My art practice primarily utilises the act of walking as a means of exploring literal and conceptual landscapes. I like to think on my feet and visit places I am or thus become familiar and generate ideas and works related to the experiences of the situations and environments I encounter. Both urban and rural are of interest, though I favour collecting thoughts undistracted by the hustle and bustle of everyday life and so find myself gravitating toward unpopulated spaces.

 

My creative response to this activity can at times, be considered a form of social archaeology; an excavation and examination of social, political, and literal environments, where I enjoy uncovering the obscured and that which has become hidden or eroded from our awareness over time to present works that encourage reflection, introspection and conversation. 





 

The philosophy of Situationist International and Land Art is particularly influential in my thinking, which has a tendency to lean toward the tradition of institutional analysis and investigation and is broadly speaking, concerned with interrogating and responding to the power-dynamics of western society and the affects its generally human-centric attitudes have upon the earth’s natural environments ecologies, and sentient beings.

I frequently favour a process of deconstruction/reconstruction as a device for work and idea generation; removing and adding elements to explore compelling relationships. This approach promotes the reuse and recycling of materials and my previous works and aligns well with my concern for the environmental impact of my own practice. Consequently what appears often echos temporal states, momentarily coming into being following speculative and experimental medium and material exploration; manifesting as drawings, sculptures, imagined digital scenarios and multi-media installations.
 

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Samuel Webb, b 1982, Margate, UK. 

 

Education

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Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London, MA Fine Art 2021-22 - (Distinction)

Canterbury Christ Church University BA Fine & Applied Arts with Digital Media 2013-16 - (1st)

 

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Solo Exhibitions

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[Open Studio], CRATE, Margate 2022

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Group Exhibitions

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[Fort Crescent], Margate 2022/23

[Postcards from London], Villa Arson, Nice 2021

[URTIERTOBA], Window Project Gallery, Tbilisi 2021

[Postcards from Isolation], Cookhouse Gallery, London 2021

[Postcards from Isolation], Contemporary Art Festival Premierentage, Archaeological Museum, Austria 2021

[Open Studio], VA(A)DS, Tbilisi, 2021

[Turner Contemporary Open], Turner Contemporary, Margate 2021 

[Unknown Observant], Cookhouse Gallery, London, 2021               

[Rally, MA Show], Chelsea College of Arts, London, 2021

[Rally, MA Show], Beijing College of Arts, Nook Gallery, Beijing 2021

[WIP], Cookhouse Gallery, London 2021

[Before The Applause], Triangle Gallery, London 2021

[Hello? How Are You?], Instagram @advresidency 2021

[Utopianworlds] https://utopianworlds.wixsite.com/utopianworld 2021

[H2oooohhhh] https://h2oooohhhh.wixsite.com/h2oooo 2021

[The Cookhouse Show], Cookhouse Gallery, London 2020

​[Sweethearts Community], Minnis Bay, Google Maps 2020 

[Archipelago], https://padlet.com/qwang06202031/soxx7f6xtatn70qt 2020

[Stuff on Walls, Things on Floor], Margate Now, The Pie Factory, Margate 2019

[​Nothing from Nothing], LIMBO, Margate 2018

​[Front of House], The Pie Factory, Margate 2018 

​[Chrysalis], The Big Art Weekender, Devonport Guildhall, Plymouth 2016

[Platform Graduate Show], Turner Contemporary, Margate 2016

[24 Degrees],​ Graduate Degree Show, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury 2016

[The Rights of Others], Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury 2015

[The Space in Between], Untitled Gallery, Barcelona 2014

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Residencys

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Fort Crescent, Margate 2022 - present

Va[a]ds, Tibilisi, Georgia 2021

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Publications

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URTIERTOBA, Window Project, TBA, 2022

Postcards from Isolation, Contemporary Art Festival Premierentage, Austria 2021

MAFAzine, Cherie, November 2020

​MAFAzine, Dialog Edition, October 2020

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Awards 

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Erasmus Traineeship Award, 2021​

UAL Home Postgraduate Scholarship Award, 2020

Jerwood Makers Open, shortlisted 2018

Platform Graduate Award: shortlisted 2016

Flameworks People’s Choice Award: The Big Art Weekender 2016

The Wincheap Tools Prize for Sculpture 2016

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Employment 

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Gallery Assistant, Turner Contemporary 2016 - 2020

​Intern, Sidney Cooper Galley 2015