Lives and works in Glasgow/Co.Wicklow
EDUCATION
MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, 2011 - 2014
BA Fine Art Painting, NCAD, Dublin, 2006 - 2009
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle Cartoon, Guts Berlin, Oct 2023
The Unicorn is Killed and Brought to the Castle Cartoon, Primary, Nottingham, June 2023
The Unicorn Surrenders to the Maiden Cartoon, Plazza Plazza, London, June 2023
Sated Soldier, Sated Peasant, Sated Scribe, Goldsmiths CCA, London, Sept 2021
Orbital Debris, 1646 Project Space, Den Haag, Netherlands, July 2018
Kapton Cadaverine, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, January 2018
Eurocopter EC135, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Germany, June 2016
Four Fold, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, May 2015
Mop, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, September 2013
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
At Practice, David Dale Gallery, Glasgow, August 2023
Here Comes Love, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, July 2023
Rethinking Nature, curated by Kathryn Weir and Ilaria Conti, Museo Madre, Naples, Dec 2021
Trouble in Outer Heaven, curated by Jamie Sutcliffe, Southwark Park Galleries, Sept 2021
Transmissions Episode 1, online, curated by Tai Shani, Anne Dafau and Hana Noorali, April 2020
Cosmopolis #2 , curated by Kathryn Weir, Pompidou Centre, Paris, October 2019
Lyon Biennale , curated by Palais de Tokyo, Lyon, September 2019
Cosmopolis #1.5 , curated by Kathryn Weir, Mao Jihong Arts Foundation in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, Chengdu, China, November 2018
Devine Cargo, curated by Daniel Neofetou, South London Gallery, August 2018
The Mindful Intervention, Yin-Ju Chen, Tamás Kaszás, Sam Keogh, Kunstfort, Vijfhuizen, Netherlands, July 2018
20 Propositions, Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria, July 2018
Cellular World, Glasgow International, GOMA, Glasgow, April 2018
EVA International, curated by Inti Guerrero, Limerick, April 2018
Hmn edition 8 curated by Anne Tallentire and Chris Fite-Wassilak, Napier Grove Community Hall, London, March 2017
DARKWATER; The Dead of the Night curated by Tai Shani and Anne Duffau, CPG London, February 2017
ECTOPLASM curated by Pádraic E. Moore, 1646, The Hague, October 2016
Lost & Found curated by Geo Wyeth, Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, September 2016
Riddle of the Burial Grounds, curated by Tessa Giblin, Extra City, Antwerp, March 2016
2116, curated by Chris Clarke and Caitlín Doherty, Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland and the Broad Museum, Michigan, USA, March 2016
The Bandits Live Comfortably in the Ruins. curated by Sean Lynch, Flat Time House, March 2016
Hall of Half Life, curated by Tessa Giblin, Graz Museum, Graz, Austria, September 2015
30 Years the Future, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, December 2014
Dukkha, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, August 2014
The Line of Beauty, curated by Rachel Thomas, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, July 2013
How to Read World Literature, The Public School, NYC, July 2013
Gracelands 2012; 'Circling the Square', curated by Vaari Claffey, The Milk Market, Limerick, August 2012
eva International 2012, curated by Annie Fletcher, Limerick, May 2012
Gracelands 2011: 'Substance Abuse', curated by Vaari Claffey, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim, September 2011
Tool Use, curated by David Beatty, Oonagh Young Gallery, Dublin, June 2011
Repoman, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, May 2011•Gracelands 2010: 'I'M SPARTICUS', curated by Vaari Claffey, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim, September 2010
Instantaneous Personal Magnetism, currated by Padraic E. Moore, Galway Arts Centre, September 2010
Radical Love, curated by Joe Noonan Ganley and Sam Keogh, Dublin, August 2010
Aion Experiments, Currated by Padraic E. Moore, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, February 2010
Gracelands 09, Curated by Vaari Claffey, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim, 2009
AWARDS
Arts Council of Ireland Visual Artists Bursary 2018
Arts Council of Ireland Travel and Training Award 2017
Arts Council of Ireland Visual Artists Bursary 2015
Arts Council of Ireland Project Award 2014
Arts Council of Ireland Visual Artists Bursary 2013
Wicklow County Council Project Award 2012
Project Arts Centre's Project Catalyst 2011-12•Dublin City Council Visual Arts Bursary 2011
Arts Council of Ireland Travel and Training Award 2011
Wicklow Co. Council Visual Arts Bursary 2010
RESIDENCIES
ISCP/Temple Bar Galleries and Studios residency, NYC, October 2021 - December 2021
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, October - November 2019
1646 Project Space artist residency, June 2018
IMMA Production residency, Dublin, December 2017 - April 2018
Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, January 2016 - November 2017
'Welcome to the Neighbourhood' residency, Askeaton Contemporary, Co.Limerick, Ireland, August 2015
IMMA production residency, Dublin, March 2015
SELECTED PRESS
Review of 'Sated Peasant, Sated Soldier, Sated Scribe', Lizzie Homersham, Artforum International, Jan 2022
Review of 'Sated Peasant, Sated Soldier, Sated Scribe', Chris Hayes, The White Review, December 2021
'What will you Do with The Days', Frank Wasser interviews Sam Keogh, Flash Art, November 23rd 2021
Profile: Sam Keogh, Chloe Carroll navigates the absurdist narratives of the Irish artist’s performances and installations, Art Monthly, October 2021
Art Monthly Talkshow on Resonance FM, Chloe Carroll and Maria Walsh, presented by Alex Hull, Oct 11th 2021
The Art of the Feast: Understanding the Glorification of Gluttony, Mathew McClean, Frieze Week Magazine, Oct 4th 2021
‘Knotworm’: Pauline de Souza interviews Sam Keogh, Third Text, March 4th 2020A Pushed Over Fence, Sam Keogh and Anne Tallentire discuss secutiry, absurdity and agency,VAI News sheet, March/April 2020
Review of EVA International 2018, Stephanie Bailey, Ocula Magazine, 6th July 2018
Review of Glasgow International 2018, Tom Jeffreys, Frieze Magazine, May 1st 2018
Review of ‘Kapton Cadaverine’, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, Feb 13th 2018
‘Kapton Fantastic’, artist feature, Rachel Donnelly, Totally Dublin, Feb 2018• Review of Rijksakademie OPEN 2017, Debbie Broekers, Metropolis M, November 23rd 2017
Review of 'Four Fold', Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, June 2015• 'The Grouch', The New Inquiry, May 2015• Review of 'Mop', Rebecca O'Dwyer, Enclave review 9, January 2014
Review of 'Mop', Matt Packer, Frieze Magazine, Issue 160, December 2013/January 2014