Art CV
Sam Husseini is an artist and writer living in Riverdale, Maryland,.
Since 2014 to the present he has produced a body of work contrasting and reconciling themes of “natural and artificial, of visible and hidden, of valueless and priceless, of image and object, of temporal and permanent.”
His artistic practice includes the use of unusual materials and natural elements specifically to illustrate his themes, including snowflakes, rain, flora and fauna, acrylics on canvas and paper.
Exhibitions:
2022: Group show, “A Journey Not Soon Forgotten” at the Arlington Arts Center.
2022: Solo Exhibition, "Snow, Flora, & Fauna: Temporal and Timeless” at the Amalie Rothschild Gallery at the Creative Alliance, Baltimore.
2021: Exhibition at Creative Alliance, Baltimore, Maryland: “Organic Destruction”.
2020: Solo Exhibition, “Invisibly Present / Visibly Absent” at Gallery Al-Quds at The Jerusalem Fund , Washington D.C. See catalogue of over 70 pieces: PDF.
2020: Group Exhibition, Artists Speak Virtual Gallery, “Visual Poetry” at painterprojects.com.
1989: compassroses.org — drawing compass roses in public places, Puffin Foundation Grant.
Publications and media:
"Maryland Artist Refining Snowflake Art“ (CBS Burlington, Vermont affiliate WCAX, Feb. 17, 2021)
"Artist Explores the Dissonance Between Humanity and the World” (Washington Post, by Mark Jenkins, Oct. 9, 2020)
“Local Artist Creates Exhibit with COVID-19 Theme” (WDCW, by Christy Matino, Sept. 3, 2020)
“Metro Rider Tweets in Defense of the Nature in Our Midst” (Washington Post Express, 2018, by Kery Murakami).
“Anthony Bourdain: The last gasp of CNN's original vision” (Salon, 2018)
"Architects, Artists Weigh In On The Metro Paint Brouhaha" (DCist, 2017, by Rachel Sadon)
"Holocaust Memorial Day and Yellow Snowflakes" (CounterPunch 2016)
"The Republican Co-option of Frank Lloyd Wright" (CounterPunch, 2012)
"The Street Credo of Keith Haring" (CounterPunch, 2012)
"Art Worthy of Howe's Mothers Day: Maxo Vanka's Murals," (CounterPunch, 2012)
“A Statement from Mother Nature” (CounterPunch, 2005)
Education:
1988 to 1990: School of Visual Arts and Hunter College., sculpture.
1987: Carnegie-Mellon University, BS double major from the Math and Philosophy departments.
Websites:
flickr.com/photos/samhusseini/albums
Email: samhusseini at gmail.com.
Journalism CV, see here.