Cherie Sampson bio.

Cherie Sampson

http://www.cheriesampson.net/

 

Cherie Sampson has worked for 25 years as an interdisciplinary artist in environmental performance, sculpture and video art. She has exhibited internationally in live performances, art-in-nature symposia, video screenings and installations in the US, Finland, Norway, Holland, Cuba, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Hong Kong and other countries. 

Recent solo exhibitions/performances include “Purificación”  - a weeklong performance series at Tufiarte, Gran Canaria, Spain and PuutPunalleMaatSinelle (Red the Trees & Green the Land) at the Pori Art Museum in Pori, Finland. Cherie is the recipient of a number of fellowships & grants including two Fulbright Fellowships, a Finnish Cultural Foundation Grant, three Finlandia Foundation Grants and multiple internal research grants for artistic projects from the University of Missouri. 

Cherie divides her time between the University of Missouri where she is an Associate Professor of Art and her organic farm in Northeast Missouri where she initiates and creates many of her art works in the wooded and cultivated environments. She received her Master of Fine Art Degree in Intermedia& Video Art from the University of Iowa, 1997 with a minor in Sculpture.