Sam Berger is an artist who received her Masters of Fine Arts in Visual Art from Washington University in St. Louis. She now has returned to the Detroit area. As a lens based, and primarily photographic artist, she captures the world and presents it to her viewers. Her artwork is a mirror of herself and her life experiences, a lens through which she investigates and continually attempts to understand all of the layered aspects of herself as well as the world around her. She seeks to engage the viewer in architectural spaces and have them walk in between her hanging fabric panels. Whether printing on fabric, metal, or another material, she strives to engage with her audience and push the limits of what a photographic image can be.
Artist CV
EDUCATION
College for Creative Studies | Detroit, MI
K-12 Art Teacher Certification will receive December 2026
Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis, MO
Masters of Fine Art in Visual Arts graduated in May 2025
Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs, NY
Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Studio Art with a Concentration in Photography
Graduated Cum Laude in May 2022
Received Term Honors for Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
Scholarship to Art of Seeing Workshop with Nydia Blas | Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado
August 2021
Participated in a photography workshop at Anderson Ranch with a Scholarship Award.
Global Ecologies Studio Summer School | Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
June 19 – July 17, 2021
Summer study abroad program focusing on the study of ecology and studio art
EXHIBITIONS
Tiny Works 2025 | Fulton Street Collective| Chicago, Il
Exhibition Dates: December 5, 2025 - January 2, 2026
Encapsulated World, Cloud Pillars
Think Small 2025 | Lawrence Street Gallery | Ferndale, MI
Exhibition Dates: December 3 - 26, 2025
Heavenly Bodies
Juror: Sherri Lee Robinson
Emerge 2025 | Midwest Center for Photography | Wichita, KS
Exhibition Dates: October 10 - November 7, 2025
Stained by Baby Breath
96th Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition | Muskegon Museum of Art
Exhibition Dates: September 18 - November 19, 2025
Family of Five (Polychrome on Aluminum)
Juror: Ayana Ross
Slow Gardens | MFA in Visual Art Exhibition at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Exhibition Dates: May 2 – July 28, 2025
Transmutation of Self
Sisu II | A Show of Courage | Red Gate Gallery
Exhibition Dates: January 15 – April 4, 2025
I Couldn’t Say Your Name
Art in the Graduate Center | Washington University in St. Louis
Exhibition Dates: April 4 – September 1, 2024
Illuminated Brokenness
Eleventh Hour | Des Lee Gallery in St. Louis
Exhibition Dates: October 4 – October 26, 2024
Invented Exoplanet
Hide and Seek | First Year Show at GCADD (Granite City Art and Design District)
Exhibition Dates: April 25 – May 25, 2024
Unseen Auras
Parabola | Des Lee Gallery in St. Louis
Exhibition Dates: February 8 – March 2, 2024
Invisibility 1
2022 Senior Thesis Exhibition | The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College
Exhibition Dates: May 13 – May 21, 2022
Dazed (Triptych) and Liminal Expanse (Handmade Photobook)
120° Intercollegiate Regional Art Exhibition | The Lower Adirondack Regional Art Center
Exhibition Dates: February 25 – March 30, 2022
Refraction, Disconnected, Fractured
2022 Student Juried Show | Schick Gallery at Skidmore College
Exhibition Dates: February 9 – March 8, 2022
Sensory (Triptych), Honorable Mention from Juror Daesha Devón Harris
2021 Juniors Show | Schick Gallery at Skidmore College
Exhibition Dates: May 5 – May 7, 2021
Nominated by Professor Robert ParkeHarrison (Photography Professor) to show a selection of my work along with other Juniors in the art department.
Participated in a gallery talk event
120° Intercollegiate Regional Art Exhibition | The Arts Center of the Capital Region
Exhibition Dates: March 5 – April 16, 2021
Spiraling 2
Juror: Anthony Cafritz
120° Intercollegiate Regional Art Exhibition | Saratoga Arts
Exhibition Dates: March 28 – April 18, 2020
Untitled #3
Juror: Daniel Buckingham
2021 Student Juried Show | Schick Gallery at Skidmore College
Exhibition Dates: February 24 – March 19, 2021
Spiraling and Figurative
Juror: Alisa Sikelianos-Carter
AWARDS
2026 Emerging Artist Laureate
Royal Oak Arts Commission
The city of Royal Oak is purchasing one of my pieces.
2022 Molly Haley Class of 64’ Entrepreneurial Artist Prize
Skidmore College
This award is presented to a junior or senior who has participated in the Entrepreneurial Artist Initiative, has demonstrated academic excellence, and shows extraordinary promise as a creative entrepreneur.