Samantha Jo Manion-Chavez

(b. 1994 Denver, Colorado)



Education:

2019       Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Colorado Denver, Emphasis in Painting and Drawing

2020       Mentored by Annette Gutiérrez Turk, Master Bordadora and member of EGA

2021       Member of Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Sandia Mountains Chapter 


Residencies and Fellowships:

2022        Fellow in Residence, Acequia Madre House: Women’s International Study Center, Santa Fe NM

2022        Revolution Residency, Santa Fe Art Institute Santa Fe, NM

2019        Create Award Residency, Art Gym Denver, Denver CO


Awards/Grants:

2021        First Place Winner, The Oveja Project Convention, Abiquiu, NM

2021        Fulcrum Fund Grant, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM

2019        Create Award, Art Gym Denver, Denver CO

2019         Best of Show: Cluberation (Juror Mai Wyn Schantz), Pirate Contemporary, Lakewood

 2018        Eureca! Grant, University of Colorado, Denver

2016         3rd Place Short Story Southwestern Region, "Things That Burn" 2016 Literary Magazine Competition,                              Community College Humanities Association.

2013-19    Pinnacol Foundation Scholarship, Pinnacol Foundation, Denver, CO


Selected Exhibitions:

2022        Jeffrey Gibson’s Solo Exhibition: The Body Electric: featured as a performance artist in the piece

               “To Name An Other” SITE, Santa Fe, NM 

2022        I will carry it for you, solo exhibition, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM

2021       The Oveja Project Convention, Abiquiu, NM

2020       Diverging Paths, two person exhibition, Art Gym, Denver, CO


2019     Upcoming, CU Denver Thesis Exhibition, Redline Gallery, Denver, CO

             Cluberation, group exhibition, Pirate Contemporary, Lakewood, CO

             Practices, Gallery ONE CU Building Foyer, University of Colorado, Denver, CO


2018    Performance Art Week (PAW), group exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO

            Guilty, group exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO

            Ink, group exhibition, Glasscase Gallery, Denver, CO

            Special Guest: Manifest Fluxhibition, group interactive exhibition, Next Stage

            Gallery in association with Meow Wolf and Denver Arts & Venues, Denver, CO

            CU Denver Student Show, Juried by Ralph Nagel, Emmanuel

            Gallery, Denver, CO


2017    Current, group exhibition, Denver Art Society Denver, CO

            CU Student Show, group exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO


2016    Opening, group exhibition, Gallery 1874, Arvada, CO

            World’s AIDs Day Exhibition, group exhibition, Tivoli Multicultural Lounge, Denver, CO  


Performances:

2022       To Name An Other by Jeffrey Gibson, featured in Jeffrey Gibson’s solo exhibition:

                The Body Electric, SITE, Santa Fe, NM 


2018        Reading of Manifesto: Special Guest: Manifest Fluxhibition, group interactive exhibition, Next Stage Gallery                    in association with Meow Wolf and Denver Arts & Venues, Denver, Colorado.

              

2018        Folding Inward: Performance Art Week (PAW), group exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, Colorado.


2019        “...” Michael Gadlin Solo Exhibition, K Contemporary, Denver, Colorado. 


  

Professional Work:

2021 - Current        Docent Weaver, Dye Artisan and Colcha Demonstrator, El Rancho de Las                                                                           Golondrinas, Santa Fe, NM

2020 - Current        Associate Director, Abend Gallery,  Denver, CO

2020 - Current        Associate Director, Gallery 1261,  Denver, CO

2019                       Studio Assistant to Suchitra Mattai for the production of “Isoperfect Symmetry” for 8th Annual                                             Sharjah Biennial, Denver, CO

2018 - 2020            Gallery Assistant, K Contemporary, Denver, CO



Reviews/Publications:

2018             Froyd, Susan. “Fifteen Ways for Art Lovers to Kick Off Denver Arts Week”, Westword (2018): 15 pars., 1                           Nov. 2018 <https://www.westword.com/arts/sarah-bowling-honored-as-a-colorado-creative-10974176>.


2013            "Raise Rebel"  The America Library of Poetry: Discovered. 2013 Poetry Collection.