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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 Hunters Enter the Woods Cartoon, St.Chads, London, June 2024

Pages From The Hunters Enter the Woods Cartoon, Well Projects, Margate, March 2024

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

The Paper Biennial 2024, Museum Rijswijk, The Netherlands, June 2024

Lagos Biennial, Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, Nigeria, Feb 2024

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