Sam Gora has a BFA in Art History (Universität Hamburg, UFPE Recife), a BFA and MFA in Fine Arts and Education (HfbK Hamburg, Universität Hamburg, Bard College NY), lives and works in Hamburg, Germany.
at HfbK she studied in the class of Thomas Demand
founder and curator of Galerie LADØNS, Hamburg
part of Farbfabrique, Gängeviertel e.V., Hamburg
Curatorial Work
- Natura Al Habla, Centro Cultural Metropolitano, 29.06. – 16.09.24, Quit, Ecuador
- Akut – Should Trees have Standing?, Westwerk/MOM Art Space/Galerie LADØNS, Hamburg, 23.05. – 02.06.24
- Form der Unruhe/Forma de Desassossego, Hamburg/São Paulo, Brasilien, 2022 (co-curator)
- Easterfield Festival, performance – program (co-curator) for Kunstverein Hamburg, 2021
Exibitions
- „Modern Fiction II“ (group), Tombazis Mansion, Hydra School of Art Annex, 06.06.-02.07.24, Hydra Greece
- „Akut – Should Trees have Standing?“ (group), Westwerk, 29.05-02.06.24, Hamburg
- „Modern Fiction“ (group), 17.05. -02.06.24, Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg
- Open Studio, Residencia Artistica FAAP, São Paulo, 30.09.23
- „unterGrund“ (group), x-pon art gallery, Hamburg, 15.12.22 – 22.01.23
- „Eat, Breathe, Smile“, with Alice Morrey & Paula Erstmann, Galerie LADØNS, Hamburg, 10.-13.10.22
- „Form der Unruhe“ (group), Raum Linksrechts, Hamburg, 21.-30.4.22
- „Forma de Desassossego“ (group), Olhão, São Paulo, Brasilien, 12.27.3.22
- UBS, Red Hook, NY, USA 10.-20.12.21
- „Art Off Hamburg“ (group), Gängeviertel, Hamburg, 20./21.08.21
- „Inner Reflections“ with Hadas Emma Kedar, Veronika Burger, Nachtspeicher23, Hamburg, 12.-26.3.21
- „Glas: Decisions 1-349“ (solo), Xpon Art Gallery, Hamburg, 22.12.20
- „Transparenzen“, Online Gallery, Sept-Nov.2020, https://www.online-gallery.hfbk.net/
- „Conditions of a Necessity“ (Assembly), Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 19.9-4.10.20
- „Transparenzen“ (group), Galerie Genscher, Hamburg 17.-27.9.20
- Group Exhibition at „Globe Gallery“, Grabowsee, Oranienburg 21.-23.8.2020
- „Voll 2020“, Gruppenausstellung von KünstlerInnen aus dem Gängeviertel zum 11. Gängeviertel Geburtstag, Galerie LADØNS, 20.-28.9.2020
- „Transparenzen“ (group), SP2, Berlin, 2.-17.8.2020
- „The Situation Is“ (solo), Window Exhibition at Nachtspeicher23, Hamburg, 15.-31.7.2020 (during the pandemic)
- „Empty Chairs: Decisions 1-998“, Window Exhibition Galerie LADØNS, 24.6. – 6.7.2020
- „Die Balkone Hamburg“, Open Air Exhibition by the class of Sam Durant, 5. – 25.5.2020
- „zuFALL“, Xpon-Art Gallery, Hamburg – 26.3. – 1.6.2020
- „8. März – Eine Ausstellung anlässlich des Weltfrauentages“, with Marthe Fock, Galerie LADØNS, Hamburg, 2020
- „Preview 2020“, Nachtspeicher23, Hamburg, 2019/2020
- „Cleanser/Toner“ with Jessica Herden, Galerie LADØNS, Hamburg, 2019
- „HOUSE-HOLD-MY-BODY“ (solo), MOM Art Space, Hamburg, 2019
- Yerewan Art Festival, Armenia, 2018
- Millerntor Gallery by Viva con Agua, Millerntor Stadion, Hamburg, 2017
- Copenhagen Photo Festival, Syndhaven Station, Denmark, 2016
- „Under Construction: Imag(in)ing Identity“, Frappant Gallery, Hamburg, 2015
- Ökomess, Tallinn, Estonia, 2014
- 8. Bremer Kunstfrühling, Bremen 2014
Preise/Grants/Residencies
- Artist Residency „Modern Fiction“, Tombazis Mansion, Athen School of Arts, 06/2024, Hydra, Greece
- Artist Residency, Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation, 09 – 12/2024, São Paulo, Brazil
- ASA Grant for Bard College (DAAD and Ditze Stiftung), 2021/2022
- Deutschlandstipendium 2020/21
- Residency at Countdown Grabowsee/Globe Gallery, Oranienburg, 2020
https://nachtspeicher23.de/index.php?id=327
https://www.kulturlotse.de/event/selbst-bestimmt-eine-ausstellung-zum-mrz-9133915992396532185
http://panoramicum.de/tour2/zuFALL/krpano.html?xml=tour.xml
Artist Talk with me and Arne Lösekann about my work „Engagement Ring: Decisions 1-980“ which I made for the exhibition „ZuFall“ at the Xpon-Art Gallery, Hamburg (opened on the 26.03.20).