hoefer, Alfredo Jaar, Mimmo Jodice, William Klein, Agnieszka Kurant …
ArteFiera 2026

curated section: photography and video (Photography and moving images)

Bologna Fiere, Bologna (IT)
6 Feb 2026 – 8 Feb 2026

with Darren Almond, Carlos Amorales, Stefano Arienti, David Armstrong, Hamza Badran, John Baldessari, Rosa Barba, Per Barclay, Yael Bartana, Matteo Basile, Elisabetta Benassi, Jacopo Benassi …
Serge Aboukrat Inheritance - A collector's eye

Modern and Contemporary Art

PIASA, Paris (FR)
14 Feb 2025 – 18 Feb 2025

with Kenneth Anger, Nobuyoshi Araki, Peter Beard, Edouard Boubat, Marcel Bovis, Sophie Calle, Julia Margaret Cameron, Etienne Carjat, Henri Cartier-Bresson, James Casebere, Lynne Cohen, Edward S. Curtis …
EYE FEEL - Photography

Artcurial, Paris (FR)
19 Oct 2017 – 24 Oct 2017

with Berenice Abbott, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Aujard, Roger Ballen, Adam Bartos, Anne-Catherine Becker-Echivard, Erwin Blumenfeld, LIU Bolin, Margaret Bourke-White, Dirk Braeckman, Balthasar Burkhard, Edward Burtynsky …
Modern and Contemporary Photographs

PIASA, Paris (FR)
12 Dec 2016 – 15 Dec 2016

with Berenice Abbott, Berenice Abbott, Pierre Adam, Laure Albin-Guillot, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Eugene Atget, Jeff Bark, Cecil Beaton, Bernd & Hilla Becher …
Mirror of Happiness, 2012 (93 min.)

Babylon Mitte, Berlin (DE)
25 Jan 2012
Tirana Biennale3 - Sweet Taboos / (Episodes 5)

Tirana Biennale, Tirana (AL)
10 Sep 2005 – 10 Nov 2005

with Adel Abdessemed, AES+F, Ghada Amer, Maja Bajevic, Tania Bruguera, Banu Cennetoglu, Phil Collins, Joost Conijn, Xinema Cuevas, CAO Fei, Carlos Garaicoa, Jens Haaning …