SAMANTHA MAE DORFMAN March 2005- "URBAN DECAY" co-curated by Leah Oates & Laurence Asseraf. A Taste of Art Gallery at The Kaufmann Arcade, New York City January 2005- "sub-version" a group show curated by Samantha Mae Dorfman. PS122, New York City. October 2003- "ARCHI+TEXTURE" a group show curated by Samantha Mae Dorfman. Brooklyn Fireproof in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. August 2003- "The Andrew Jackson Collection" at TIXE. Chashama's newest store front arts space on 42nd Street, New York City. April 2003- "The Rage and the Splendor" a group show at The Fringe, Newark, New Jersey. April 2003- "Art in Bloom" silent auction benefit for The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey. March 2003- "ANALOG / DIGITAL" a group show curated by Samantha Mae Dorfman. City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey. January 2003- "NURTURING THE NEW - A Benefit Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Art " for NURTUREart. Work featured in "Curator’s Showcase" curated by Mike Childs. NURTUREart, Chelsea Office, New York City. December 2002- "Intimate" a 'salon-style' group show curated by Burr Dodd and Pearl Son. Brooklyn Fireproof in Manhattan, New York City. November 2002- "The 21st Annual Metro Show" A juried traveling exhibition originating from City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey. Juried by Patterson Sims, Director of the Montclair Art Museum and Joyce Korotkin, Art Critic. Awarded "Best in Show". Travels to the following venues in 2003: Jan 14-Feb 16: Ramapo College, Mahwah April 1-30: Monmouth Museum, Lincroft May 30-Jun 30: Palmer Museum, Springfield July 7-Aug 7: Johnson Free Public Library, Hackensack Aug 11-Sept 19: B. Beamsderfer Gallery, Highland Park (tentative) Nov 3-Dec 1: Monmouth County Library System, Manalapan October 2002- “Postcards from the Edge” - A Visual AIDS Benefit Event at Sperone Westwater, New York City. Proceedings from sale of work go to support Visual AIDS programs and services, a non-profit organization helping artists with AIDS. September 2002- "Paterson: Views from Montclair" Juried exhibition at the Paterson Museum, Paterson, New Jersey. Juried by the museum’s curator, Bruce Ballistriera. June 2002- "The 75th Anniversary Art Show for the Presby Iris Gardens" Montclair, New Jersey. Jurored by Patterson Sims. Awarded 2 "Awards of Excellence". June 2002- "The Aljira Fine Art Auction" benefit auction for Aljira- A Center for Contemporary Art in Newark, New Jersey. May 2002- "Digital Visions" a juried exhibition of digital art at The Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, California. Juried by Brian Clark and Steve Holsapple, organized by Neil Houston. May 2002- Solo exhibition and demonstration at the Randolph Public Library in Randolph, New Jersey. April 2002- Received a grant from The Puffin Foundation to commence work on a project titled "The Invisible Woman". January 2002- “Chromatic Intrigues” an exhibition curated by Steven Sennott of City Without Walls. 3 Art works were selected to be shown at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey from January 2002 through April 2002. November 2001- “Postcards from the Edge” - A Visual AIDS Benefit Event at Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York City. Proceedings from sale of work went to support Visual AIDS programs and services, a non-profit organization helping artists with A September 2001- “26th Annual New Members Show” at City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey. April 2001- “11th Annual New Images Exhibition”, a juried photo competition for the Mid-Atlantic States at James Madison University School of Art & Art History, Harrisonburg, Virginia. The competition was jurored by Paul Roth, Assistant Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. October 1991- Created a multi-media performance with Timothy Cramer and Kristine Diekman as part of the “Listen Up” series at P.S. 122 in New York City called Possibilities of a Colour-Blind World (based on the book by Ludwig Wittgenstein). May 1991- Selected to be on the Concert Committee of a benefit concert for “EAR, Magazine of New Music” featuring John Cage, David Van Tieghem, Kazue Sawai Koto Ensemble, and Les Miserables Brass Band presented by John Schaefer. June 1990- Received an award grant from The Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, Inc. in recognition of my work. Board of Directors included Brooke Alexander, Carolyn Brown, John Cage, Viola Farber, Alanna Heiss, and Jasper Johns. 1989-1993- Created and produced video art collaborations with other video artists, musicians, dancers, and poets including Sally Silvers, Kristine Diekman, Edwin Torres, Brandon Ross, and Les Miserables Brass Band. Some of the video works were presented by the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, N.Y., The Gas Station in New York City’s Lower East Side, and Video Music Box on PBS, as well as a few European video art festivals. Also, received many grants from Meet The Composers for presentations of avant garde music. November 1989- Curated, coordinated, and organized a festival of live music and video collaborations called Video/Musica in New York City featuring numerous musicians and video artists. The project was awarded a grant from Creative Time. EDUCATION Attended School of Visual Arts, full-time 1978-1980 and 1984-1986, Fine Arts Major. Studied Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Textile Design, and Computer Graphics with a special focus on Art History, Curatorship, and Semiotics while in college.