ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is about transformation, using familiar materials in unexpected ways. I am interested in reconfiguring shapes and patterns by printing in repeat on transparency, that interacts with light to create a unique visual experience.
BIO
Gwen Samuels considers her work mixed media installation. She is based in LA with a studio in Santa Monica, originally from New York where she completed her BFA in textile design at Syracuse University. Gwen's inspirations are expressed through her reformatted photography which comes from close observations of her surroundings. Her work takes various forms both flat and sculpted combined with delicate hand-stitching and multicolored free hanging threads.
Gwen has shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions both locally and internationally. She was selected to participate in a two-year artist in Embassies placement at the American Embassy in Greece for 2017-2019. Gwen has shown her work in two Virtual Art Shows, The Other Art Fair in 2021 and Exhibizion in 2022. Also in 2022, Gwen was commissioned to create a 6 foot by 4 foot by 3 inch Kimono combining Japanese Culture and Patterning inspired by Tapas cloths from Pacific Islanders for an upscale hotel in Hawaii.
In 2024 she was chosen to participate in a month long residency called, Studio Systems at the Torrance Art Museum. Locally in 2023 Gwen was invited to show in a exemplar comprehensive group show in Southern California called Connective Threads. In 2025 her work was in the Winter issue of Fiber Art Magazine as an example of Fiber Excellence X with an in person show at the Schack Art Center in Everett Washington. Also in 2025 Gwen has six pieces in Oceanside Museum of Art’s show Fabulous Fiber.
Her works and art inspirations have been covered by various media and publications including, Shout Out LA, Modern Luxury SanDiego, Art and Cake, Voyage LA, all are online just to name a few and in also in a publication series by Schiffer Publishing called: Artistry in Fiber, Vol.1 Wall Art and Artistry in Fiber, Vol.2. Sculpture.
