Solo Exhibitions
2007
This Land, Kim Light/Lightbox Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
In the Belly of the Beast, Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Mysteries & Marvels of Our Animal World, DiRT Gallery, LA, CA
2003
Mutation Menagerie, DiRT Gallery, LA, CA

Group Exhibitions
2009
Eco-Logic, Cypress College Art Gallery, Los Angles, CA, Curated by Patricia Watts
Inside/Insight LA, Mt. St. Marys College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, C

2008
Southern Exposure, RubyGreen Gallery, Nashville, TN
At The Brewery Project: The Finale, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Summer Mix, Lemberg Gallery, Birmigham, MI
Tree Service, Domestic Setting, Mar Vista, CA, Curated by Jeanne Patterson & Michael Gold
Inlandia, Wignall Museum, Chaffey College, San Bernadino, CA
Air Apparent, Rio Hondo Community College, Rio Hondo, CA
Alma Matter, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
The Nature of LA, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
Pasadena Art Alliance Auction, Art Center Wind Tunnel, Pasadena, CA
RE:Present, LACE Annual Auction, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
ARTEcontemporaneROMA, Kim Light/Lightbox Gallery, Rome, Italy
NEXT Chicago Art Fair, Kim Light/Lightbox Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Worlds Smallest Art Fair, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY

2007
abstraction & LANDSCAPE, 9810 Gallery, Irvine, CA
Green is the New Black, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
Salon Nouveau, Galerie Enholm Englehorn, Vienna, Austria
Outside, Cypress College Gallery, curated by Paul Paiement
W.O.P. At the Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
Haus Guests, At the Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
Echoes: Women Inspired by Nature, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Edge, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA
LA Art in New York Art Fair, Kim Light/Lightbox Gallery, New York, NY

2006
Eco-Lux: Art in Light of Ecology, Lightbox Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Year __06 Art Projects, Art Fair, London, England
Belly of the Beast, Installation, The Standard Hotel, Hollywood, CA

2005
Night Lights, Sabina Lee Gallery, LA, CA
Bugology, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, curated by Tricia Watts
Partners, Domestic Setting, LA, CA, curated by Michael Gold

2004
TInseltown Too, Domestic Setting, LA, CA
Bugged Eyed: Art, Culture, Insects, Turtle Bay Exploratorium, Redding, CA Curated by Tricia Watts (Catalog)
REBEL REBEL, New Chinatown Barbershop, LA, CA

2003
Tinseltown, Domestic Setting, LA, CA
Mind Trips, Forfest Festival, Czeck Republic
Mind's Eye, Solway Jones, LA, CA
Free Range, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA
Shouts, Whispers, and Cheers, Mt. St. Mary's College, LA, CA
Notebook, Pinkard Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD

2002
Flipping the Bird, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Winter Solstice, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica ,CA
Works for Young Collectors, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
99 Dollar Show, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Relative Objects, POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Cut and Paste, Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA
Zero Degrees, At The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA

2001
99 Dollar Show, Irvine Art Center, Irvine, CA Curated by Carl Berg
Contemporary Color Symbolism, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
100% Rag, POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Re-Production, Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Glimpses of Perversion Stay With Us, Innerspace Gallery (envelope) Curated by Mark Housley
One Night Stand, Farmers Daughter Motel. LA, CA organized by Michael Arata and Mark Housely

2000
Transit @ Aero & Co. presentd by Leonardo Bravo, Los Feliz, CA
Haulin Ass, Perogi in L.A.2000, Post Gallery, LA, CA curated, by Susan Joyce
Large Window, Small Works, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Applauding Revolutionary Talent, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA

2002-2002
New American Talent, (traveling exhibition) Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX, curated by David Pagel

1999
S/he bugs me, S/he bugs me not, POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Broadcast, Eagle Rock Community Center, Eagle Rock, CA curated by Kim Abeles
Cleveland Institute of Art Invitational, Cleveland Clinic Gallery, Cleve. OH
Drawn Together, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH

1998
Group Show, Swallow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Up to Date, Network Gallery, Pontiac, MI
Drawn Together, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland OH
Thesis Show, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

1997
Art Harvest, District 62 Gallery @ ArtFarm, Marquette, NB

1996
Genuine (transient) Emotion, Bockrath Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Multiples 13: Cleveland Printmakers, Karamu House Gallery, Cleveland, OH


