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Summer Edition Hey, Hot Shot! Winner 2006

Sam Gezari

Currently residing in Los Angeles, CA

Website: http://www.samgezari.com/

Work Statement
These images are from a body of work entitled Erased Spaces made between 2002 and 2005. They attempt to link ideas of isolation with personal and cultural boundaries in the American landscape.


Questioning what defines boundaries and how to distinguish between self-imposed isolation and that which is created through our environment, these photographs consist of a broad subject matter that utilizes light, color and gesture to create narrative and filmic imagery.


This body of work discusses the forced anonymity found in urban environments and that which is actively sought out in rural, natural environments, as well as the confusion that arises from both creating and discovering our place in the world around us.

Bio

BORN

1980, New Haven CT

EDUCATION

1998-2002 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

BA received 2002, Photography Major

PROJECTS

“Safety(In Numbers)� May, 2002

thesis show UBS Studio Warehouse, Red Hook, NY

“DiverCity� July 2004

group show

M15 ArtSpace, New York, NY

“Erased Spaces� August, 2004

group show

MetroColorCollision/Action Jackson, LIC, NY

BreakingMovement, founded in 2005, ongoing

a public bilboard arts project based in LA aimed at making art accessible and energizing public spaces

“Yarding� July 2005

two person show with Lucas Blalock,

Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC

“Enter/Exit� July 2005

group show

Bamboo Lane/Gallery Revisited, Los Angeles, CA

"The Icon Annual Photography Show" July 2005

group show

Cinespace, Los Angeles, CA

"Inauguration 3" February 2006

group show

Gallery Revisited, Los Angeles, CA

“Small is Large� April 2006

two person show

Gallery Revisited, Los Angeles, CA