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SAMANTHAwww.samanthahookway.com
HOOKWAY
Artist Statement:
I believe in well-thought-out plans. I believe in chance. I believe in accidents serving a greater
purpose. I’m a hyper planner that never gets it right ahead of time.
I crave “aha moments” and create art because art gives me revealing – utterly frightening – and
otherworldly eureka moments. The moments come to me while I least expect and they never seem
to come to me when I am looking. Yet, I am always looking for them. They spark the next piece
and solve the current problem. They are a dialogue with something beyond. They humble my ego
when the plan goes awry. They give me hope that I can be a better artist and a better person. I
ache for them yet am surprised when they happen. They allow me ever-so-briefly to exist in the inbetween. These eureka moments are a window to a more perfect world.
Often in the work, I use the window as a metaphor. I find that the window metaphor is both
timeless in its longevity throughout history and is contemporarily pertinent in this digital / actual
world we live in. I use the window to both anchor and set free the art. I believe the window can be
two contradictory things at once because the window’s potency is the capacity to simultaneously
reveal or block one space from another. The window allows me to look within and out concurrently.
It opens to a different world and closes me in mine. It gives me the right to plan and provides a
safe place for all those plans to fall apart.
Bio:
Samantha Hookway, American born, has a MFA from The Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. She also studied sculpture at Kungliga Konsthögskolan in Stockholm, Sweden, and
HDK in Gothenburg Sweden. Samantha participated in residency programs at the Museum of Arts
and Design Open-Studio in New York, the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, and the Public
Art Academy, in Williamsport, PA. Samantha’s most notable exhibitions consists of: Galleri Mejan,
Stockholm, Sweden, Galleri Blunk, Trondheim, Norway, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH and the
Museum of Arts and Design’s Open-Studio, New York. Hookway is currently based in Gothenburg,
Sweden and working on a Masters in Business and Design at HDK, University of Gothenburg. For
more information please visit: www.samanthahookway.com
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EDUCATION
2014-16 Gothenburg University, Business and Design Master’s Program Candidate, School of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg,
Sweden.
2014 Uppsala University, Gotland Campus, 2D and 3D Animation, After Effects and Zbrush, Uppsala, Sweden.
2012-14 Folkuniversitetet, Swedish Language Study, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2010 Temple University, Tyler School of Art, MFA, University Fellowship Recipient, Philadelphia, PA.
2006-08 Kungliga Konsthögskolan; The Royal University College of Fine Arts, Guest Student, Stockholm, Sweden.
2005 The Ohio State University (OSU), BFA, Honors & Distinction, Magna Cum Laude, Columbus, OH.
2002 Academia Italiana, Arcadia University, Florence, Italy.
AWARDS
2014 The Icelandic Textile Center (Textílsetur), June Artist Residency, Blönduós, Iceland.
2013 Artist Residency/ Pulse Laser Holography Workshop, Center for Holographic Arts, Columbus, OH.
2010 Vermont Studio Center, Fellowship, Johnson VT.
2009 -10 Tyler School of Art Teaching Assistantship/Graduate Internship, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
2009 Rush and Jolly Scholarship, Penland School for Crafts, Penland, NC.
2008-9 University Fellowship, Stipend and Tuition Remission, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
2007 Chris Rifkin Award, Scholarship to attend Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
2006 Smith’s Stipend, The Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden.
2004 Fergus Gilmore Traveling Grant/ Matching Travel Grants, The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey, OSU, Columbus, OH.
S E L E C T E D E X H I B I T I O N S ( * solo show )
Masthuggskajen, Public Art Work, commissioned by BOID Design, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Epic Unidragon Gallery, #6pm Your Local Time, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Electrodome, Electronic Arts Festival, Gothenburg Film Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden
Wear One Another, TEDxLab, TEDxGöteborg, Clarion Post Hotel, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Salon, Taverna Averna, Gothenburg, Sweden.
28 Cakes, 7 Medals, 1 Stuffed Polar Bear, Árbraut 35, Blönduós, Iceland.
Lightly Acquainted, Populus Tremula, Akureyri, Iceland.