Experience
2000-pres. Assistant Professor of Art, Foundation Coordinator; California State University, Northridge
1998 Lecturer, full time; California State University, Northridge, CA
2000 Instructor; Brentwood Art Center, Brentwood, CA
1999 Curator, "Beauti-foul"; Los Angeles Pierce College Art Gallery with CSUN and the College Art Association


Grants, Scholarships and Awards
2001 Beck Grant for Innovative Teaching, with Dr. Irina Costache, Cal State Northridge
2000 Faculty Development Grant, Center for Community Service Learning, Cal State Northridge
1999 Starbucks Literacy Grant, (group proposal) in conjunction with Cal State Northridge Dept. of Community Service Learning
1997 The College Art Association Professional Development Fellowship
1995 The Cleveland Institute of Art Student Independent Exhibition Painting Award
1991-1995 The Cleveland Institute of Art Honorary Scholarship
1994 The Cleveland Institute of Art, Selma A. Walzer Painting Scholarship
The American Greetings Scholarship
1993 The Myrtle Waintrup Givelber Traveling Scholarship for Women
The Eastman-Boltman Traveling Scholarship, Painting Department Award
The Cleveland Institute of Art Summer Workshop Scholarship


Lectures, Residencies, Workshops
2002 Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2000 Recent Work; Public Lecture Series, Fairplex, Pomona, CA
1998 Recent Work; College Art Association Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada
1997 Artist in Residence; Art Farm, Marquette, NB

Bibliography
Lee, Sacha, Tree Service, Beautiful Decay, July, 2008
Cheng, DeWitt, The Nature of LA, Four Southerners Ponder the Human Condition, East Bay Express, May 7, 2008
Lewis, Joesph, Samantha Fields at Kim Light/Lightbox, Art in America, Oct, 2007
Myers, Holly, Hip, Without forgoing Tradition, Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2007
Katherine Sartorius, Samantha Fields at Lightbox/Kim Light Gallery, Artweek, May 2007
Kinney, Tulsa, No Direction Home, Arillery, Vol 1 no. 6, summer 2007
Yurry, Carrie, Echoes, Artillery, Vol 1 no. 6, summer 2007
Buckley, Annie, Nightlights at Sabina Lee Gallery, ArtWeek, March 2006
Calder, Diane, Alsion Foshee & Samantha Fields at DiRT, ArtScene, November, 2004
Frank, Peter, Pick of the Week, Also Recommended, LA Weekly, 7-13, 2005
Watts, Tricia, Bug Eyed, Art, Insects, Culture, Catalog Essay, Turtle Bay Exploratorium, 2004
Ollman, Leah, Tastes of a Visual Smorasbord, Los Angeles Time, August 22, 2003
Schooling, Laura, Dirty Secret, Front Desk Magazine, May, 2003
Hull, Laura, Cliffhanger, (Image, pg. 86) Metropolitan Home, Jan./Feb. 2002
Ollman, Leah, Hybrid Plants and Mutant Animals, Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2003
Frank, Peter, Pick of the Week, Also Recommended,: DiRT, LA Weekly, May 2003
Guten-Cohen, Keri, Artists Probe Power of Multiplicity, Detroit Free Press, June 10,2001
Colby, Jay, Manufacturing Materials, Methods, Make Great Art. The Detroit News, June 8, 2001
Pagel, David, New American Talent , Catalog Essay, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, 2000


Collections
Susan and John Joyce, Los Angeles, CA
Samuel Hoi, Los Angeles, CA
Michael and Sirje Gold, Los Angeles, CA
Frank Mauer & David Kobasa, Los Angeles, CA
Francis Spitta, Los Angeles, CA
John Huneke, San Francisco, CA
Elinor Turner, Los Angeles, CA
Linda Polesky, Los Angeles, CA
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Pohlman, Phoenix, AZ
The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Goldstein, MD. Bloomfield Hills, MI
Cheryl Chesbrough, Cleveland, OH
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Schiff, Cleveland, OH
Erika Stefanutti, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Barbara Bloch, Bloomfield Hills, MI


Education
1996-1998 Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA Painting
1990-1995 The Cleveland Institute of Art, BFA Painting, minor in Sculpture