Artist C.V.
Samantha Jacobson
www.samanthajstudio.com
samanthajstudio@gmail.com
@samanthaj_studio
610-633-1509
Education
2012 B.A. in Theater Design & Production, conc. in Costumes, minor in Media Studies. Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
Select Murals and Public Art
2025 Wilkes Barre Scranton Roller Derby warehouse banner teambuilding. Scranton, PA.
2025 Immersive Garden lobby mural. JFSNJ’s Jonathan Sinay Building. Cherry Hill, NJ.
2024 The Wheel of Thraycia. The Tiny Minotaur Tavern. Austin, TX
2022 There’s No Place Like Home. Hill Country Galleria. Bee Cave, TX.
2021 Brighten the Corners. Intern. to James Burns. Germantown, Philadelphia, PA
2021 ATX Play Garden. Play Garden Preschool. Austin, TX.
2021 Little Garden. Play Garden Preschool North. Austin, TX.
2020 Drop A Line. Hope For Health Project. West 6th St (temp.) Austin, TX.
2019 Plant Nouveau. AMLI South Shore. Austin, TX.
2019 Space Lifters. Lumos Fitness Collective. Austin, TX.
Select Exhibitions
2022 Closed Circuit. Contra/Common. Bee Cave, TX.
2022 Austin Studio Tour. Almost Real Things Headquarters. Austin, TX.
2022 Fairmount Arts Crawl (solo). Fare. Philadelphia, PA.2022 Summer Arts Fest. Contra/Common. Bee Cave, TX.
2022 Art Party. Contra/Common. Bee Cave, TX.
2022 RE/FLEX IV. Artus Co. Austin, TX.
2021 West Austin Studio Tour, Studio #127 (solo). Austin, TX.
2020 small works BigTalent. laslagunaartgallery.com.
2019 BCRC’s Art Bra. Austin, TX.
2018 East Austin Studio Tour, Studio #515 (solo). Austin, TX.
2010-2015 Various professional theater and film costume credits. New York, NY.
Awards & Residencies
2025 Shortlisted for Main Line Mural Arts Call for Art. Berwyn, PA.
2025 Artist contributor NJ Governor’s Adaptive Reuse Transformation Award for the Jonathan Sinay Building mural
2025-2026 Resident Scenic Charge Artist. People’s Light Theater. Malvern, PA.
2024 Shortlisted for Mural Arts Philadelphia’s neurodivergence mural. Philadelphia, PA
2022-2023 Member of the Contra/Common Artist Collective. Bee Cave, TX.
2022 Fluency & Flow Painting Mentorship with artist Kimberly Brooks
2021 Mural Arts Philadelphia Summer Internship
2021 Almost Real Things Scholarship recipient to The Contemporary’s Laguna Gloria Art School
2020 Artist Fellow at Getaway House, Wimberly, TX.
2019 Merit Sponsorship Recipient for Live A Great Story Creative Conference. Austin, TX.
2019 S.E.G.D. Annual Conference Ambassador for Public Art
2019 Shortlisted for St. Johns Pocket Park public art call with collaborator Federico Archuleta. Austin, TX.
Bibliography
May 2022 Samantha Jacobson’s Story. Voyage Austin.
Dec 2020 Meet Samantha Jacobson. Shoutout HTX.
Oct 2020 The Path to Art. Almost Real Things Magazine Online.
Mar 2020 Process-ing. Almost Real Things Magazine Issue 17.
Jun 2020 Austin Creators Making Waves. wescover.com/blog.
Jun 2020 Creating Joy During Quarantine. TriBeZa Magazine.