GoKinema, The Gothenburg Film Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden.
diy days Göteborg, The Gothenburg Film Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Kultur Natta, Konstnärernas Kollectiv Verstad, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Speculation and Spectacle (2nd Showing), curated by Elizabeth Murray & Jonathan Brantley, Rogue Video and
Performance, 2012 Greenpoint Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY. USA.
The Billboard Art Project, Albany, NY. and Detroit MI. USA.
Agora 9, Junctionview Gallery and Studios, Columbus, OH. USA.
OHIOCENTRIC, Juried Exhibition, City Center Gallery, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH. USA.
Living with Others, Eastern Kentucky University Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition, Giles Gallery, Richmond, KY. USA.
2011 Lycoming College Bicentennial, Williamsport, PA. (Stained Pane Collective Commissioned Project). *
Stained Pane Collective’s Premiere, Advanced Computing Center for Art and Design, OSU, Columbus, OH.*
The Billboard Art Project, Chicago, IL., Reading, PA, New Orleans, LA., San Bernardino, CA. USA.
The Secret Life of Sand: an Artist Invitational, The Hatchatory, Philadelphia, PA. USA.
PAA-AIR 2011 Exhibition, Pajama Factory, Williamsport, PA. USA.
ACCAD Open House, Advanced Computing Center for Art and Design, OSU, Columbus, OH. (Stained Pane Collective Project)
ARTillery Invitational, Junctionview Gallery, Columbus, OH. USA.
For the Person Who Has Everything, Roy G Biv Gallery, Juried 2011 Season, Columbus, OH. USA.
2010 Sixth Floor Studios, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY. USA.
Fenéstration,Tower Projects, Philadelphia, PA. *
2009 Rate of Exchange, Red House Glass Cone, Wordsley, Stourbridge, England, UK
Transgressions, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH. USA.
In Limbo, Juried by Elizabeth Agro of Philadelphia Museum of Art, Crane Arts, Philadelphia. PA. USA.
2008 Responsive Views (46° 25’ N 2° 45’ W), Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, Sweden.
Vårutställingen, Kunliga Konsthögskolan, Stockholm, Sweden.
Part Duex; Gallery Warming and Retrospective, Blank Space Gallery, Seattle, WA. USA.
2007 Hill Tribe Fabric Project, Mellanrummet, Kungliga Konsthögskolan, Stockholm, Sweden.
Middleground, Blank Space Gallery, Seattle, WA. USA.
Influenz sammarberg in the land of Norohio/ Wana Be Pippi Project, collaboration with Mia Öquist,
Galleri Blunk,Trondheim, Norway. *
2006 February, Roy G Biv Gallery, Juried 2005 Season, Columbus, OH. USA.
2005 Office Museum: Formally Compiled, Exposures Gallery, Columbus, OH.*
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2014
2013
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Shook Works, Free-lance creative business, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Commisioned Artist, Whispering Flags Project, Masthuggskajen Park.
- Facilitator for Älvornas Strand Playshop, Gothenburg City Triennial.
- Facilitator for Future City Lab at The Science Festival.
- Commissioned artist for Masthuggskajen urban park project.
Summer Developer, Ericsson AB, Packet Core, Systems and Technology, Innovation Team, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- aided in communicating and teaching the designer-ly mindset for a research and development department. Worked specifically
with exposing different forms of communicating the Ways of Working in the department and designing a departure kit/poster
and tool wall to aid the Innovation Team in using Design Thinking as a muscle builder for innovation capabilities.
Facilitator, The ( ) Space’s Future Innovators Afterwork(SHOP), collaboration with Hui Shen, Katarina Pavleska and Dimitris
Tsagkos, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Coordinator/Project Leader, MAKE CHANGE two day seminar and arts exhibition, Collaboratory, Gothenburg, Sweden
2014 Treasurer, Collaboratory, non-profit board, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Shook Works, Free-lance creative business, Gothenburg, Sweden
Hatchfund Crowd-funding Campaign, Successfully funded artist residency at The Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós,
Iceland.
2013-14 Coordinator/Project Leader, Story Architects and the Collaboratory, Gothenburg Sweden.
