Education

1997    Yale University, MFA

1995    Florida International University, BFA

 

Solo Exhibitions

2018    Transmitting in the Blind, Living Room Theater, Boca Raton, FL  

2016    Terraforming, Box Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL

2015    The Wanderer in the Mist, Farside Gallery, Miami, FL

2011    Outer Limits, Dimensions Variable, Miami FL (collaboration with Felice Grodin)

2011    Nine, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL

2008    A Strange Day in July, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL

2002    Bio-Utopia, Fredrick Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL

2002    Primp, Florida International University Gallery, Miami, FL

1997    Fairytales and Dreams, Miami Dade College Center Gallery, Miami, FL


Museum Exhibitions

2025 Women of Vision: Photography, It’s About Time, Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Miami, FL

2021    Light the Night, NSU Museum and Broward Cultural Division, Fort Lauderdale, FL

2013    Counting Backwards, Young at Art Museum, Davie FL

2012    Unnatural, Bass Art Museum, Miami Beach, FL 

            In Residence, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa FL

2009   With You I Want to Live: Francie Bishop Good + David Horvitz Collection,

            NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025    Rehearsal for an Exhibition, 1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL 

             Figure/Ground, Studio 18 Art Complex, Pembroke Pines, FL

No looking Back, Girls Club: Francie Bishop Good + David Horvitz Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL

2024    Almost Me, InterContinental Miami + CollaboARTive, Miami, FL

            Political Circus, FAU Schmidt Center Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

            Land of the Lost, Diana Lowenstien Gallery, Miami, FL

2023    Exposed, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL

            Open Studio, Historical Society at the Hammerstein House, Hollywood, FL

2022    Garden, Ladies Room, Los Angeles, CA

            Not All That Glitters is Gold: A Selection of Work by Women Artists in the Mosquera Collection, Art@Work Gallery, Miami, FL 

            Concerning the Spiritual: Selections for the Mosquera Collection, Belen Jesuit, Miami. FL

2019    Vida Y Obra De Una Idea, Colectivo Perifero Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina    

            Court Room Sessions, Cultural Center Galleries, Stuart, FL

2018    New Art:2018, South Florida Cultural Consortium Artist Fellowship, FAU Schmidt Center Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

    Transmitting in the Blind, Shwana Shea Film Festival, Boston MA 

2017    Ping Pong/Miami Basel, Alfred L. Dupont Building, Miami, FL

            Nature on the Edge of Urban, Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL

2016    Better Alive Than Dead, Farside Gallery, Miami, FL            

2015    100+ Degrees in the Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art, Girl’s Club: Francie Bishop Good + David Horvitz Collection,

Lauderdale, FL

            Residential Properties, Fountainhead Residencies, Miami, FL

2014. Freshly Squeezed, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, FL

            In Deep, Deering Estate, Miami, FL

            Abracadabra, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood FL

2013. I Think it’s in My Head, Girl’s Club: Francie Bishop Good + David Horvitz Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Dark Crystals, Helen M. Salzberg Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

2012    Sweat Broadsheets Collaboration, Miami Dade College Gallery of Art + Design, Miami, FL (in collaboration with Brad Johnson) 

    Salon de Notre Societe, Primary Projects, Miami, FL

   Chick Flicks: Video Screening, Girl’s Club: Francie Bishop Good + David Horvitz Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL

    The Tibetans Have a Word for That, Bed and Breakfast, Miami, FL

2011 Hang Ten, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL

            Zoom Contemporary Art Fair: Art Basel, W Hotel, Miami Beach, FL

            Woman to Woman, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL

            Abe’s Penny Live/O’Miami, NWSA Artseen Gallery, Miami, FL

2010    DCG Open, David Castillio Gallery, Miami, FL

            Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, FL

            Contemporary Landscapes, Bakehouse Complex, Miami, FL

            Ping Pong/Miami Basel, Visarte M54 Projectraum, Basel Switzerland

2009    South Florida Cultural Consortium, FAU Ritter Gallery, Boca Raton FL

            Littlest Sister 09: Art Basel, Spinello Gallery, Miami FL

            Designing Intelligence, FAU Schmidt Center Gallery, Boca Raton FL

2008    Synesthetics, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

2007    Talking Heads, Girls’ Club: Francie Bishop-Good + David Horvitz Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL

