Samantha Manion-Chavez

Biography
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Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Colorado Denver
Mentored by Annette Gutiérrez Turk, Master Bordadora and member of EGA
Member of Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Sandia Mountains Chapter

Select Exhibitions and Performances
2026
The Art of ReUse, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2023
“INSCAPE OUTSIDE”, a pop up video installation presented by the High Wall and Inscape Arts, curated by Jesse Egner and Kelly Webeck, Seattle, WA

2022
Jeffrey Gibson’s Solo Exhibition: The Body Electric: featured as a performance artist in the piece “To Name An Other”  SITE, Santa Fe, NM
I will carry it for you, solo exhibition, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
To Name An Other by Jeffrey Gibson, featured in Jeffrey Gibson’s solo exhibition:The Body Electric, SITE, Santa Fe, NM

2021
The Oveja Project Convention, Abiquiu, NM

2020
Diverging Paths, two person exhibition, Art Gym, Denver, CO

2019
Upcoming, CU Denver Thesis Exhibition, Redline Gallery, Denver, CO
Cluberation, group exhibition, Pirate Contemporary, Lakewood, CO
Practices, Gallery ONE CU Building Foyer, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
 “…” a performance piece about grief by Michael Gadlin, Solo Exhibition, K Contemporary, Denver, CO

2018 
Reading of Manifesto: Special Guest: Manifest Fluxhibition, group interactive exhibition, Next Stage Gallery in association with Meow Wolf and Denver Arts & Venues, Denver, Colorado.
Performance Art Week (PAW), group exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
Guilty, group exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
Ink, group exhibition, Glasscase Gallery, Denver, CO
Special Guest: Manifest Fluxhibition, group interactive exhibition, Next Stage Gallery in association with Meow Wolf and Denver Arts & Venues, Denver, CO
CU Denver Student Show, Juried by Ralph Nagel, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO

2017
Current, group exhibition, Denver Art Society Denver, CO

2016
CU Student Show, group exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
Grand Opening, group exhibition, Gallery 1874, Arvada, CO
World’s AIDs Day Exhibition, group exhibition, Tivoli Multicultural Lounge, Denver, CO

Awards
2021
First Place Winner, The Oveja Project Convention, Abiquiu, NM
Fulcrum Fund Grant, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM
2019
Create Award, Art Gym Denver, Denver CO
Best of Show: Cluberation (Juror Mai Wyn Schantz), Pirate Contemporary, Lakewood
2018
Eureca! Grant, University of Colorado, Denver
2016
3rd Place Short Story Southwestern Region, “Things That Burn” 2016 Literary Magazine Competition, Community College Humanities Association.
2013-19
Pinnacol Foundation Scholarship, Pinnacol Foundation, Denver, CO

Residencies and Fellowships
2023       Acequia Madre House Fellowship & Residency: Women’s International Study Center, Santa Fe, NM 
2022      Revolution Residency, Santa Fe Art Institute Santa Fe, NM
2019      Create Award Residency, Art Gym Denver, Denver CO

Press
2018
Froyd, Susan. “Fifteen Ways for Art Lovers to Kick Off Denver Arts Week”, Westword (2018): 15 pars., 1 Nov. 2018 <https://www.westword.com/arts/sarah-bowling-honored-as-a-colorado-creative-10974176>.
2013
“Raise Rebel” The America Library of Poetry: Discovered. 2013 Poetry Collection. 

Press Release
2026 The Art of ReUse at Richard Levy Gallery