-worked together with Jasmine Idun Lyman in the non-profit Collaboratory (The Collaboratory is a next generation maker
space, a participatory DIY environment for co-creation, research and development, experimentation and innovation at the
intersection of technology, art, craft and design) and the event diy days 2014 (TEDx + Maker Faire + Purposeful Storytelling =
diy days)
Medlem, Konstnärenas Kollectiv Verkstad, Gothenburg, Sweden
Editor, Newsletter and Board Position, American Women’s Club of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2013 Collaborative Illustrator, Jasmine Idun Lyman’s TEDx Göteborg lecture, illustrated for entire presentation. Gothenburg,
Sweden.
Gestaltningprocessor Kurs (Public Works Proposals/ Models Course), KKV, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2012 Pecha Kucha, Visual Presentation, Toledo Lucas County Main Library, Toledo, OH. USA
- Artist Lecture given in the Japanese Pecha Kucha method of 20 slides for 20 seconds to a community based audience.
Adjunct Lecturer, The Ohio State University, College of the Arts, Glass Department, Art 332: Introduction to Glass Forming Spring Quarter, Columbus, OH. USA. 13 Students.
Adjunct Lecturer, The Ohio State University, College of the Arts, Glass Department, Art 331: Introduction to Glass
Construction- Winter Quarter, Columbus, OH. USA. 9 Students.
2011-12 Assistant Manager, Creation Nation LLC, Ceramic and fused glass commercial studio, Dublin, OH. USA
Created working fused glass studio, managed closely with the business owner the day-to-day activities for 9 studio assistants
and a production assistant, introduced and created products line, developed and implemented studio structures and systems
needed for this start-up business.
Instructor, Glass Axis, Columbus, OH. USA.
Instructing a variety of classes ranging from Mosaic with mentally disabled adults to Intro to Glass Blowing and private stained
glass classes.
Gallery Assistant, Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH. USA
2011 Visiting Artist, Stained Pane Collective Project, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA. USA
Artist-in-Resident, Public Arts Academy, Williamsport, PA. USA
Founding Member, Stained Pane Collective. A collaborative group creating digitally projected and animated windows.
Visiting Artist, The Ohio State University, Glass Program, Columbus, OH. USA.
Gave an artist lecture to the undergraduate glass program student body.
Vermont Studio Center, Artist in Residence, Fellowship Recipient, Johnson, VT. USA
2010-11 Studio Assistant, The Art of Glass Inc, Stained Glass Restoration, Media, PA. USA
Artist Assistant to Judith Schaechter, and Margery Amdur, and Bohyun Yoon, Philadelphia, PA. USA
2010 Open Studio Artist-in-Resident, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY. USA
Awarded the opportunity to create a series of ‘Central Park Inspired” windows while also being charged with discussing what
I was doing and what it is like to be an artist to the MAD Museum’s patrons.
Teacher of Record, Art 2259: Glass Survey for Non-Majors, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA. USA.
Introduced glass as an artistic medium, its art historical style and as a contemporary mode of expression to
students who love art but are not seeking a profession within it. 16 Students.
Belden Brick Factory Artist-in-Industry Residency, Sugercreek, OH. USA.
2009 Penland School of Crafts, Scholarship. workshop with Judith Schaechter, Penland, NC. USA
2008-10 Graduate Adviser/Co-President, Tyler Glass Guild, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. USA.
Leadership roles included: Grant-Writer, and Visiting-Artist Program Coordinator.
2007 Exhibitions Assistant, Steninge Slott Kultur Center, Märsta, Sweden.
Artist in Residence Assistant, Mary Jo Bole, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. USA
Pilchuck Glass School, Scholarship student, workshop with Michael Rogers, Stanwood, WA. USA
2005-06 Gallery Assistant, Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH. USA
2004 The Glass Furnace, student, workshop with Eddie Bernard and Pamina Traylor, Istanbul, Turkey.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
2014 Nordstjernan, Interview by writer Lisa Mikulski, Page 8, Issue 142.
(also can view it online here: http://2sweden4love.com/2014/02/17/artist-samantha-hookway/)
2013 Forget Good Zine, Interview and Images, April Issue, http://forget-good.com/
2012 The Toledo Free Press, Interview by Brigitta Burks, June 7, 2012, “PechaKucha to unite ideas, stories, performances”
Toledo, OH,USA
2010 Thesis, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
2010 MAD Blog, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY. http://www.madblog.org/
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