            Top Soil, Casa Lin, Miami, FL

            Aesthetics and Values, Florida International University Green Gallery, Miami, FL

            Utopia, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

2006   Hot and Bothered, Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL

            New Art as a Universal Language, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL

            Bridge Art Fair/Chicago, Carol Jazzar Gallery, Miami, FL

            Ping Pong/Miami Basel, Visarte M54 Projectraum, Basel Switzerland

            Alternative Photography, ArtCenter South Florida (now Oolite), Miami, FL

2004    Art Basel, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL

            Sugar and Snails, Wyman Arts Center, Baltimore, MD

            Eve of the Future, PS742, Miami, FL

2002   Mirror, Mirror, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL

            Art Basel, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL

2000    Nu Art South Florida Cultural Consortium, FAU Schmidt Center Gallery, Boca Raton FL 

1997    M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

1997    College Art Association Exhibition, Hunter College, New York, NY

Fellowships and Awards

2025 Artist Innovation Grant, Division of Cultural Affairs, Broward County, FL

2018    South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, Division of Cultural Affairs, Broward County, FL

2018    Shawna Shea Film Festival Best Short Sci-Fi. Boston, MA

2009   South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, Division of Cultural Affairs, Broward County, FL  

2006   Artist Enhancement Award, Division of Cultural Affairs, Tallahassee, FL   

2000   South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, Division of Cultural Affairs, Broward County, FL

1997    George Sakier Memorial Scholarship, Yale University, Visual Arts Department

1995    Meritorious Visual Arts Award, Florida International University College of Arts and Sciences, Miami, FL

1994    Joe Bernardo Memorial Scholarship, Florida International University, Visual Arts Department, Miami, FL

Publications and Catalogs  

2022   Concerning the Spiritual: Selections from the Mosquera Collection, essays by Roni Feinstein and Elisa Turner 

2018    New Art South Florida, forward, W. Rod Faulds, essay Angelica Arbelaez

2019    Vida Y Obra De Una Idea, essay by Miguel Ronsino

2015    100+ Degrees in the Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art, {name} publisher, author Jane Hart  

2012    Unnatural, Bass Art Museum, introduction Silvia Karman Cubina, essay, Tami Katz-Freidman

2012    The Dichotomy of Paradox, Longleaf Press, author Brad Johnson 

2012    In Residence, USF Contemporary Art Museum, essay, Jane Simon

2011    Woman to Woman, Bakehouse Complex, introduction, Arlys W. Raymond, essay Elisa Turner

2009    The Collection of Francie Bishop Good + David Horovitz, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, introduction Irvin M. Lippman

2009    2009 South Florida Cultural Consortium, Florida Atlantic University, forward, Manjunath Pendakur, essay W. Rod Faulds

2008    One, Gallery Diet, introduction, Megan C. McShane, PhD

2008    Synesthetics, essay Felice Grodin 

2007    Aesthetics and Values, Florida International University, forward Lesley A. Northup, essay John Baily

2000    2000 Nu Art South Florida Cultural Consortium, Florida Atlantic University, introduction, Michael Spring, essay W. Rod Faulds

1997    Graduate Photography at Yale, Yale University, essay, Richard Benson and Todd Papageorge

Lectures, Panels, and Interviews

2024    InterContinental Miami + CollaboARTive, artist live event, Miami, FL, October, 21

            Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Artist talk: Land of the Lost, moderated by Felice Grodin, Miami, FL, May 11

2018    Living Room Theater, Artist lecture: Making Transmitting in the Blind, Boca Raton, FL,  October, 19   

            Palm Beach State College, Panel discussion: Making Transmitting in the Blind, Boca Raton, FL, November, 6  

2016    Box Gallery, Artist Lecture: Terraforming, Fort Lauderdale, FL, February 4

            Florida International University, Artist lecture and Graduate Critiques, Miami, FL, September 28

