Sam Shamard

Greenville, SC

Sam Shamard is a mixed Mexican American artist, originally from Austin, Texas. She is a current ceramics MFA candidate at Clemson University, in Clemson, South Carolina, where she has received multiple awards, grants, and scholarships. Sam pursued her BFA in Art Education at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (UMHB), during which she also studied at Studio Arts College International, in Florence, Italy. She went on to graduate summa cum lade with published research from UMHB in 2018. Before attending graduate school, Sam worked as a middle school art teacher on the Fort Hood Military Base in Central Texas. She is currently focused on making slip cast ceramic assemblages and wallpaper adorned altars that explore divisions of space and identity. Drawing on blurred histories and icons from southern suburbia and latinx culture, her works situate the dynamic intersection of mixed-race identity in contemporary culture.

Artist Website

samshamard.com