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I am posting my latest press release below. Triada
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Artist, Triada Samaras
Brooklyn, New York 5/17/2016
Triada Samaras, is pleased to announce her work on paper “The State of Greece #2” is part of the 14th Annual 100
Works on Paper Benefit at Kentler International Drawing Space this year.
Above: The State of Greece #2 Digital Photo and
Pencil 4” x 6” c. Triada Samaras 2016
The auction for this
event will take place on May 21, 2016.
Purchase tickets at:
All proceeds support Kentler's 2016 Exhibitions & Public Programs,The
Kentler Flatfiles, and K.I.D.S. Art Education.
Above: Kentler International Drawing Space
Detail from the 14th
Annual Works on Paper Benefit
Kentler International
Drawing Space
353 Van Brunt Street
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.kentlergallery.org
More About This Work
The State of Greece: Enoikiazetai/Poleitai-For Rent/For Sale was first a digital and socially engaged art project at Vital Space/Nature and Humanity, co-created by the economist and former Greek prime minister, Yanis Varoufakis, and installation artist, Danae Stratou. It can be found there at LINK. Last year the work was featured in a solo exhibition at Nancy Dryfoos Gallery https://www.triadasamaras.com/greece-for-rent-for-sale.html
http://www.kentlergallery.org
More About This Work
The State of Greece: Enoikiazetai/Poleitai-For Rent/For Sale was first a digital and socially engaged art project at Vital Space/Nature and Humanity, co-created by the economist and former Greek prime minister, Yanis Varoufakis, and installation artist, Danae Stratou. It can be found there at LINK. Last year the work was featured in a solo exhibition at Nancy Dryfoos Gallery https://www.triadasamaras.com/greece-for-rent-for-sale.html
About the
Artist
Triada Samaras is a Greek-American artist born in New England with family
members on both sides of the Atlantic. Samaras has lived and worked in
Brooklyn, New York for many years. An interdisciplinary artist and activist,
Samaras has created works in a wide variety of media over the years including
painting, sculpture, drawing, street art, public art, photography, texts,
poetry, essays and social media. As a socially engaged artist, her work
has grappled with contentious environmental, geographic, economic and social
issues in both New York City and in Greece.
Triada Samaras’ artwork has been featured in numerous national and
international art exhibitions and venues including: Vital Space/Nature and
Humanity, Brooklyn Historical Society; Brooklyn Old Stone House; Kentler
International Drawing Center, Brooklyn; A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn; AthensArt
International Art Festivals: Odessa/Ukraine, Alexandria/Egypt, and
Vienna/Austria; Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York; Millbank Chapel,
Columbia University, New York; Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Kean University; James
Howe Gallery, Kean University; Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn;
Governors Island, New York; Long Island Univeristy, Brooklyn; Goddard College,
Plainfield, Vermont; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Samaras’ poems, texts and art activist projects have been highlighted in
numerous publications and venues including: Gowanus Lounge, Brooklyn; Vital
Space/Nature and Humanity; Erato; Inter-view Bulletin, Columbia University;
Carroll Gardens Coalition for Respectful Development Blog, Brooklyn; Athens
Journal of Social Sciences, Athens, Greece; Palmografos, Greece; Hellenic
Voice, Boston; Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont; The Brooklyn Paper;
BCAT/Brooklyn Cable Access Television; Brooklyn Cable News12; Crains NY;
MetroNY; Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn; Pardon Me for Asking Blog; Gotham
Gazette; New York Post; Brooklyn Daily; Brooklyn Eagle; Brooklyn Courier Life;
Daily Gotham, Sierra Club NYC Sierran; Brownstoner; Curbed; the Brooklyn Daily;
Brooklyn Heights Blog; Time Out NY; Brooklyn the Borough; the Haverhill
Gazette, Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Triada Samaras is Adjunct Professor of Art at Kean University and Adjunct
Professor of Art and Art Education at William Paterson University. She is a also a co-founder of Carroll
Gardens/ Gowanus CORD/Coalition for Respectful Development and the CORD blog
creator/co-author. Samaras serves on the
Gowanus Canal CAG/Community Advisory
Group which is made up of
members of the community and is designed to serve as the focal point for the
exchange of information among the local community and EPA, the State regulatory
agency, and other pertinent Federal agencies involved in cleanup of the Gowanus
Canal in Brooklyn, a federally designated Superfund site.
Contact: Triada Samaras
Cell: 917-558-6157
Website: https://www.triadasamaras.com