2015    Fountainhead Residencies, Artist Panel: Residential Properties, moderated by Rene Morales, Miami, FL, October 3

        Girls’ Club: Francie Bishop-Good + David Horvitz Collection, Interview: Defining a  Moment, Fort Lauderdale, FL, October 11 

2014    Palm Beach State, Artist Panel: Why Art Matters, Boca Raton, FL, November, 4

2012    Bass Art Museum, Interview: Unnatural (exhibition video), Miami, FL  

            USF Contemporary Art Museum, Panel: In Residence, moderated by Jane Simon, Tampa, FL, June 8 

            Studio Verite, Interview: Samantha Salzinger, Producer: Jacques de Beaford, Palm Beach, FL, August, 28

            Girls’ Club: Francie Bishop-Good + David Horvitz Collection, Artist talk: Chick Flicks, Fort Lauderdale, FL, February, 29          

2011    Bakehouse Art Complex, Panel discussion: Woman to Woman, Miami, FL, December 2

            Miami Beach Urban Studios, Artist lecture, Miami, FL, March 18

            Dimensions Variable, Discourse: The Outer Limits, with Felice Grodin, moderated by Adler Guerrier, Miami, FL, February 15

            Dirty Pink 305, Interview: Samantha Salzinger, producer Claire Brukel 

2010    Dina Mitrani Gallery, Panel discussion: Future of Photography in a Digital Age, moderated by Dina Mitrani, Miami, FL, February, 20

             Girls’ Club: Francie Bishop-Good + David Horvitz Collection Artist lecture and  workshop: Artist in Action Series, Fort Lauderdale, FL,

March 26          

2009    NSU Museum of Art, Artist lecture, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 16   

Florida Atlantic University, Artist lecture and Graduate Student Critiques, Boca Raton,  FL, November 3

2008    Locust Projects, Panel: Synesthetics, moderated by Felice Grodin, Miami, FL, March 22 

2006    Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Panel: New Art as a Universal Language,    Hollywood, FL, September 9

              ArtCenter South Florida, Panel: Alternative Photography, moderated by Carol Jazzar, Maimi, FL, June 10

              Documentary film, Interview: Copyright and Creativity, director Rabekah Farrugia

2004    Wyman Arts Center, Panel discussion: Art and American Culture, moderated by Laura Burns, Baltimore, MD, March 16

             Goucher College, Artist lecture and Undergraduate Critiques, Baltimore, MD, March 18   

Florida International University, Artist lecture and Graduate Critique, Miami, FL, April 6

            WW1470 AM, Interview: Good Work, radio program, Palm Beach, FL, May 19

            WXEL, Interview: South Florida Today television program, Palm Beach, FL, May 25  

2003. Artserve, Lecture: The Art of Doing Business, Fort Lauderdale, FL, March, 13  

            Locust Projects, Panel: artists as curators, Miami, FL, October, 17   

1997. Yale School of Architecture, Artist Lecture and Undergraduate Critiques, New Haven, CT

Selected Bibliography

2024    Ramirez, Sofia, “Meet Samantha Salzinger, Artist and Professor”, Shoutout Miami,  August, 18, 2024 

            Sanchez, Sarah, “Meet Samantha Salzinger”, Canvas Rebel, June 13, 2024

2022    Goodman, Dan, “Meet Samantha Salzinger”, Canvas Rebel, May 12, 2022

2019    Smith, Erica, “Meet Samantha Salzinger”, Voyage MIA, May 16, 2019

2016    Richard, Andrea, “Ten Broward Visual Artists You Need to Know” Broward New Times,   February 5. 2016 

     Valys, Philip, “Space Oddities in FAT Village” Sun-Sentinel, January 28, 2016

            Richard, Andrea, “Ambitious Sci-Fi Art Shows come to Fat Village Artwalk” Broward  New Times, January 26, 20

2015    Braithwaite, Hunter, “Freshly Squeezed” The Miami Rail, Winter 2015

2014    “Best Photographer” Best Of Issue, Broward New Times, 2014 edition

2013    Richard, Andrea “Counting Backwards at Young at Art Museum: Meeting the Apocalypse with a Chuckle” Broward New Times,

