biography of Lucas SAMARAS (1936-2024)
Personal data
Birth : 1936 - Kastoría, Greece
Death : 03/07/2024
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Greece
Address
New York NY New York, United StatesEducation
1959 : Rutgers University (B.A.) – New Brunswick NJ, United States
Friend of Allan KAPROW [ 1927-2006 ]
Professional data
Work and Life
1959:Takes part in the first happenings
1948:Moves to New Jersey, USA
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting 
Sculpture-Volume : Assemblage - Object 
Photography : Polaroid 
Drawing-Watercolor 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video Subject
Bodyone's self/identity
Artistic periods
1965 : First mirrored room1963 : Begins using photographs of himself
1960 : Begins making textured boxes covering them with pins and tracks
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2005
Photoflicks (iMovies) Photofictions ( A to Z)
Pace Wildenstein – New York NY, United States
04/08/2005 – 05/07/2005
Photoflicks (iMovies) Photofictions ( A to Z)
Pace / McGill Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/08/2005 – 04/30/2005
2004
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
2004 – 02/08/2004
2003
Photofictions
Pacewildenstein – New York NY, United States
11/11/2003 – 01/17/2004
1990
Waddington Galleries – London, United Kingdom
1990
1989
MFA Museum of Fine Arts – Boston MA, United States
1989 – 1990
1986
Pace / McGill Gallery – New York NY, United States
1986
1981
ICA The Institute of Contemporary Art – Boston MA, United States
1981
1975
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1975
1972
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1972
1971
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1971
1969
Galerie der Spiegel – Cologne, Germany
1969
1959
Reuben Gallery – New York NY, United States
1959
1955
Rutgers University – New Brunswick NJ, United States
1955
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Galerie Florence Loewy – 46 avenue René Coty – Paris, France
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Waddington Galleries – 11 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Pacewildenstein – 32 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Achim Moeller Fine Art – 167 East 73rd Street – New York NY, United States
Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Galerie Renos Xippas – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Artiscope – Zaira Mis – 35 boulevard Saint-Michel – Brussels, Belgium
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Pacewildenstein – 32 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Pacewildenstein – 32 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
Paris Photo, n°6
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/14/2002 – 11/17/2002
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Pacewildenstein – 32 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Renos Xippas – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Renos Xippas – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Pace / McGill Gallery – 9th floor 32 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerie Renos Xippas – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
Group exhibitions
2003
Sculpture
Grant Selwyn Fine Art – New York NY, United States
05/03/2003 – 06/23/2003
1990
The Readymade Boomerang : certains relations – Biennale of Sydney n°8
Sydney NSW, Australia
04/11/1990 – 06/03/1990
1977
Documenta 6
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Neue Galerie, Karlsaue – Kassel, Germany
06/26/1977 – 10/02/1977
1976
Two Hundred Years of American Sculpture
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1976
1972
Documenta 5 – Befragung der Realität-Bildwelten heute
Museum Fridericianum, Neue Galerie – Kassel, Germany
06/30/1972 – 10/08/1972
1968
Documenta 4
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Karlsaue, Galerie an der Schönen Aussicht – Kassel, Germany
06/27/1968 – 10/06/1968
1960
New Forms, New Media, Part II
Martha Jackson Gallery – New York NY, United States
1960
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