Artist Profile:

Sam Foley

Based in Dunedin, Sam Foley has exhibited in New Zealand, Australia and internationally, with works placed in a number of public and private collections.

Over the last 7 years Foley has been a regular visitor to Europe, exhibiting and conducting self-funded research and development trips throughout the UK, Europe and most recently, Scandinavia.

Foley was recently awarded the 2013 Kaipara Foundation Wallace Arts Trust Award, which included a 3 month residency at Altes Spital, Switzerland.*****

Solo Exhibitions:

2014 – Kontraste, Galerie 9, Solothurn, Switzerland

2012/14- Rennande Vatn, Tours various locations around Norway

2013- Into the Deep, Whitespace, Auckland

2012- Running Water, Dowling St Studios, Dunedin

2011- Tiefschwarz, The Artist’s Room, Dunedin

2011- Tiefschwarz, Atelier Bar-Am, Berlin, Germany

2011- Everyone knows this is Nowhere, Gallery Toi o Tahuna, Queenstown

2011- Domain, Whitespace, Auckland

2010- Otira, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch

2010- Detour, Ashburton Art Gallery

2008- On the Surface, Whitespace, Auckland

2008- Passage of a Shadow, Temple Gallery, Dunedin

2007- Sanctum Viridis, Whitespace, Auckland

2006- Green Belt, SoHo Galleries, Sydney, Australia

2005- The Green Belt, Temple Gallery, Dunedin

2004- The Littoral Tourist, SoHo Galleries Sydney

2001- Tracing the Remains, Grantham Galleries, Auckland

2000- New Works, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland

1999- Sanctuary, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Auckland