             November 14-20, 2013

            Valys, Philip, “The TM Sisters’ Brain Games: The Miami Artists Curate New Show at the Girls’ Club” Sun Sentinel, November 8, 2013

2012    Rohn, David, “Unna,tural at the Bass Museum” Artlurker, November 4, 2012

            Tschida, Anne, “An Unnatural Twist on Nature: An Alice in wonderland sensibility permeates the Bass Museum’s remarkable new

show”, Miami Herald, September 26, 2012

            Suarez De Jesus, Carlos, “Unnatural, at the Bass Museum of Art, Explores Man’s

             Domination of Nature” Miami New Times, September 20, 2012

            Valys, Philip, “Fake Plastic Trees: Bass Museum of Art explores the art of nature verses artifice” Sun Sentinel, September 8, 2012

             Fraser-Delgado, Celeste, “Woman’s Works: An exhibit at Miami’s Bakehouse translates complex relationships into photographs,

installations and poetry – and all the artists are female” Miami Herald, January 16, 2012   

2011    Tschida, Anne, “Woman to Woman Creative Collaboration” Knight Arts, November 22, 2011

            MacKenzie, Meredith, “Abe’s Penny Live at Art Seen in Miami”, Dwell Magazine, April 18, 2011

        Weinberg, Michelle, ”Space is the Place: Felice Grodin and Samantha Salzinger” Artlurker, February 2011

2009    Galvin, Rachel, “Altered Reality: Samantha Salzinger’s Bold New World”, Cultural Quarterly, Volume XXII, Number 3

              Thomason, John, “FAU Exhibits Perplexing Look at Intelligent Design” Sun Sentinel, February 11, 2009

2008    Grodin, Felice, “Synesthetics” Wynwood: The Art Magazine, May 2008

            Feinstein, Roni, “Report from After the Fairs” Art In America, March 2008

2007    Goddard, Peter, “Summer in the City of Dreams”, Toronto Star, August 23, 2007

            Schechter, Fran, “Ideal World, Group Show Taps Personal Fantasies”, Now Toronto, August 30, 2007

2006    Gordon, Margery, “Flying Under the Radar: Their names may not be familiar to fairgoers, but the Sackners, the Bergs, and

              Emmanuel Jayogue represent corps of Miami art enthusiasts whose diverse collections are worth taking a look at” Art +

               Auction Magazine, November 2006

2002    Turner, Elisa, “Regional Reflections” The Miami Herald, August, 11 2002

            Kretz, Kate, “Florida Photographers”, Art Papers Magazine, September/October 2002

            Milagro, M. Bello, “Redefining Miami: report form Art Basel Miami Beach 2002”

            Art al dia International, December 2002


Committees and Invitations 

2020    Board of Directors: Vice Chair, Young at Art Museum (2020 – 2023)

2013    Selection Committee: Artist in Residence in Everglades Program: AIRIE, Everglades National Park, FL 

            Juror: Chick Flicks: Local Female Filmmakers Submissions, Girls Club Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL  

2011    Juror: Broward College Student Exhibition, Davie, FL

2007    Selection Committee: Artist Residencies, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL 

2006    Visual Arts Grant Panel Member: Division of Cultural Affairs, Tallahassee, FL

2005    Steering Committee: Leadership Hollywood, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce,  Hollywood, F

2002    Selection Committee Member: Art and Design in Public Places, Broward County Cultural Affairs, Fort Lauderdale, FL

      Juror: Miami-Dade College Student Exhibition, Centre Gallery MDC, Miami FL

2001    Juror: International Fine Arts College Graphic Design Student Exhibition, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL

 Selected Collections

Young at Art Museum, Permanent Collection, Davie, FL

Perez Art Museum, Permanent Collection, Miami, FL

Francie Bishop-Good and David Horvitz Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL 

The Mosquera Collection, Miami, FL 

The Mikesell Collection, Miami, FL

The Doug McCraw Photography Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL 

Estelle and Paul Berg, Private Collection, Miami, FL

Mindy Shargo, Private Collection, Hollywood, FL

Kurt Beals, Private Collection, Memphis, TN

Yale University, Permanent Collection, New Haven, CT