"I want my work to both tell you who we are and show you how we feel. These enigmatic figurative drawings materialize discordant collective histories stored within bodies that have been suspended between racial and ethnic categories. The forms articulate boundaries we create within and between us that prescribe a false or incomplete identity based on physical characteristics. By stripping away what is recognizable, what remains are bodies that feel familiar yet hold unknowable information and infinite history."

Samantha Wall lives and works in Portland, Oregon and is represented by Russo Lee Gallery. Samantha’s artwork is primarily an exploration of the human figure. These prints were a departure from her typical processes and techniques while still maintaining her figurative approach; especially intriguing were the subtle details of the portraits that emerged by chance from the different ink washes drying in unexpected ways. Wall immigrated to the United States as a child and comes from a multiracial background. Operating from within this framework, her drawings embody the experience of navigating transcultural identity through portraiture, gesture, and ritual practices. Her projects have been exhibited at the Hangaram Art Museum in the Seoul Arts Center, CUE Art Foundation in New York, and the Portland Art Museum, as well as exhibition spaces in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Frankfurt. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including an MFA Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, a Golden Spot Residency Award from Crow's Shadow Institute for the Arts, and a Hallie Ford Fellowship from the Ford Family Foundation.